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Michael Maltese (February 6, 1908 – February 22, 1981) was an American storyboard artist 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.
The son of Italian immigrant parents, Maltese learned his craft at the National Academy of Design in New York and began his career in animation in 1935, working on Betty Boop cartoons for Max Fleischer as an opaquer (colouring animation cels) and assistant animator.
- Writer, Actor, Animation Department
- February 6, 1908
- Michael Maltese
- February 22, 1981
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- Looney Works
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Michael R. Maltese (6 February 1908 - 22 February 1981) was a long-time storyboard artist and screenwriter for classic animated cartoon shorts.
In May 1937, Maltese was hired by Leon Schlesinger Productions, which seven years later became Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. Maltese appeared on camera in a 1940 Porky Pig cartoon as a live-action guard at the Warner Brothers entrance gate, who winds up chasing the animated Porky around the Warners lot; the short is entitled "You Ought to Be in Pictures" and was directed by Friz Freleng. He and Chuck Jones collaborated on classic cartoons like the Academy Award-winning "For Scent-imental Reasons" and the animated public health documentary, "So Much for So Little" which won that same year for "Best Documentary Short Subject." Maltese was also the voice of the caricature of himself in "Wackiki Wabbit". Some of his best known cartoons are "Feed the Kitty", "Beep, Beep", "Rabbit Seasoning", "Don't Give Up the Sheep", "Duck Amuck", "Bully for Bugs", "Bewitched Bunny", "From A to Z-Z-Z-Z", and "Beanstalk Bunny". These were all directed by Jones. Maltese also collaborated with Jones on Tom and Jerry. From 1958 until 1970, he worked at Hanna-Barbera Productions on television cartoons such as Quick Draw McGraw, The Flintstones, and The Jetsons. His off-the-wall humor inspired some of the sharpest wit in the Warner Brothers canon. Only Maltese would imagine he could "improve" Richard Wagner by the addition of deliberately insipid lyrics, such as he created for the schmaltzy "Return My Love" sung by Bugs and Elmer in "What's Opera, Doc?" Tongue in cheek, he even took a screen credit for his lyrics. Maltese also did scripts for comic books published by Western Publishing, including for many of the same Warner Brothers and Hanna-Barbera characters whose animated exploits he scripted.
•The Ducktators
•A Feather in His Hare
•The Fifth-Column Mouse
•A Hare Grows in Manhattan
•Little Beau Pepé
•Rumors
1941-1945
The Squawkin' Hawk (1942)
1956-1980s
Adventures of the Road-Runner (1962) (with Chuck Jones and John W. Dunn) ••••
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Few people understood that better than Michael Maltese, one of the unsung heroes of animation, and, arguably, the best cartoon writer to emerge from this period.
- February 6, 1908
- 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.
Oct 19, 2011 · Michael Maltese died in 1981 after a long illness. The Michael Maltese papers are comprised of materials relating to his professional and personal life. The majority of the collection, however, is related to his work as a story man for cartoons.
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Michael "Mike" Maltese (February 6, 1908 – February 22, 1981) was an American storyboard artist and screenwriter who worked at the Warner Bros. animation unit from 1937 to 1958, namely for his writing credits on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical series of shorts.
