Michael Maltese
Born: 1908-02-06 in New York, New York, USA
Died: 1981-02-22
Known For: Writing
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. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Filmography
2013
- Tom and Jerry's Winter Wackiness ... (Story)
2012
- Daffy's Rhapsody ... (Songs)
2010
- Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl ... (Writer)
1998
- Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth ... (Story)
1980
- Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century ... (Story)
- Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special ... (Writer)
1979
- The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie ... (Writer)
1978
- How Bugs Bunny Won the West ... (Writer)
1970
- Harlem Globetrotters ... (Story)
1969
- Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines ... (Story)
1967
- Cat and Dupli-cat ... (Story)
1966
- Duel Personality ... (Story)
- Love Me, Love My Mouse ... (Story)
1965
- The Inspector ... (Writer)
- Tom-ic Energy ... (Story)
- Big Mouse-Take ... (Writer)
- I'm Just Wild About Jerry ... (Story)
- Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life ... (Story)
- Horse Shoo ... (Writer)
1964
- Much Ado About Mousing ... (Story)
- The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse ... (Story)
- Bear Knuckles ... (Writer)
- The Cat Above and the Mouse Below ... (Story)
- Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? ... (Story)
- Bear Hug ... (Writer)
- Elephantastic ... (Writer)
- Trouble Bruin ... (Writer)
- Raggedy Rug ... (Writer)
1963
- Pent-House Mouse ... (Story)
- Habit Rabbit ... (Writer)
- Drum-Sticked ... (Writer)
- Bear Up! ... (Story)
- Sheep Stealers Anonymous ... (Writer)
1962
- Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har ... (Writer)
- Adventures of the Road-Runner ... (Story)
- Beef For And After ... (Writer)
- Swash Buckled ... (Writer)
- Bearly Able ... (Writer)
1961
- The Yogi Bear Show ... (Writer)
- The Mouse on 57th Street ... (Story)
- This Is My Ducky Day ... (Story)
- Fee Fie Foes ... (Writer)
- Zoo is Company ... (Story)
1960
- The Flintstones ... (Writer)
- High Note ... (Story)
- Goldimouse and the Three Cats ... (Story)
- Horse Hare ... (Story)
- Trip for Tat ... (Story)
- Person to Bunny ... (Story)
- Who Scent You? ... (Story)
- Ready, Woolen and Able ... (Story)
1959
- The Quick Draw McGraw Show ... (Writer)
- Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy ... (Writer)
- Snooper and Blabber ... (Writer)
- Baton Bunny ... (Story)
- Wolf Hounded ... (Story)
- Little Bo Bopped ... (Story)
- A Witch's Tangled Hare ... (Story)
- Really Scent ... (Story)
- Wild About Hurry ... (Story)
1958
- Cat Feud ... (Story)
- Robin Hood Daffy ... (Story)
- Hare-Way to the Stars ... (Story)
- Whoa, Be-Gone! ... (Story)
- Weasel While You Work ... (Story)
- Hip Hip-Hurry! ... (Story)
1957
- What's Opera, Doc? ... (Story)
- Ali Baba Bunny ... (Story)
- Scrambled Aches ... (Story)
- Boyhood Daze ... (Story)
- Steal Wool ... (Story)
- Zoom and Bored ... (Story)
- Fox-Terror ... (Writer)
- Touché and Go ... (Story)
1956
- Deduce, You Say ... (Story)
- There They Go-Go-Go! ... (Story)
- Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z ... (Story)
- Rocket-bye Baby ... (Story)
- 90 Day Wondering ... (Writer)
1955
- One Froggy Evening ... (Story)
- Rabbit Rampage ... (Story)
- Ready.. Set.. Zoom! ... (Story)
- Beanstalk Bunny ... (Story)
- The Legend of Rockabye Point ... (Writer)
- Helter Shelter ... (Story)
- Guided Muscle ... (Story)
- Square Shootin' Square ... (Story)
- Past Perfumance ... (Story)
- Double or Mutton ... (Story)
- Witch Crafty ... (Story)
- Flea for Two ... (Writer)
1954
- Bewitched Bunny ... (Story)
- My Little Duckaroo ... (Story)
- Feline Frame-Up ... (Story)
- The Cats Bah ... (Story)
- Stop! Look! and Hasten! ... (Story)
