Portrait of Michael Maltese

Writing

Michael Maltese

Career

Active from 1940 to 2013, with a break from 1981 to 1997, busiest in 1954 and 1955 with 12 main titles each.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 59 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Michael Maltese Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.5, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    1.4, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    1.3, average 4.7
  • Pathos
    2.1, average 5.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Slapstick Comedy 38
  • Classic Cartoon 27
  • Family-Friendly 18
  • Fast-Paced 17
  • Classic Animation 12
  • Nostalgic 12
  • Visual Gags 11
  • Golden Age Animation 10
  • Slapstick Humor 10
  • Bugs Bunny 9
  • Looney Tunes 9
  • Anthropomorphic Animals 8

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

196
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

3 titles · average score 79
Tom and Jerry's Winter Wackiness
Tom and Jerry's Winter Wackiness (2013)

Story

Daffy's Rhapsody
Daffy's Rhapsody (2012)
GoodWatch score 79

Songs

Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl (2010)

Writer

1990s

1 title
Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth
Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth (1998)

Story

1980s

2 titles · average score 61
Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century
Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century (1980)
GoodWatch score 61

Story

Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special (1980)

Writer

1970s

2 titles · average score 88
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)
GoodWatch score 88

Writer

How Bugs Bunny Won the West
How Bugs Bunny Won the West (1978)

Writer

1960s

37 titles · average score 64
Cat and Dupli-cat
Cat and Dupli-cat (1967)
GoodWatch score 62

Story

Love Me, Love My Mouse
Love Me, Love My Mouse (1966)
GoodWatch score 60

Story

Duel Personality
Duel Personality (1966)
GoodWatch score 62

Story

Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life
Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life (1965)
GoodWatch score 64

Story

I'm Just Wild About Jerry
I'm Just Wild About Jerry (1965)
GoodWatch score 62

Story

The Cat Above and the Mouse Below
The Cat Above and the Mouse Below (1964)
GoodWatch score 64

Story

The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse (1964)
GoodWatch score 60

Story

Much Ado About Mousing
Much Ado About Mousing (1964)
GoodWatch score 62

Story

Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? (1964)
GoodWatch score 64

Story

Adventures of the Road-Runner
Adventures of the Road-Runner (1962)
GoodWatch score 67

Story

Goldimouse and the Three Cats
Goldimouse and the Three Cats (1960)
GoodWatch score 68

Story

Person to Bunny
Person to Bunny (1960)
GoodWatch score 68

Story

1950s

84 titles · average score 72
Really Scent
Really Scent (1959)
GoodWatch score 70

Story

Hip Hip-Hurry!
Hip Hip-Hurry! (1958)
GoodWatch score 72

Story

Hare-Way to the Stars
Hare-Way to the Stars (1958)
GoodWatch score 75

Story

What's Opera, Doc?
What's Opera, Doc? (1957)
GoodWatch score 83

Story

Zoom and Bored
Zoom and Bored (1957)
GoodWatch score 74

Story

Ali Baba Bunny
Ali Baba Bunny (1957)
GoodWatch score 73

Story

Past Perfumance
Past Perfumance (1955)
GoodWatch score 68

Story

One Froggy Evening
One Froggy Evening (1955)
GoodWatch score 83

Story

Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953)
GoodWatch score 79

Story

Duck Amuck
Duck Amuck (1953)
GoodWatch score 86

Story

Rabbit Fire
Rabbit Fire (1951)
GoodWatch score 79

Story

Rabbit of Seville
Rabbit of Seville (1950)
GoodWatch score 85

Story

1940s

67 titles · average score 68
Frigid Hare
Frigid Hare (1949)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer

Fast and Furry-ous
Fast and Furry-ous (1949)
GoodWatch score 75

Story

Kitty Foiled
Kitty Foiled (1948)
GoodWatch score 74

Story

Kit for Cat
Kit for Cat (1948)
GoodWatch score 73

Story

Scaredy Cat
Scaredy Cat (1948)
GoodWatch score 77

Story

Baseball Bugs
Baseball Bugs (1946)
GoodWatch score 75

Story

Hollywood Daffy
Hollywood Daffy (1946)
GoodWatch score 70

Story

Angel Puss
Angel Puss (1944)
GoodWatch score 43

Story

Rumors
Rumors (1943)
GoodWatch score 65

as Soldier (voice)

Fresh Hare
Fresh Hare (1942)
GoodWatch score 66

Story

Foney Fables
Foney Fables (1942)
GoodWatch score 59

Story

The Hare-Brained Hypnotist
The Hare-Brained Hypnotist (1942)
GoodWatch score 70

Story