Michael Maltese
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Michael Maltese

Feb 6, 1908 - 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.

[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

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Movie1947A Hare Grows in ManhattanDog (voice) (uncredited)
Movie1943Wackiki WabbitFat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)
Movie1940You Ought to Be in PicturesStudio Guard (uncredited)
Movie1943RumorsSoldier (voice)
Movie1941We, the Animals - Squeak!Leader Mouse (voice)
Movie1951A Hound for TroubleCustomer (voice)
Movie1942The DucktatorsMussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)
Movie1943The Aristo-CatHubie (voice)
Movie1952Little Beau PepéForeign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Movie1943Tortoise Wins by a HareVarious Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)

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Movie1955Double or MuttonStoryWriting
Movie1963Pent-House MouseStoryWriting
Movie1946Baseball BugsStoryWriting
Movie1965Tom-ic EnergyStoryWriting
Movie1964The Unshrinkable Jerry MouseStoryWriting
Movie1949Long-Haired HareStoryWriting
Movie2010Daffy Duck: Frustrated FowlWriterWriting
Movie1953Duck Dodgers in the 24½th CenturyStoryWriting
Movie1944Angel PussStoryWriting
Movie1952Rabbit SeasoningStoryWriting
Movie1950Rabbit of SevilleStoryWriting
Movie1953Duck AmuckStoryWriting
Movie1955One Froggy EveningStoryWriting
Movie1957What's Opera, Doc?StoryWriting
Movie1951Rabbit FireStoryWriting
Movie1953Duck! Rabbit, Duck!StoryWriting
Movie195690 Day WonderingWriterWriting
Movie1947A Pest in the HouseStoryWriting
Movie1959A Witch's Tangled HareStoryWriting
Movie1954Bewitched BunnyStoryWriting
Movie1957Boyhood DazeStoryWriting
Movie1948Buccaneer BunnyStoryWriting
Movie1951Chow HoundStoryWriting
Movie1980Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th CenturyStoryWriting
Movie1954Feline Frame-UpStoryWriting
Movie1952Feed the KittyStoryWriting
Movie1949For Scent-imental ReasonsStoryWriting
Movie1954From A to Z-Z-Z-ZStoryWriting
Movie1948Haredevil HareStoryWriting
Movie1958Hare-Way to the StarsStoryWriting
Movie1953Kiss Me CatStoryWriting
Movie1952The Hasty HareStoryWriting
Movie1948Scaredy CatStoryWriting
Movie19508 Ball BunnyStoryWriting
Movie1954Baby Buggy BunnyStoryWriting
Movie1949Fast and Furry-ousStoryWriting
Movie1956Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-zStoryWriting
Movie1947A Hare Grows in ManhattanStoryWriting
Movie1951Drip-Along DaffyStoryWriting
Movie1950Homeless HareStoryWriting
Movie1948Kit for CatStoryWriting
Movie1954No BarkingStoryWriting
Movie1947Rabbit TransitStoryWriting
Movie1946Rhapsody RabbitStoryWriting
Movie1946Racketeer RabbitStoryWriting
Movie1953Lumber Jack-RabbitStoryWriting
Movie1942The Wabbit Who Came to SupperStoryWriting
Movie1959Baton BunnyStoryWriting
Movie1957Ali Baba BunnyStoryWriting
Movie1949Rabbit HoodStoryWriting
Movie1958Robin Hood DaffyStoryWriting
Movie1950The Scarlet PumpernickelStoryWriting
Movie1947Tweetie PieStoryWriting
Movie1958Cat FeudStoryWriting
Movie1949Frigid HareWriterWriting
Movie1951Scent-imental RomeoStoryWriting
Movie1952Going! Going! Gosh!StoryWriting
Movie1953Zipping AlongStoryWriting
Movie1954Stop! Look! and Hasten!StoryWriting
Movie1955Ready.. Set.. Zoom!StoryWriting
Movie1955Guided MuscleStoryWriting
Movie1956There They Go-Go-Go!StoryWriting
Movie1957Scrambled AchesStoryWriting
Movie1957Zoom and BoredStoryWriting
Movie1958Whoa, Be-Gone!StoryWriting
Movie1955The Legend of Rockabye PointWriterWriting
Movie1954My Little DuckarooStoryWriting
Movie1956Rocket-bye BabyStoryWriting
Movie1952Terrier-StrickenStoryWriting
Movie1955Rabbit RampageStoryWriting
Movie1953Much Ado About NuttingStoryWriting
Movie1943Jack-Wabbit and the BeanstalkStoryWriting
Movie1955Beanstalk BunnyStoryWriting
Movie1951A Bear for PunishmentStoryWriting
Movie1944Little Red Riding RabbitStoryWriting
Movie1953Bully for BugsStoryWriting
Movie1952Operation: RabbitStoryWriting
Movie1957Steal WoolStoryWriting
Movie1950Dog Gone SouthStoryWriting
Movie1951Bunny HuggedStoryWriting
Movie1947Slick HareStoryWriting
Movie1947Cockatoos for TwoStoryWriting
