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]
Movies & TV Shows
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You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940) — Studio Guard (uncredited)
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The Ducktators (1942) — Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)
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Tortoise Wins by a Hare (1943) — Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)
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Wackiki Wabbit (1943) — Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)
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A Hare Grows in Manhattan (1947) — Dog (voice) (uncredited)
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Little Beau Pepé (1952) — Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)
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The Aristo-Cat (1943) — Hubie (voice)
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Rumors (1943) — Soldier (voice)
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We, the Animals - Squeak! (1941) — Leader Mouse (voice)
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A Hound for Trouble (1951) — Customer (voice)