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Michael Maltese

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1908-02-06
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.

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Known For 11 titles
You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940) subtitle poster
You Ought to Be in Pictures
1940 Movie
as Studio Guard (uncredited)
Subtitles Looney Tunes Golden Collection (1946) subtitle poster
Looney Tunes Golden Collection
1946 TV
as Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)
Subtitles The Aristo-Cat (1943) subtitle poster
The Aristo-Cat
1943 Movie
as Hubie (voice)
Subtitles A Hare Grows in Manhattan (1947) subtitle poster
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
1947 Movie
as Dog (voice) (uncredited)
Subtitles Tortoise Wins by a Hare (1943) subtitle poster
Tortoise Wins by a Hare
1943 Movie
as Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)
Subtitles Little Beau Pepé (1952) subtitle poster
Little Beau Pepé
1952 Movie
as Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Subtitles Wackiki Wabbit (1943) subtitle poster
Wackiki Wabbit
1943 Movie
as Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)
Subtitles The Ducktators (1942) subtitle poster
The Ducktators
1942 Movie
as Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)
Subtitles Rumors (1943) subtitle poster
Rumors
1943 Movie
as Soldier (voice)
Subtitles We, the Animals - Squeak! (1941) subtitle poster
We, the Animals - Squeak!
1941 Movie
as Leader Mouse (voice)
Subtitles A Hound for Trouble (1951) subtitle poster
A Hound for Trouble
1951 Movie
as Customer (voice)
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