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Michael Maltese

Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born February 6, 1908Died February 22, 1981 (73 years)
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
  • The Flintstones
  • What's Opera, Doc?
  • Duck Amuck
  • Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
  • One Froggy Evening
  • Rabbit of Seville
  • Rabbit Seasoning
  • Rabbit Fire
  • Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines
  • Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
  • Feed the Kitty
  • Bully for Bugs
  • The Yogi Bear Show
  • Robin Hood Daffy
  • Wacky Races
  • Fast and Furry-ous
  • Baseball Bugs
  • Water, Water Every Hare
  • Ali Baba Bunny
  • The Scarlet Pumpernickel
  • Quick Draw McGraw
  • Little Red Riding Rabbit
  • Scaredy Cat
  • Top Cat

Filmography

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