Michael Maltese

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.

Casted

You Ought to Be in Pictures

Played Studio Guard (uncredited)

Average Rating

7.5

56 votes

Release Date

May 18, 1940

87 years ago
The Ducktators

Played Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.2

40 votes

Release Date

Aug 01, 1942

84 years ago
Tortoise Wins by a Hare

Played Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)

Average Rating

7.0

31 votes

Release Date

Feb 20, 1943

84 years ago
Wackiki Wabbit

Played Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.8

30 votes

Release Date

Jul 03, 1943

83 years ago
A Hare Grows in Manhattan

Played Dog (voice) (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.1

26 votes

Release Date

Mar 22, 1947

80 years ago
Little Beau Pepé

Played Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.7

23 votes

Release Date

Mar 28, 1952

75 years ago
The Aristo-Cat

Played Hubie (voice)

Average Rating

6.6

17 votes

Release Date

Jun 18, 1943

84 years ago
Rumors

Played Soldier (voice)

Average Rating

7.0

13 votes

Release Date

Dec 01, 1943

83 years ago
We, the Animals - Squeak!

Played Leader Mouse (voice)

Average Rating

5.8

8 votes

Release Date

Aug 08, 1941

85 years ago
A Hound for Trouble

Played Customer (voice)

Average Rating

7.0

5 votes

Release Date

Apr 27, 1951

76 years ago

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