Michael Maltese
Birthday
1908/02/06
Day of death
1981/02/22 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York, New York, USA
Also know as
Mike Maltese, Michael Malteze
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) A Hare Grows in Manhattan
as Dog (voice) (uncredited)
(1943) Wackiki Wabbit
as Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)
(1940) You Ought to Be in Pictures
as Studio Guard (uncredited)
(1943) Rumors
as Soldier (voice)
(1941) We, the Animals - Squeak!
as Leader Mouse (voice)
(1951) A Hound for Trouble
as Customer (voice)
(1942) The Ducktators
as Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)
(1943) The Aristo-Cat
as Hubie (voice)
(1952) Little Beau Pepé
as Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)
(1943) Tortoise Wins by a Hare
as Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)