Michael Maltese

Writer

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]

Born: February 6, 1908 in New York, New York, USA

Died: February 22, 1981 (Age 73)

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Michael Maltese Movies & TV Credits

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
A Hare Grows in Manhattan Short Film	7.1	Actor	Dog (voice) (uncredited)	1947
You Ought to Be in Pictures Short Film	7.4	Actor	Studio Guard (uncredited)	1940
Rumors Short Film	5.8	Actor	Soldier (voice)	1943
The Ducktators Short Film	6.2	Actor	Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)	1942
The Aristo-Cat Short Film	6.7	Actor	Hubie (voice)	1943
Little Beau Pepé Short Film	6.7	Actor	Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)	1952
Wackiki Wabbit Short Film	7.1	Actor	Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)	1943
Tortoise Wins by a Hare Short Film	7.3	Actor	Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)	1943
We, the Animals - Squeak! Short Film	5.9	Actor	Leader Mouse (voice)	1941
A Hound for Trouble Short Film	6.8	Actor	Customer (voice)	1951
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie Movie Available on 25 streaming services.	7.5	Writing	Writer	1979
Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century Movie	6.4	Writing	Story	1980
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines TV Show	7	Writing	Story 89 Episodes	1969-1970
Quick Draw McGraw TV Show	6.6	Writing	Writer 45 Episodes	1959-1962
The Flintstones TV Show Available on 12 streaming services.	7.4	Writing	Writer 166 Episodes	1960-1966
Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy TV Show	6.5	Writing	Writer 45 Episodes	1959-1961
Snooper and Blabber TV Show	6.5	Writing	Writer 45 Episodes	1959-1962
8 Ball Bunny Short Film	7.3	Writing	Story	1950
90 Day Wondering Short Film	5.5	Writing	Writer	1956
A Bear for Punishment Short Film	7	Writing	Story	1951
A Hare Grows in Manhattan Short Film	7.1	Writing	Story	1947
A Pest in the House Short Film	7.2	Writing	Story	1947
A Witch's Tangled Hare Short Film	6.8	Writing	Story	1959
Adventures of the Road-Runner Short Film	7.2	Writing	Story	1962
Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life Short Film	6.3	Writing	Story	1965
Ain't that Ducky Short Film	6.9	Writing	Story	1945
Ali Baba Bunny Short Film	7.5	Writing	Story	1957
Aloha Hooey Short Film	5.8	Writing	Story	1942
Along Came Daffy Short Film	7.3	Writing	Story	1947
Angel Puss Short Film	4.4	Writing	Story	1944
Baby Buggy Bunny Short Film	7.6	Writing	Story	1954
Back Alley Oproar Short Film	7.3	Writing	Story	1948
Baseball Bugs Short Film	7.5	Writing	Story	1946
Baton Bunny Short Film	6.9	Writing	Story	1959
Beanstalk Bunny Short Film	7.6	Writing	Story	1955
Beep, Beep Short Film	7.6	Writing	Writer	1952
Bewitched Bunny Short Film	7.5	Writing	Story	1954
Boyhood Daze Short Film	6.8	Writing	Story	1957
Buccaneer Bunny Short Film	7.6	Writing	Story	1948
Bugs Bunny Rides Again Short Film	7.6	Writing	Writer	1948
Bully for Bugs Short Film	7.8	Writing	Story	1953
Bunny Hugged Short Film	7.4	Writing	Story	1951
Cat Feud Short Film	7	Writing	Story	1958
Cat and Dupli-cat Short Film	6.1	Writing	Story	1967
Cheese Chasers Short Film	7.4	Writing	Story	1951
Chow Hound Short Film	7.3	Writing	Story	1951
Claws for Alarm Short Film	7.5	Writing	Story	1954
Crazy Cruise Short Film	5.7	Writing	Story	1942
Daffy - The Commando Short Film	6.7	Writing	Story	1943
Deduce, You Say Short Film	7.2	Writing	Story	1956
Dog Gone South Short Film	6.8	Writing	Story	1950
Double or Mutton Short Film	7.4	Writing	Story	1955
