Michael Maltese

Writer

Born: February 6, 1908 (73 years old)

Died: February 22, 1981

Place of birth: New York, New York, USA

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]

Filmography (170)

• You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940, ★ 7.5)
• Double or Mutton (1955, ★ 7.3)
• Rabbit Seasoning (1952, ★ 7.4)
• Rabbit of Seville (1950, ★ 7.6)
• Duck Amuck (1953, ★ 8.1)
• Long-Haired Hare (1949, ★ 7.1)
• Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953, ★ 7.6)
• One Froggy Evening (1955, ★ 7.7)
• What's Opera, Doc? (1957, ★ 7.6)
• Rabbit Fire (1951, ★ 7.4)
• Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953, ★ 7.4)
• Bewitched Bunny (1954, ★ 7.1)
• Buccaneer Bunny (1948, ★ 7.2)
• Feed the Kitty (1952, ★ 7.4)
• Haredevil Hare (1948, ★ 7.1)
• A Hare Grows in Manhattan (1947, ★ 6.1)
• Wackiki Wabbit (1943, ★ 6.7)
• Rumors (1943, ★ 7)
• A Hound for Trouble (1951, ★ 7)
• The Ducktators (1942, ★ 6.2)
• The Aristo-Cat (1943, ★ 6.7)
• Little Beau Pepé (1952, ★ 6.7)
• Tortoise Wins by a Hare (1943, ★ 6.9)
• Pent-House Mouse (1963, ★ 6.2)
• Baseball Bugs (1946, ★ 6.8)
• A Pest in the House (1947, ★ 6.9)
• Chow Hound (1951, ★ 6.5)
• Feline Frame-Up (1954, ★ 6.5)
• For Scent-imental Reasons (1949, ★ 6.8)
• Hare-Way to the Stars (1958, ★ 7)