Michael Maltese
February 6, 1908 (116 years old) in 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]
Known For
Credits
- 1952 ·Little Beau Pepéas Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)
- 1951 ·A Hound for Troubleas Customer (voice)
- 1947 ·A Hare Grows in Manhattanas Dog (voice) (uncredited)
- 1943 ·Rumorsas Soldier (voice)
- 1943 ·Wackiki Wabbitas Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)
- 1943 ·The Aristo-Catas Hubie (voice)
- 1943 ·Tortoise Wins by a Hareas Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)
- 1942 ·The Ducktatorsas Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)
- 1941 ·We, the Animals - Squeak!as Leader Mouse (voice)
- 1940 ·You Ought to Be in Picturesas Studio Guard (uncredited)