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Michael Maltese

Writing · Born February 6, 1908 · 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]

Michael Maltese movies and shows

  • The Flintstones1960
  • Snooper and Blabber1959
  • The Yogi Bear Show1961
  • Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines1969
  • The Quick Draw McGraw Show1959
  • Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy1959
  • The Inspector1965
  • Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har1962
  • Harlem Globetrotters1970
  • The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie1979
  • There They Go-Go-Go!1956
  • Fast and Furry-ous1949
  • What's Opera, Doc?1957
  • Tortoise Wins by a Hare1943
  • Hollywood Daffy1946
  • Stop! Look! and Hasten!1954
  • Adventures of the Road-Runner1962
  • Duck Amuck1953
  • Guided Muscle1955
  • Zoom and Bored1957
  • Baseball Bugs1946
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures1940
  • Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?1964
  • Zipping Along1953