Michael Maltese (born February 6, 1908 in New York City, died February 22, 1981) was a long-time storyboard artist and screenwriter for classic animated cartoon shorts. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The City of New York Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 See also Pre-production Storyboards are graphic organizers such as a series of Illustrations or Images displayed in sequence for the purpose of Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American Film industry in the early period of cinema.
In 1941, Maltese was hired by Leon Schlesinger Productions, which three years later became Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. (Maltese had actually 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 Warner's lot; the short is entitled You Ought to Be in Pictures and was directed by Friz Freleng). Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leon Schlesinger ( May 20, 1884 – December 25, 1949) was an American Film producer, most noted for founding Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Porky Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros You Ought to Be in Pictures is a 1940 Warner Bros Looney Tunes Short film featuring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck Isadore "Friz" Freleng ( August 21, 1906 &ndash May 26, 1995) was an Animator, Cartoonist, director He and Chuck Jones collaborated on classic cartoons like the Academy Award-winning For Scent-imental Reasons (1949) and the animated public health documentary, So Much For So Little which won that same year for "Best Documentary Short Subject". Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones ( September 21, 1912 &ndash February 22, 2002) was an American Animator, "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. For Scent-imental Reasons is a 1949 Warner Bros Looney Tunes short directed by Chuck Jones, written by Michael Maltese was also the voice of the Lou Costello-esque character in Wackiki Wabbit. Lou Costello (born Louis Francis Cristillo; March 6, 1906 - March 3, 1959) was an American Actor and Comedian Wackiki Wabbit is a 1943 Warner Bros Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Bugs Bunny.
Some of his earlier works included The Wabbit Who Came to Supper and Fresh Hare (both 1942), Hare Trigger (1945 — which introduced Yosemite Sam), Baseball Bugs (1946) for Freleng; Bear Feat (1949), Rabbit of Seville (1950), and Rabbit Fire (1951) for Jones. The Wabbit Who Came to Supper is a 1942 Warner Brothers Merrie Melodies cartoon featuring early appearances by Bugs Bunny Fresh Hare is a Warner Bros Merrie Melodies Cartoon. It was directed by Isadore "Friz" Freleng, written Hares and jackrabbits are Leporids belonging to the Genus Lepus. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hare Trigger is a 1945 Warner Brothers Merrie Melodies cartoon short starring Bugs Bunny directed by Friz Freleng. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Yosemite Sam is an animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons produced by Baseball Bugs is a Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released on February 2, 1946 starring Bugs Bunny Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bear Feat is a 1948-animated Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Chuck Jones, released in 1949 featuring The Three Bears and might Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rabbit of Seville is a 1949 Warner Bros Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in 1950. Rabbit Fire is a 1950 Looney Tunes cartoon starring Bugs Bunny, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Some of his best known cartoons are Feed the Kitty (1952), Beep, Beep (1952), Rabbit Seasoning (1952), Don't Give up the Sheep (1953), Duck Amuck (1953), Bully for Bugs (1953), Bewitched Bunny (1954), From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (1954), and Beanstalk Bunny (1955). Feed the Kitty is a Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese, in which Bulldog Marc Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rabbit Seasoning is a 1952 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones, and starring Bugs Bunny. Duck Amuck is a surreal Animated cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and produced by Warner Bros Bully for Bugs is a 1952 Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in August 1953. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) From A to Z-Z-Z-Z is a 1953 Animated cartoon short by Chuck Jones in the Looney Tunes series Beanstalk Bunny, a 1954 Warner Bros Merrie Melodies cartoon was released on 12 February 1955 These were all directed by Jones. He also worked on One Froggy Evening (1955), the first appearance of future Warner Brothers mascot Michigan J. Frog. One Froggy Evening is an approximately seven-minute long Technicolor Animated short film written by Michael Maltese and directed by Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Michigan J Frog is an Animated cartoon character who debuted in the Looney Tunes cartoon One Froggy Evening ( December 31
Some of his later cartoons included Ali Baba Bunny (1957), Robin Hood Daffy (1958), the seminal What's Opera, Doc? (1957), and Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953) for Jones and Person to Bunny (1960 — the final time Arthur Q. Bryan ever voiced Elmer Fudd) and Here Today, Gone Tamale (1959 — the only Speedy Gonzales cartoon he ever wrote) for Freleng. Ali Baba Bunny is a Warner Brothers Merrie Melodies short featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, directed by Chuck Jones Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Robin Hood Daffy is a 1958 Warner Brothers theatrical Cartoon short part of the Merrie Melodies series directed by Chuck Jones Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. What's Opera Doc? is a 1957 Animated cartoon short in the Merrie Melodies series directed by Chuck Jones for Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Duck Dodgers in the 24½th (twenty-fourth and a half Century is a Merrie Melodies cartoon created in 1952 and released on July 25, 1953, starring Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Person to Bunny is a Bugs Bunny cartoon released on April 1, 1960. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Elmer J Fudd is a fictional Cartoon character and one of the most famous Looney Tunes characters The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Speedy Gonzales, "the fastest mouse in all Mexico " is an animated cartoon Mouse from the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes Maltese also collaborated with Jones on the 1960s TV cartoon show Tom and Jerry. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Tom and Jerry is a series of theatrical Short subjects (cartoons created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer From 1958 until 1970, he worked at Hanna-Barbera Productions on television cartoons such as The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Flintstones, and The Jetsons. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Huckleberry "Huck" Hound is a fictional cartoon character created and produced by Hanna-Barbera, and the star of the 1958 syndicated animated series The Flintstones is an animated American television sitcom that ran from 1960 to 1966 on ABC. The Jetsons is a prime-time animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions.
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. Western Publishing, also known as "Western Printing and Lithographing Co
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| NAME | Maltese, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maltese, Mike |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | cartoon writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States of America |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1981 |
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