Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Known Credits
10
Gender
Male
Birthday
February 06, 1908 ( 73 years old )
Place of Birth
New York, New York, USA
Also Known As
Mike Maltese
Michael Malteze
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. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Known For
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
1947-03-22Wackiki Wabbit
1943-07-03You Ought to Be in Pictures
1940-05-18Rumors
1943-12-01We, the Animals - Squeak!
1941-08-08A Hound for Trouble
1951-04-27The Ducktators
1942-08-01The Aristo-Cat
1943-06-18Little Beau Pepé
1952-03-28Tortoise Wins by a Hare
1943-02-20