Michael Maltese

Michael Maltese 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.

6 February 1908

Born on the same birth date (6 February 1908): Amintore Fanfani • Edward Lansdale • Geo Bogza

Born on the same birth day (6 February): Allan H. Meltzer • Axl Rose • Billy Wright (footballer, born 1924) • Cecily Adams • Geo Bogza • Josef Frings • Kate McGarrigle • Kevin Whately • Patrick Russell (herpetologist) • Robert Maillart • Roman Czerniawski • Thurl Ravenscroft

Born in the same month (February 1908): Alf Gover • Billie Bird • Bo Yibo • Dee Brown (writer) • Frank G. Slaughter • Geo Bogza • Jean Coulthard • Jean-Pierre Wimille • John Mills • Louie Myfanwy Thomas • Manmath Nath Gupta • Marie Baron • Mary Locke Petermann • Sarto Fournier • Telford Taylor • Tex Avery • William McMahon