Writing, 1908
Michael Maltese
Born Feb 6, 1908, New York, New York, USA, Died Feb 22, 1981 (73)
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]
Filmography
12 titles- 1991
Chuck Amuck: The MovieHimselfIMDb 6.4Movie - 1952
Little Beau PepéForeign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)IMDb 6.7Movie - 1951
A Hound for TroubleCustomer (voice)IMDb 7.3Movie - 1948
A Feather in His HareIndian (voice)IMDb 5.9Movie - 1947
A Hare Grows in ManhattanDog (voice) (uncredited)IMDb 6.4Movie - 1943
RumorsSoldier (voice)IMDb 7.1Movie - 1943
The Aristo-CatHubie (voice)IMDb 6.9Movie - 1943
Tortoise Wins by a HareVarious Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)IMDb 7.1Movie - 1943
Wackiki WabbitFat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)IMDb 6.8Movie - 1942
The DucktatorsMussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)IMDb 6.2Movie - 1941
We, the Animals - Squeak!Leader Mouse (voice)IMDb 5.9Movie - 1940
You Ought to Be in PicturesStudio Guard (uncredited)IMDb 7.5Movie