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Writer
Michael Maltese
- Born February 6, 1908 in New York, New York, USA
- Died February 22, 1981
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 Flintstones1960
Duck Amuck1953
The Yogi Bear Show1961
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie1979
What's Opera, Doc?1957
One Froggy Evening1955
Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century1953
Rabbit of Seville1950
Filmography
- 2013Tom and Jerry's Winter WackinessFilmStory
- 2012Daffy's RhapsodyFilmSongs
- 2010Daffy Duck: Frustrated FowlFilmWriter
- 1998Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on EarthFilmStory
- 1991Chuck Amuck: The MovieFilmHimself
- 1980Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th CenturyFilmStory
- 1980Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving SpecialFilmWriter
- 1979The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner MovieFilmWriter
- 1978How Bugs Bunny Won the WestFilmWriter
- 1970Harlem GlobetrottersSeriesStory
- 1969Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying MachinesSeriesStory
- 1967Cat and Dupli-catFilmStory
- 1966Love Me, Love My MouseFilmStory
- 1966Duel PersonalityFilmStory
- 1965I'm Just Wild About JerryFilmStory
- 1965Tom-ic EnergyFilmStory
- 1965Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of LifeFilmStory
- 1965The InspectorSeriesWriter
- 1965Big Mouse-TakeFilmWriter
- 1965Horse ShooFilmWriter
- 1964The Cat Above and the Mouse BelowFilmStory
- 1964The Unshrinkable Jerry MouseFilmStory
- 1964Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?FilmStory
- 1964Much Ado About MousingFilmStory
- 1964Bear HugFilmWriter
- 1964Bear KnucklesFilmWriter
- 1964ElephantasticFilmWriter
- 1964Raggedy RugFilmWriter
- 1964Trouble BruinFilmWriter
- 1963Pent-House MouseFilmStory
- 1963Bear Up!FilmStory
- 1963Drum-StickedFilmWriter
- 1963Habit RabbitFilmWriter
- 1963Sheep Stealers AnonymousFilmWriter
- 1962Adventures of the Road-RunnerFilmStory
- 1962Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har HarSeriesWriter
- 1962Beef For And AfterFilmWriter
- 1962Swash BuckledFilmWriter
- 1962Bearly AbleFilmWriter
- 1961The Yogi Bear ShowSeriesWriter
- 1961The Mouse on 57th StreetFilmStory
- 1961Fee Fie FoesFilmWriter
- 1961This Is My Ducky DayFilmStory
- 1961Zoo is CompanyFilmStory
- 1960The FlintstonesSeriesWriter
- 1960High NoteFilmStory
- 1960Goldimouse and the Three CatsFilmStory
- 1960Ready, Woolen and AbleFilmStory
- 1960Who Scent You?FilmStory
- 1960Person to BunnyFilmStory
- 1960Trip for TatFilmStory
- 1960Horse HareFilmStory
- 1959Augie Doggie and Doggie DaddySeriesWriter
- 1959The Quick Draw McGraw ShowSeriesWriter
- 1959Baton BunnyFilmStory
- 1959A Witch's Tangled HareFilmStory
- 1959Really ScentFilmStory
- 1959Wild About HurryFilmStory
- 1959Snooper and BlabberSeriesWriter
- 1959Wolf HoundedFilmStory
- 1959Little Bo BoppedFilmStory
- 1958Robin Hood DaffyFilmStory
- 1958Hare-Way to the StarsFilmStory
- 1958Cat FeudFilmStory
- 1958Whoa, Be-Gone!FilmStory
- 1958Weasel While You WorkFilmStory
- 1958Hip Hip-Hurry!FilmStory
- 1957What's Opera, Doc?FilmStory
- 1957Ali Baba BunnyFilmStory
- 1957Zoom and BoredFilmStory
- 1957Scrambled AchesFilmStory
- 1957Steal WoolFilmStory
- 1957Boyhood DazeFilmStory
- 1957Touché and GoFilmStory
- 1957Fox-TerrorFilmWriter
- 1956Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-zFilmStory
- 1956Deduce, You SayFilmStory
- 1956There They Go-Go-Go!FilmStory
- 195690 Day WonderingFilmWriter
- 1956Rocket-bye BabyFilmStory