Michael Maltese
Writing
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Acting Credits
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]
Known For
Rumors
Soldier (voice)
A Feather in His Hare
Indian (voice)
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
Dog (voice) (uncredited)
Tortoise Wins by a Hare
Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)
You Ought to Be in Pictures
Studio Guard (uncredited)
A Hound for Trouble
Customer (voice)
We, the Animals - Squeak!
Leader Mouse (voice)
Little Beau Pepé
Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Filmography
Little Beau Pepé
1952
as Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)
A Hound for Trouble
1951
as Customer (voice)
A Feather in His Hare
1948
as Indian (voice)
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
1947
as Dog (voice) (uncredited)
Wackiki Wabbit
1943
as Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)
Rumors
1943
as Soldier (voice)
The Aristo-Cat
1943
as Hubie (voice)
Tortoise Wins by a Hare
1943
as Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)
The Ducktators
1942
as Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)
We, the Animals - Squeak!
1941
as Leader Mouse (voice)
You Ought to Be in Pictures
1940
as Studio Guard (uncredited)