Michael Maltese

from New York, New York, USA

Artwork for We, the Animals - Squeak!Image of Michael Maltese

Biography

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]

Timeline

2013Aged 105

  • Poster for Tom and Jerry's Winter Wackiness

    Story

2012Aged 104

  • Poster for Daffy's Rhapsody

    Songs

2010Aged 102

1998Aged 90

  • Poster for Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth

    Story

1980Aged 72

  • Poster for Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special

    Writer

  • Poster for Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century

    Story

1979Aged 71

  • Poster for The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie

    Writer

1978Aged 70

  • Poster for How Bugs Bunny Won the West

    Writer

1967Aged 59

  • Poster for Cat and Dupli-cat

    Story

1966Aged 58

  • Poster for Duel Personality

    Story

  • Poster for Love Me, Love My Mouse

    Story

1965Aged 57

  • Poster for Horse Shoo

    Writer

  • Poster for Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life

    Story

  • Poster for Tom-ic Energy

    Story

  • Poster for I'm Just Wild About Jerry

    Story

  • Poster for Big Mouse-Take

    Writer

1964Aged 56

  • Poster for Raggedy Rug

    Writer

  • Poster for Elephantastic

    Writer

  • Poster for The Cat Above and the Mouse Below

    Story

  • Poster for Bear Hug

    Writer

  • Poster for Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?

    Story

  • Poster for Much Ado About Mousing

    Story

  • Poster for Trouble Bruin

    Writer

  • Poster for Bear Knuckles

    Writer

  • Poster for The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse

    Story

1963Aged 55

  • Poster for Sheep Stealers Anonymous

    Writer

  • Poster for Pent-House Mouse

    Story

  • Poster for Drum-Sticked

    Writer

  • Poster for Bear Up!

    Story

  • Poster for Habit Rabbit

    Writer

1962Aged 54

  • Poster for Beef For And After

    Writer

  • Poster for Swash Buckled

    Writer

  • Poster for Adventures of the Road-Runner

    Story

  • Poster for Bearly Able

    Writer

1961Aged 53

  • Poster for The Mouse on 57th Street

    Story

  • Poster for This Is My Ducky Day

    Story

  • Poster for Fee Fie Foes

    Writer

  • Poster for Zoo is Company

    Story

1960Aged 52

  • Poster for Horse Hare

    Story

  • Poster for Goldimouse and the Three Cats

    Story

  • Poster for Person to Bunny

    Story

  • Poster for Who Scent You?

    Story

  • Poster for Ready, Woolen and Able

    Story

  • Poster for Trip for Tat

    Story

  • Poster for High Note

    Story

1959Aged 51

  • Poster for Baton Bunny

    Story

  • Poster for Really Scent

    Story

  • Poster for Wild About Hurry

    Story

  • Poster for A Witch's Tangled Hare

    Story

  • Poster for Wolf Hounded

    Story

  • Poster for Little Bo Bopped

    Story

1958Aged 50

  • Poster for Robin Hood Daffy

    Story

  • Poster for Hare-Way to the Stars

    Story

  • Poster for Whoa, Be-Gone!

    Story

  • Poster for Weasel While You Work

    Story

  • Poster for Hip Hip-Hurry!

    Story

  • Poster for Cat Feud

    Story

1957Aged 49

  • Poster for Scrambled Aches

    Story

  • Poster for Ali Baba Bunny

    Story

  • Poster for Boyhood Daze

    Story

  • Poster for Fox-Terror

    Writer

  • Poster for Steal Wool

    Story

  • Poster for What's Opera, Doc?

    Story

  • Poster for Zoom and Bored

    Story

  • Poster for Touché and Go

    Story

1956Aged 48

  • Poster for Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z

    Story

  • Poster for Rocket-bye Baby

    Story

  • Poster for Deduce, You Say

    Story

  • Poster for There They Go-Go-Go!

    Story

  • Poster for 90 Day Wondering

    Writer

1955Aged 47

  • Poster for Helter Shelter

    Story

  • Poster for Beanstalk Bunny

    Story

  • Poster for Witch Crafty

    Story

  • Poster for The Legend of Rockabye Point

    Writer

  • Poster for Ready.. Set.. Zoom!

    Story

  • Poster for Past Perfumance

    Story

  • Poster for Rabbit Rampage

    Story

  • Poster for Double or Mutton

    Story

  • Flea for Two

    Writer

  • Poster for Square Shootin' Square

    Story

  • Poster for Guided Muscle

    Story

  • Poster for One Froggy Evening

    Story

1954Aged 46

  • Poster for Feline Frame-Up

    Story

  • Poster for No Barking

    Story

  • Poster for The Cats Bah

    Story

  • Poster for Claws for Alarm

    Story

  • Poster for Bewitched Bunny

    Story

  • Poster for Paw's Night Out

    Story

  • Poster for Stop! Look! and Hasten!

