Michael Maltese, American actor, screenwriter, and composer (died 1981)

Michael Maltese was an American screenwriter and 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. 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.