Michael Maltese

Writing·Feb 6, 1908·New York, New York, USA

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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]

Film	Credit
DDaffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl2010 · Writer	Writer
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special1980 · Writer	Writer
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie1979 · Writer	Writer
How Bugs Bunny Won the West1978 · Writer	Writer
Big Mouse-Take1965 · Writer	Writer
Horse Shoo1965 · Writer	Writer
Bear Knuckles1964 · Writer	Writer
Trouble Bruin1964 · Writer	Writer
Bear Hug1964 · Writer	Writer
Elephantastic1964 · Writer	Writer
Raggedy Rug1964 · Writer	Writer
Habit Rabbit1963 · Writer	Writer
Drum-Sticked1963 · Writer	Writer
Sheep Stealers Anonymous1963 · Writer	Writer
Bearly Able1962 · Writer	Writer
Swash Buckled1962 · Writer	Writer
Beef For And After1962 · Writer	Writer
Fee Fie Foes1961 · Writer	Writer
Fox-Terror1957 · Writer	Writer
90 Day Wondering1956 · Writer	Writer
FFlea for Two1955 · Writer	Writer
The Legend of Rockabye Point1955 · Writer	Writer
Beep, Beep1952 · Writer	Writer
Little Beau Pepé1952 · Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)	Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)
A Hound for Trouble1951 · Customer (voice)	Customer (voice)
Bear Feat1949 · Writer	Writer
Frigid Hare1949 · Writer	Writer
Bugs Bunny Rides Again1948 · Writer	Writer
IIt's a Grand Old Nag1947 · Writer	Writer
A Hare Grows in Manhattan1947 · Dog (voice) (uncredited)	Dog (voice) (uncredited)
Herr Meets Hare1945 · Writer	Writer
Rumors1943 · Soldier (voice)	Soldier (voice)
Wackiki Wabbit1943 · Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)	Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)
The Aristo-Cat1943 · Hubie (voice)	Hubie (voice)
Tortoise Wins by a Hare1943 · Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)	Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)
The Ducktators1942 · Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)	Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)
We, the Animals - Squeak!1941 · Leader Mouse (voice)	Leader Mouse (voice)
You Ought to Be in Pictures1940 · Studio Guard (uncredited)	Studio Guard (uncredited)