Drip-Along Daffy Short Film	7.5	Writing	Story	1951
Duck Amuck Short Film	8.4	Writing	Story	1953
Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century Short Film	7.9	Writing	Story	1953
Duck! Rabbit, Duck! Short Film	7.9	Writing	Story	1953
Duel Personality Short Film	6	Writing	Story	1966
Fast and Furry-ous Short Film	7.7	Writing	Story	1949
Feed the Kitty Short Film	7.9	Writing	Story	1952
Feline Frame-Up Short Film	7.3	Writing	Story	1954
Fin'n Catty Short Film	6.1	Writing	Story	1943
Foney Fables Short Film	6	Writing	Story	1942
For Scent-imental Reasons Short Film	7.1	Writing	Story	1949
Forward March Hare Short Film	7.1	Writing	Story	1953
Fox-Terror Short Film	6.6	Writing	Writer	1957
Fresh Hare Short Film	6.8	Writing	Story	1942
Frigid Hare Short Film	7.3	Writing	Writer	1949
From A to Z-Z-Z-Z Short Film	7.4	Writing	Story	1953
Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z Short Film	7.2	Writing	Story	1956
Going! Going! Gosh! Short Film	7.2	Writing	Story	1952
Goldimouse and the Three Cats Short Film	6.7	Writing	Story	1960
Guided Muscle Short Film	7.2	Writing	Story	1955
Hare-Way to the Stars Short Film	7.8	Writing	Story	1958
Haredevil Hare Short Film	7.6	Writing	Story	1948
Herr Meets Hare Short Film	6.8	Writing	Writer	1945
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt Short Film	6.3	Writing	Story	1941
High Note Short Film	7.2	Writing	Story	1960
Hiss and Make Up Short Film	6.8	Writing	Story	1943
Homeless Hare Short Film	7.2	Writing	Story	1950
Horse Hare Short Film	6.6	Writing	Story	1960
House Hunting Mice Short Film	7.1	Writing	Story	1947
I'm Just Wild About Jerry Short Film	6	Writing	Story	1965
Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? Short Film	6.3	Writing	Story	1964
Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk Short Film	6.9	Writing	Story	1943
Kiss Me Cat Short Film	7.5	Writing	Story	1953
Kit for Cat Short Film	7.2	Writing	Story	1948
Little Beau Pepé Short Film	6.7	Writing	Story	1952
Little Red Riding Rabbit Short Film	7.3	Writing	Story	1944
Long-Haired Hare Short Film	7.9	Writing	Story	1949
Love Me, Love My Mouse Short Film	6.1	Writing	Story	1966
Lumber Jack-Rabbit Short Film	7	Writing	Story	1953
Mouse Wreckers Short Film	7.3	Writing	Story	1948
Much Ado About Mousing Short Film	6.1	Writing	Story	1964
Much Ado About Nutting Short Film	7.3	Writing	Story	1953
My Bunny Lies Over the Sea Short Film	7.1	Writing	Story	1948
My Little Duckaroo Short Film	6.8	Writing	Story	1954
No Barking Short Film	6.9	Writing	Story	1954
Notes to You Short Film	6.5	Writing	Story	1941
One Froggy Evening Short Film	8.2	Writing	Story	1955
Operation: Rabbit Short Film	7.7	Writing	Story	1952
Pent-House Mouse Short Film	6.2	Writing	Story	1963
Person to Bunny Short Film	6.6	Writing	Story	1960
Porky's Bear Facts Short Film	5.9	Writing	Story	1941
Rabbit Fire Short Film	8.1	Writing	Story	1951
Rabbit Hood Short Film	7.5	Writing	Story	1949
Rabbit Rampage Short Film	7.5	Writing	Story	1955
Rabbit Seasoning Short Film	8.1	Writing	Story	1952
Rabbit Transit Short Film	7.2	Writing	Story	1947
Rabbit of Seville Short Film	8.2	Writing	Story	1950
Racketeer Rabbit Short Film	7.7	Writing	Story	1946
Ready, Woolen and Able Short Film	7.3	Writing	Story	1960
Ready.. Set.. Zoom! Short Film	7.3	Writing	Story	1955
Rhapsody Rabbit Short Film	7.6	Writing	Story	1946
Robin Hood Daffy Short Film	7.7	Writing	Story	1958
Rocket-bye Baby Short Film	7	Writing	Story	1956
Roughly Squeaking Short Film	6.7	Writing	Story	1946
Scaredy Cat Short Film	7.7	Writing	Story	1948
Scent-imental Over You Short Film	6.4	Writing	Story	1947
