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Michael Maltese

Feb 06, 1908 - Feb 22, 1981 (73 years old) in 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.

[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

Known For

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Tortoise Wins by a Hare
Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)
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A Hare Grows in Manhattan
Dog (voice) (uncredited)
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Wackiki Wabbit
Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)
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Little Beau Pepé
Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)
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Rumors
Soldier (voice)
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You Ought to Be in Pictures
Studio Guard (uncredited)
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We, the Animals - Squeak!
Leader Mouse (voice)
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The Ducktators
Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)
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The Aristo-Cat
Hubie (voice)
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A Hound for Trouble
Customer (voice)

Credits