    Story

  • Poster for Pig in a Pickle

    Story

  • Poster for From A to Z-Z-Z-Z

    Story

  • Poster for My Little Duckaroo

    Story

  • Poster for Sheep Ahoy

    Story

  • Poster for Baby Buggy Bunny

    Story

1953Aged 45

  • Poster for Forward March Hare

    Story

  • Poster for Kiss Me Cat

    Story

  • Poster for Duck Amuck

    Story

  • Poster for Much Ado About Nutting

    Story

  • Poster for Wild Over You

    Story

  • Poster for Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century

    Story

  • Poster for Bully for Bugs

    Story

  • Poster for Zipping Along

    Story

  • Poster for Lumber Jack-Rabbit

    Story

  • Poster for Duck! Rabbit, Duck!

    Story

1952Aged 44

  • Poster for Little Beau Pepé

    Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Operation: Rabbit

    Story

  • Poster for Feed the Kitty

    Story

  • Poster for Water, Water Every Hare

    Story

  • Poster for Beep, Beep

    Writer

  • Poster for The Hasty Hare

    Story

  • Poster for Going! Going! Gosh!

    Story

  • Poster for Mouse-Warming

    Story

  • Poster for Rabbit Seasoning

    Story

  • Poster for Terrier-Stricken

    Story

1951Aged 43

  • Poster for A Hound for Trouble

    Customer (voice)

  • Poster for Bunny Hugged

    Story

  • Poster for Scent-imental Romeo

    Story

  • Poster for Rabbit Fire

    Story

  • Poster for Chow Hound

    Story

  • Poster for Cheese Chasers

    Story

  • Poster for A Bear for Punishment

    Story

  • Poster for Drip-Along Daffy

    Story

1950Aged 42

  • Poster for Homeless Hare

    Story

  • Poster for The Scarlet Pumpernickel

    Story

  • Poster for The Hypo-Chondri-Cat

    Story

  • Poster for 8 Ball Bunny

    Story

  • Poster for Dog Gone South

    Story

  • Poster for Rabbit of Seville

    Story

  • Poster for Two's a Crowd

    Story

1949Aged 41

  • Poster for Mouse Wreckers

    Story

  • Poster for The Bee-Deviled Bruin

    Story

  • Poster for Long-Haired Hare

    Story

  • Poster for Fast and Furry-ous

    Story

  • Poster for Frigid Hare

    Writer

  • Poster for For Scent-imental Reasons

    Story

  • Poster for Bear Feat

    Writer

  • Poster for Rabbit Hood

    Story

1948Aged 40

  • Poster for Kitty Foiled

    Story

  • Poster for What's Brewin', Bruin?

    Story

  • Poster for Back Alley Oproar

    Story

  • Poster for Rabbit Punch

    Story

  • Poster for Buccaneer Bunny

    Story

  • Poster for Bugs Bunny Rides Again

    Writer

  • Poster for Haredevil Hare

    Story

  • Poster for Kit for Cat

    Story

  • Poster for My Bunny Lies Over the Sea

    Story

  • Poster for Scaredy Cat

    Story

1947Aged 39

1946Aged 38

  • Poster for Baseball Bugs

    Story

  • Poster for Hollywood Daffy

    Story

  • Poster for Racketeer Rabbit

    Story

  • Poster for Rhapsody Rabbit

    Story

  • Poster for Roughly Squeaking

    Story

1945Aged 37

  • Poster for Herr Meets Hare

    Writer

  • Poster for Ain't That Ducky

    Story

1944Aged 36

  • Poster for Little Red Riding Rabbit

    Story

  • Poster for Meatless Flyday

    Story

  • Poster for Angel Puss

    Story

  • Poster for Stage Door Cartoon

    Story

1943Aged 35

  • Poster for Tortoise Wins by a Hare

    Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Aristo-Cat

    Hubie (voice)

  • Poster for Wackiki Wabbit

    Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Rumors

    Soldier (voice)

  • Poster for The Unbearable Bear

    Story

  • Poster for Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk

    Story

  • Poster for Fifth Column Mouse

    Story

  • Poster for Hiss and Make Up

    Story

  • Poster for Fin'n Catty

    Story

  • Poster for Daffy - The Commando

    Story

1942Aged 34

  • Poster for The Ducktators

    Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Aloha Hooey

    Story

  • Poster for Crazy Cruise

    Story

  • Poster for The Wabbit Who Came to Supper

    Story

  • Poster for Foney Fables

    Story

  • Poster for Fresh Hare

    Story

  • Poster for The Hare-Brained Hypnotist

    Story

1941Aged 33

  • Poster for We, the Animals - Squeak!

    Leader Mouse (voice)

  • Poster for The Haunted Mouse

    Story

  • Poster for The Cat's Tale

    Story

  • Poster for Porky's Bear Facts

    Story

  • Poster for The Trial of Mr. Wolf

    Story

  • Poster for Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt

    Story

  • Poster for The Heckling Hare

    Story

  • Poster for Sport Chumpions

    Story

  • Poster for Notes to You

    Story

1940Aged 32

  • Poster for You Ought to Be in Pictures

    Studio Guard (uncredited)

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