Actor
Michael Maltese
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]
Notable work
Often works with
Mel Blanc
16 titles together
The Flintstones, The Yogi Bear Show, The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
Daws Butler
6 titles together
The Flintstones, The Yogi Bear Show, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
Tedd Pierce
5 titles together
Wackiki Wabbit, Tortoise Wins by a Hare, A Hare Grows in Manhattan
Jean Vander Pyl
2 titles together
The Flintstones, The Yogi Bear Show
Bea Benaderet
2 titles together
The Flintstones, A Hare Grows in Manhattan
Don Messick
2 titles together
The Flintstones, The Yogi Bear Show
Full filmography · 45
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
Writer
1980
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
Writer
19797.4
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
Writer
1978
Big Mouse-Take
Writer
1965
Horse Shoo
Writer
1965
Bear Knuckles
Writer
1964
Trouble Bruin
Writer
1964
Bear Hug
Writer
1964
Elephantastic
Writer
1964
Raggedy Rug
Writer
1964
Habit Rabbit
Writer
1963
Drum-Sticked
Writer
1963