Michael Maltese
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.
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Acting History
1952
Little Beau Pepé as Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)
1951A Hound for Trouble as Customer (voice)
1947A Hare Grows in Manhattan as Dog (voice) (uncredited)
1943Rumors as Soldier (voice)
1943Wackiki Wabbit as Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)
1943The Aristo-Cat as Hubie (voice)
1943Tortoise Wins by a Hare as Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)
1942The Ducktators as Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)
1941We, the Animals - Squeak! as Leader Mouse (voice)
1940You Ought to Be in Pictures as Studio Guard (uncredited)