Ben Hardaway
Known for: Writing
Born: May 21, 1895
Died: February 5, 1957
Place of birth: Belton, Missouri, USA
Joseph Benson 'Ben' (a.k.a. 'Bugs') Hardaway (May 21, 1895 – February 5, 1957) was an American storyboard artist, animator, voice actor, gagman, writer and director for several American animation studios during The Golden Age of Hollywood animation. While at the Leon Schlesinger / Warner Bros. studio during the late 1930s, Hardaway, in 1938, co-directed Porky's Hare Hunt, the first film to feature a rabbit. When this unnamed, embryonic rabbit was given a new model sheet for a later short, since, according to Chuck Jones, Hardaway "didn't draw it very well", designer Charlie Thorson inadvertently offered a permanent name by titling the model sheet "Bugs' Bunny" since it was meant for Hardaway's unit. By the time the rabbit was redesigned and refined for the film A Wild Hare, the name was already being used in relation to the character in studio publicity materials. In 1940, Hardaway joined the staff of Walter Lantz Productions, where he helped Walter Lantz in creating the studio's most famous character, Woody Woodpecker. Hardaway wrote or co-wrote most of the stories for the 1940–1950 Woody Woodpecker shorts, as well as supplying Woody's voice between 1944 and 1949. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
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Filmography
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7.3
Woody Woodpecker and Friends
1982
8.3
The Woody Woodpecker Polka
1951
5.5
A Bone for a Bone
1951
7.2
Rabbit Every Monday
1951
6.0
Scrappy Birthday
1949
6.6
Wild and Woody!
1948
7.0
Dog Tax Dodgers
19487.0
Playful Pelican
1948
7.0
Wet Blanket Policy
1948
6.8
Wacky-Bye Baby
19487.0
Kiddie Koncert
1948
7.0
Woody the Giant Killer
1947
8.3
The Overture to 'William Tell'
1947
7.8
The Coo Coo Bird
1947
7.4
Smoked Hams
1947
7.3
The Wacky Weed
1946
7.3
Fair Weather Fiends
1946
7.2
The Reckless Driver
1946
7.1
Bathing Buddies
1946
7.7
Who's Cookin Who?
1946
7.0
Mousie Come Home
1946
6.8
Apple Andy
1946
7.2
Springtime for Thomas
1946
NR
Reddy Made Magic
1946
6.9
The Loose Nut
1945
6.2
The Dippy Diplomat
1945
6.2
Woody Dines Out
1945
6.6
Chew-Chew Baby
1945
7.0
The Pied Piper of Basin Street
1945
6.4
Ski for Two
1944
6.9
The Beach Nut
1944
7.1
Fish Fry
1944
6.4
The Barber of Seville
1944
6.5
Ration Bored
1943
7.2
The Yankee Doodle Mouse
1943
6.0
The Dizzy Acrobat
1943
6.5
The Egg Cracker Suite
1943
6.2
The Screwball
1943
6.0
Boogie Woogie Sioux
1942
6.7
The Loan Stranger
1942
6.0
Yankee Doodle Swing Shift
1942
6.4
Juke Box Jamboree
1942
6.1
Ace in the Hole
1942
7.3
Nutty Pine Cabin
1942
6.7
The Hollywood Matador
194210.0
Under the Spreading Blacksmith Shop
1942
6.1
Pantry Panic
1941
6.6
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company "B"
1941
7.1
The Screwdriver
1941
6.9
Woody Woodpecker
1941
7.1
Hysterical Highspots in American History
1941
4.4
Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat
1941
7.1
Knock Knock
1940
6.2
Porky's Baseball Broadcast
1940
6.1
The Bear's Tale
1940
6.0
Confederate Honey
1940
5.8
Busy Bakers
1940
6.5
Breakdowns of 1939
1939
6.1
Porky the Giant Killer
1939
6.7
Fagin's Freshman
1939
7.3
Sioux Me
1939
6.8
Hare-um Scare-um
1939
7.0
Hobo Gadget Band
1939
6.4
Porky and Teabiscuit
1939
6.2
Bars and Stripes Forever
1939
6.0
Gold Rush Daze
1939
6.7
It's an Ill Wind
1939
6.9
Count Me Out
1938
6.4
Porky the Gob
1938
6.5
Love and Curses
1938
6.6
Porky's Hare Hunt
1938
5.8
The Penguin Parade
1938
6.8
Daffy Duck & Egghead
1938
6.1
Milk and Money
1936
5.7
The Merry Old Soul
1935
3.3
Buddy in Africa
1935
3.9
Buddy of the Legion
1935
5.5
Old Mother Hubbard
1935
5.2
Buddy's Pony Express
1935
4.4
Buddy's Theatre
1935
6.4
Jack Frost
1934
4.7
Buddy the Dentist
1934
4.7
Buddy's Adventures
1934
5.3
Rhythm in the Bow
1934
6.3
The Headless Horseman
1934
6.3
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1934
3.8
Buddy of the Apes
1934
4.9
Buddy's Trolley Troubles
1934
4.8
Buddy and Towser
1934
6.6
Jack and the Beanstalk
1933
6.7
The Bully
1932
7.5
School Days
1932
7.0
Puppy Love
1932
6.3
What a Life
1932
7.5
Fire! Fire!
1932
5.3
The Milkman
1932
7.0
Africa Squeaks
1931