- From A to Z-Z-Z-Z ... (Story)
- Sheep Ahoy ... (Story)
- Claws for Alarm ... (Story)
- Pig in a Pickle ... (Story)
- Baby Buggy Bunny ... (Story)
- No Barking ... (Story)
- Paw's Night Out ... (Story)
1953
- Duck Amuck ... (Story)
- Bully for Bugs ... (Story)
- Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century ... (Story)
- Zipping Along ... (Story)
- Kiss Me Cat ... (Story)
- Lumber Jack-Rabbit ... (Story)
- Forward March Hare ... (Story)
- Duck! Rabbit, Duck! ... (Story)
- Wild Over You ... (Story)
- Much Ado About Nutting ... (Story)
1952
- Operation: Rabbit ... (Story)
- Water, Water Every Hare ... (Story)
- Rabbit Seasoning ... (Story)
- Going! Going! Gosh! ... (Story)
- Beep, Beep ... (Writer)
- Feed the Kitty ... (Story)
- Little Beau Pepé as Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)
- Mouse-Warming ... (Story)
- Terrier-Stricken ... (Story)
- The Hasty Hare ... (Story)
1951
- Rabbit Fire ... (Story)
- Cheese Chasers ... (Story)
- Chow Hound ... (Story)
- Drip-Along Daffy ... (Story)
- A Bear for Punishment ... (Story)
- Bunny Hugged ... (Story)
- Scent-imental Romeo ... (Story)
- A Hound for Trouble as Customer (voice)
1950
- 8 Ball Bunny ... (Story)
- The Hypo-Chondri-Cat ... (Story)
- The Scarlet Pumpernickel ... (Story)
- Homeless Hare ... (Story)
- Rabbit of Seville ... (Story)
- Dog Gone South ... (Story)
- Two's a Crowd ... (Story)
1949
- Fast and Furry-ous ... (Story)
- Long-Haired Hare ... (Story)
- Frigid Hare ... (Writer)
- For Scent-imental Reasons ... (Story)
- Rabbit Hood ... (Story)
- Bear Feat ... (Writer)
- Mouse Wreckers ... (Story)
- The Bee-Deviled Bruin ... (Story)
1948
- Scaredy Cat ... (Story)
- Kitty Foiled ... (Story)
- Buccaneer Bunny ... (Story)
- Bugs Bunny Rides Again ... (Writer)
- Back Alley Oproar ... (Story)
- My Bunny Lies Over the Sea ... (Story)
- Haredevil Hare ... (Story)
- Kit for Cat ... (Story)
- Rabbit Punch ... (Story)
- What's Brewin', Bruin? ... (Story)
1947
- Tweetie Pie ... (Story)
- Slick Hare ... (Story)
- House Hunting Mice ... (Story)
- Along Came Daffy ... (Story)
- Scent-imental Over You ... (Story)
- A Pest in the House ... (Story)
- A Hare Grows in Manhattan as Dog (voice) (uncredited)
- Rabbit Transit ... (Story)
- Cockatoos for Two ... (Story)
- It's a Grand Old Nag ... (Writer)
1946
- Looney Tunes Golden Collection as Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)
- Racketeer Rabbit ... (Story)
- Baseball Bugs ... (Story)
- Rhapsody Rabbit ... (Story)
- Roughly Squeaking ... (Story)
- Hollywood Daffy ... (Story)
1945
- Ain't That Ducky ... (Story)
- Herr Meets Hare ... (Writer)
1944
- Little Red Riding Rabbit ... (Story)
- Meatless Flyday ... (Story)
- Stage Door Cartoon ... (Story)
- Angel Puss ... (Story)
1943
- Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk ... (Story)
- Tortoise Wins by a Hare as Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)
- Rumors as Soldier (voice)
- Hiss and Make Up ... (Story)
- Wackiki Wabbit as Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)
- Daffy - The Commando ... (Story)
- The Aristo-Cat as Hubie (voice)
- The Unbearable Bear ... (Story)
- Fin'n Catty ... (Story)
1942
- Foney Fables ... (Story)
- The Wabbit Who Came to Supper ... (Story)
- The Ducktators as Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)
- The Hare-Brained Hypnotist ... (Story)
- Fresh Hare ... (Story)
- Aloha Hooey ... (Story)
- Crazy Cruise ... (Story)
1941
- Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt ... (Story)
- The Haunted Mouse ... (Story)
- The Cat's Tale ... (Story)
- The Trial of Mr. Wolf ... (Story)
- Porky's Bear Facts ... (Story)
- We, the Animals - Squeak! as Leader Mouse (voice)
- Notes to You ... (Story)
- The Heckling Hare ... (Story)
- Sport Chumpions ... (Story)
1940
- You Ought to Be in Pictures as Studio Guard (uncredited)