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Michael Maltese

Born Feb 6, 1908 in New York, New York, USA

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.

    Filmography

    Shows & movies
    A Hare Grows in Manhattan
    A Hare Grows in Manhattan as Dog
    1947
    TVT Rating
    Animation | 8m
    Wackiki Wabbit
    Wackiki Wabbit as Fat Castaway (voice)
    1943
    TVT Rating
    Comedy, Animation, Family | 7m
    The Aristo-Cat
    The Aristo-Cat as Hubie
    1943
    TVT Rating
    Animation | 7m
    Rumors
    Rumors as Soldier (voice)
    1943
    TVT Rating
    Animation | 4m
    The Ducktators
    The Ducktators as Mussolini Duck
    1942
    TVT Rating
    Comedy, Animation | 8m
    You Ought to Be in Pictures
    You Ought to Be in Pictures as Studio Guard
    1940
    TVT Rating
    Animation, Family, Comedy | 9m