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