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Director
Michael Maltese
Writing
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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 193
TMDB ID: 362742
IMDb ID: nm0540789
Known for: Writing
Born: February 6, 1908
Died: February 22, 1981
Age: 73
Place of birth: New York, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1940 - 2013
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.88
Wikidata: Q1928541
Also known as
Mike Maltese • Michael Malteze
Frequent jobs
Story (160)Writer (32)Songs (1)
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]
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Michael Maltese.
Story
Duck Amuck
1953 • Movie
Story
One Froggy Evening
1955 • Movie
Story
Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
1953 • Movie
Story
What's Opera, Doc?
1957 • Movie
Story
Rabbit of Seville
1950 • Movie
Story
Rabbit Fire
1951 • Movie
Story
Rabbit Seasoning
1952 • Movie
Story
Feed the Kitty
1952 • Movie
Story
Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
1953 • Movie
Writer
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
1979 • Movie
Story
Bully for Bugs
1953 • Movie
Writer
Beep, Beep
1952 • Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Michael Maltese.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Michael Maltese.
as Soldier (voice)
Rumors
1943 • Movie
Writer
Raggedy Rug
1964 • Movie
Writer
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
1979 • Movie
Story
Hollywood Daffy
1946 • Movie
Story
Kitty Foiled
1948 • Movie
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Wolf Hounded
1959 • Movie
Story
Fresh Hare
1942 • Movie
Story
Adventures of the Road-Runner
1962 • Movie
Story
Meatless Flyday
1944 • Movie
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Bear Knuckles
1964 • Movie
Writer
Swash Buckled
1962 • Movie
Writer
Habit Rabbit
1963 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Michael Maltese.
Writer • 166 eps
The Flintstones
1960 • Series
Story • 89 eps
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
1969 • Series
Writer • 135 eps
The Quick Draw McGraw Show
1959 • Series
Writer • 1 eps
The Yogi Bear Show
1961 • Series
Writer • 45 eps
Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
1959 • Series
Writer • 34 eps
The Inspector
1965 • Series
Writer • 45 eps
Snooper and Blabber
1959 • Series
Writer • 52 eps
Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har
1962 • Series
Story • 1 eps
Harlem Globetrotters
1970 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Michael Maltese.
Story
Tom and Jerry's Winter Wackiness
2013 • Movie
Songs
Daffy's Rhapsody
2012 • Movie
Story
Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth
1998 • Movie
Story
Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century
1980 • Movie
Writer
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
1980 • Movie
Writer
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
1979 • Movie
Writer
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
1978 • Movie
Story
Cat and Dupli-cat
1967 • Movie
Story
Love Me, Love My Mouse
1966 • Movie
Story
Duel Personality
1966 • Movie
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Big Mouse-Take
1965 • Movie
Story
I'm Just Wild About Jerry
1965 • Movie
Story
Tom-ic Energy
1965 • Movie
Story
Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life
1965 • Movie
Writer
Horse Shoo
1965 • Movie
Story
The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
1964 • Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Michael Maltese.
Story • 1 eps
Harlem Globetrotters
1970 • Series
Story • 89 eps
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
1969 • Series
Writer • 34 eps
The Inspector
1965 • Series
Writer • 52 eps
Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har
1962 • Series
Writer • 1 eps
The Yogi Bear Show
1961 • Series
Writer • 166 eps
The Flintstones
1960 • Series
Writer • 45 eps
Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
1959 • Series
Writer • 135 eps
The Quick Draw McGraw Show
1959 • Series
Writer • 45 eps
Snooper and Blabber
1959 • Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Michael Maltese.
as Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Little Beau Pepé
1952 • Movie
as Customer (voice)
A Hound for Trouble
1951 • Movie
as Dog (voice) (uncredited)
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
1947 • Movie
as Soldier (voice)
Rumors
1943 • Movie
as Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)
Wackiki Wabbit
1943 • Movie
as Hubie (voice)
The Aristo-Cat
1943 • Movie
as Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)
Tortoise Wins by a Hare
1943 • Movie
as Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)
The Ducktators
1942 • Movie
as Leader Mouse (voice)
We, the Animals - Squeak!
1941 • Movie
as Studio Guard (uncredited)
You Ought to Be in Pictures
1940 • Movie