Movie1941The Trial of Mr. WolfStoryWriting
Movie1964Bear HugWriterWriting
Movie1963Bear Up!StoryWriting
Movie1965Big Mouse-TakeWriterWriting
Movie1963Drum-StickedWriterWriting
Movie1964ElephantasticWriterWriting
Movie1964Bear KnucklesWriterWriting
Movie1963Habit RabbitWriterWriting
Movie1965Horse ShooWriterWriting
Movie1964Raggedy RugWriterWriting
Movie1963Sheep Stealers AnonymousWriterWriting
Movie1964Trouble BruinWriterWriting
Movie1964The Cat Above and the Mouse BelowStoryWriting
Movie1948My Bunny Lies Over the SeaStoryWriting
Movie1944Stage Door CartoonStoryWriting
Movie1941The Haunted MouseStoryWriting
Movie1948Back Alley OproarStoryWriting
Movie1958Weasel While You WorkStoryWriting
Movie1950Two's a CrowdStoryWriting
Movie1942The Hare-Brained HypnotistStoryWriting
Movie1947Along Came DaffyStoryWriting
Movie1949The Bee-Deviled BruinStoryWriting
Movie1947Scent-imental Over YouStoryWriting
Movie1955Flea for TwoWriterWriting
Movie1946Roughly SqueakingStoryWriting
Movie1954The Cats BahStoryWriting
Movie1945Ain't That DuckyStoryWriting
Movie1943Fin'n CattyStoryWriting
Movie1948What's Brewin', Bruin?StoryWriting
Movie1952Little Beau PepéStoryWriting
Movie1943Hiss and Make UpStoryWriting
Movie1953Wild Over YouStoryWriting
Movie1965I'm Just Wild About JerryStoryWriting
Movie1942Fresh HareStoryWriting
Movie1955Square Shootin' SquareStoryWriting
Movie1955Witch CraftyStoryWriting
Movie1955Helter ShelterStoryWriting
Movie1954Paw's Night OutStoryWriting
Movie1954Pig in a PickleStoryWriting
Movie1967Cat and Dupli-catStoryWriting
Movie1960Horse HareStoryWriting
Movie1960Goldimouse and the Three CatsStoryWriting
Movie1960Person to BunnyStoryWriting
Movie1960Who Scent You?StoryWriting
Movie1960Ready, Woolen and AbleStoryWriting
Movie1960Trip for TatStoryWriting
Movie1960High NoteStoryWriting
Movie1961The Mouse on 57th StreetStoryWriting
Movie1952Beep, BeepWriterWriting
Movie1957Fox-TerrorWriterWriting
Movie2013Tom and Jerry's Winter WackinessStoryWriting
Movie1966Duel PersonalityStoryWriting
Movie1953Forward March HareStoryWriting
Movie1965Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of LifeStoryWriting
Movie1954Claws for AlarmStoryWriting
Movie1952Water, Water Every HareStoryWriting
Movie1941Hiawatha's Rabbit HuntStoryWriting
Movie1942Aloha HooeyStoryWriting
Movie1942Crazy CruiseStoryWriting
Movie1941Porky's Bear FactsStoryWriting
Movie1941Sport ChumpionsStoryWriting
Movie1941Notes to YouStoryWriting
Movie1956Deduce, You SayStoryWriting
Movie1947It's a Grand Old NagWriterWriting
Movie1978How Bugs Bunny Won the WestWriterWriting
Movie1948Bugs Bunny Rides AgainWriterWriting
Movie1941The Heckling HareStoryWriting
Movie1942Foney FablesStoryWriting
Movie1945Herr Meets HareWriterWriting
Movie1949Bear FeatWriterWriting
Movie1962Adventures of the Road-RunnerStoryWriting
Movie1966Love Me, Love My MouseStoryWriting
Movie1979The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner MovieWriterWriting
Movie1943The Unbearable BearStoryWriting
Movie1947House Hunting MiceStoryWriting
Movie1949Mouse WreckersStoryWriting
Movie1950The Hypo-Chondri-CatStoryWriting
Movie1951Cheese ChasersStoryWriting
Movie1980Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving SpecialWriterWriting
Movie1943Daffy - The CommandoStoryWriting
Movie1959Wolf HoundedStoryWriting
Movie1959Little Bo BoppedStoryWriting
Movie1961This Is My Ducky DayStoryWriting
Movie1961Fee Fie FoesWriterWriting
Movie1961Zoo is CompanyStoryWriting
Movie1962Beef For And AfterWriterWriting
Movie1962Swash BuckledWriterWriting
Movie1962Bearly AbleWriterWriting
Movie1941The Cat's TaleStoryWriting
Movie1964Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?StoryWriting
Movie1998Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on EarthStoryWriting
Movie1964Much Ado About MousingStoryWriting
Movie1944Meatless FlydayStoryWriting
Movie1952Mouse-WarmingStoryWriting
Movie1954Sheep AhoyStoryWriting
Movie1959Wild About HurryStoryWriting
TV Show1960The FlintstonesWriterWriting
TV Show1959Quick Draw McGrawWriterWriting
TV Show1959Augie Doggie and Doggie DaddyWriterWriting
TV Show1959Snooper and BlabberWriterWriting
TV Show1969Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying MachinesStoryWriting