Michael Maltese
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-02-06 (73 years old)
Deathday
1981-02-22
Place of Birth
New York, New York, USA
Also known As
Mike Maltese
Michael Malteze
Michael Maltese
Biography
Michael Maltese (February 6, 1908 – February 22, 1981) was an American story man for classic animated cartoon shorts. He is best known for working in the 1950s on a series of Merrie Melodies cartoons with director Chuck Jones. This collaboration produced many highly acclaimed animated shorts, including 4 of the top 5 "greatest cartoons" as judged by 1000 animation professionals; "What's Opera, Doc?" tops this list as the best animated short of all time. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Acting
1947
as Dog (voice) (uncredited)
1943
as Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)
1940
as Studio Guard (uncredited)
1943
as Soldier (voice)
1941
as Leader Mouse (voice)
1951
as Customer (voice)
1942
as Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)
1943
as Hubie (voice)
1952
as Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)
1943
as Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)
Production
1955
as Story
1963
as Story
1946
as Story
1965
as Story
1964
as Story
1949
as Story
2010
as Writer
1953
1944
as Story
1950
as Story
1952
as Story
1955
as Story
1951
as Story
1953
as Story
1953
as Story
1957
as Story
1956
as Writer
1947
as Story
1959
as Story
1954
as Story
1948
as Story
1951
as Story
1957
as Story
1980
1954
as Story
1952
as Story
1949
as Story
1954
as Story
1948
as Story
1958
as Story
1953
as Story
1952
as Story
1948
as Story
1950
as Story
1949
as Story
1954
as Story
1956
as Story
1947
as Story
1954
as Story
1950
as Story
1948
as Story
1946
as Story
1951
as Story
1947
as Story
1953
as Story
1942
as Story
1946
as Story
1959
as Story
1957
as Story
1949
as Story
1950
as Story
1958
as Story
1947
as Story
1958
as Story
1949
as Writer
1951
as Story
1952
as Story
1953
as Story
1955
as Story
1954
as Story
1955
as Story
1956
as Story
1957
as Story
1957
as Story
1958
as Story
1955
as Writer
1954
as Story
1956
as Story
1952
as Story
1955
as Story
1953
as Story
1943
as Story
1955
as Story
1944
as Story
1951
as Story
1953
as Story
1952
as Story
1957
as Story
1950
as Story
1947
as Story
1951
as Story
1947
as Story
1941
as Story
1964
as Writer
1963
as Story
1965
as Writer
1963
as Writer
1965
as Writer
1964
as Writer
1963
as Writer
1964
as Writer
1964
as Writer
1963
as Writer
1964
as Writer
1964
1948
as Story
1944
as Story
1941
as Story
1948
as Story
1958
as Story
1950
as Story
1942
as Story
1947
as Story
1949
as Story
1947
as Story
1955
as Writer
1946
as Story
1945
as Story
1943
as Story
1948
as Story
1954
as Story
1952
as Story
1943
as Story
1965
as Story
1953
as Story
1942
as Story
1955
as Story
1955
as Story
1955
as Story
1954
as Story
1954
as Story
1967
as Story
1960
as Story
1960
as Story
1960
as Story
1960
as Story
1960
as Story
1960
as Story
1960
as Story
1961
as Story
1952
as Writer
1957
as Writer
2013
as Story
1966
as Story
1953
as Story
1965
as Story
1954
as Story
1952
as Story
1941
as Story
1941
as Story
1941
as Story
1941
as Story
1942
as Story
1942
as Story
1956
as Story
1947
as Writer
1978
as Writer
1948
as Writer
1942
as Story
1941
as Story
1945
as Writer
1949
as Writer
1962
as Story
1966
as Story
1979
as Writer
1943
as Story
1950
as Story
1947
as Story
1949
as Story
1951
as Story
1980
1943
as Story
1959
as Story
1959
as Story
1961
as Writer
1961
as Story
1961
as Story
1962
as Writer
1962
as Writer
1962
as Writer
1941
as Story
1964
as Story
1998
1964
as Story
1944
as Story
1952
as Story
1954
as Story
1959
as Story
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