Scent-imental Romeo Short Film	6.8	Writing	Story	1951
Scrambled Aches Short Film	7.3	Writing	Story	1957
Slick Hare Short Film	7.4	Writing	Story	1947
Sport Chumpions Short Film	5.8	Writing	Story	1941
Stage Door Cartoon Short Film	7.2	Writing	Story	1944
Steal Wool Short Film	7.3	Writing	Story	1957
Stop! Look! And Hasten! Short Film	7.4	Writing	Story	1954
Terrier-Stricken Short Film	6.8	Writing	Story	1952
The Bee-Deviled Bruin Short Film	6.9	Writing	Story	1949
The Cat Above and the Mouse Below Short Film	6.7	Writing	Story	1964
The Cat's Tale Short Film	6	Writing	Story	1941
The Cats Bah Short Film	6.8	Writing	Story	1954
The Hare-Brained Hypnotist Short Film	7	Writing	Story	1942
The Hasty Hare Short Film	7.5	Writing	Story	1952
The Haunted Mouse Short Film	6.1	Writing	Story	1941
The Heckling Hare Short Film	7	Writing	Story	1941
The Hypo-Chondri-Cat Short Film	7.1	Writing	Story	1950
The Legend of Rockabye Point Short Film	7	Writing	Writer	1955
The Mouse on 57th Street Short Film	6.3	Writing	Story	1961
The Scarlet Pumpernickel Short Film	7.1	Writing	Story	1950
The Trial of Mr. Wolf Short Film	6.8	Writing	Story	1941
The Unbearable Bear Short Film	6.5	Writing	Story	1943
The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse Short Film	5.9	Writing	Story	1964
The Wabbit Who Came to Supper Short Film	6.9	Writing	Story	1942
There They Go-Go-Go! Short Film	7.2	Writing	Story	1956
Trip for Tat Short Film	6.1	Writing	Story	1960
Tweetie Pie Short Film	6.9	Writing	Story	1947
Two's a Crowd Short Film	7.1	Writing	Story	1950
Water, Water Every Hare Short Film	7.7	Writing	Story	1952
Weasel While You Work Short Film	6.7	Writing	Story	1958
What's Brewin', Bruin? Short Film	6.6	Writing	Story	1948
What's Opera, Doc? Short Film	8.1	Writing	Story	1957
Who Scent You? Short Film	6.4	Writing	Story	1960
Whoa, Be-Gone! Short Film	7.2	Writing	Story	1958
Wild Over You Short Film	7	Writing	Story	1953
Zipping Along Short Film	7	Writing	Story	1953
Zoom and Bored Short Film	7.2	Writing	Story	1957
Witch Crafty Short Film	6.6	Writing	Story	1955
Square Shootin' Square Short Film	7.5	Writing	Story	1955
Helter Shelter Short Film	7.1	Writing	Story	1955
Piggy's Dizzy Night Short Film	6.6	Writing	Story	1954
Flea for Two Short Film	7.5	Writing	Writer	1955
Pig in a Pickle Short Film	6.8	Writing	Story	1954
Cockatoos for Two Short Film	5.9	Writing	Story	1947
It's a Grand Old Nag Short Film	7.1	Writing	Writer	1947
Fee Fie Foes Short Film	5.2	Writing	Writer	1961
Beef for and After Short Film	5.9	Writing	Writer	1962
Bearly Able Short Film	5.7	Writing	Writer	1962
Wolf Hounded Short Film	5.8	Writing	Story	1959
Little Bo Bopped Short Film	5.2	Writing	Story	1959
This Is My Ducky Day Short Film	5.8	Writing	Story	1961
Zoo Is Company Short Film	5.5	Writing	Story	1961
Swash Buckled Short Film	5.8	Writing	Writer	1962
Bear Hug Short Film	5	Writing	Writer	1964
Bear Knuckles Short Film	5	Writing	Writer	1964
Bear Up! Short Film	5.4	Writing	Story	1963
Big Mouse-Take Short Film	5.7	Writing	Writer	1965
Drum-Sticked Short Film	5.5	Writing	Writer	1963
Elephantastic Short Film	4.8	Writing	Writer	1964
Habit Rabbit Short Film	5.4	Writing	Writer	1963
Horse Shoo Short Film	5.2	Writing	Writer	1965
Raggedy Rug Short Film	5.2	Writing	Writer	1964
Sheep Stealers Anonymous Short Film	5.5	Writing	Writer	1963
Trouble Bruin Short Film	5.7	Writing	Writer	1964
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special Movie	6.3	Writing	Writer	1980
How Bugs Bunny Won the West Movie	7.3	Writing	Writer	1978
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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