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  • BIRTH 21/05/1895
  • DEATH 05/02/1957
  • Country United States
  • MOVIES 18
  • DIRECTOR 16
  • SCRIPT 43

Ben Hardaway

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]

Ben Hardaway

Movies (18)

Wild and Woody!
Wild and Woody!
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
Chew-Chew Baby
Chew-Chew Baby
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
Woody the Giant Killer
Woody the Giant Killer
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
Pantry Panic
Pantry Panic
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
The Coo Coo Bird
The Coo Coo Bird
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
Woody Dines Out
Woody Dines Out
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
Fair Weather Fiends
Fair Weather Fiends
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
Woody Woodpecker and Friends
Woody Woodpecker and Friends
Various Voices
It's an Ill Wind
It's an Ill Wind
Dizzy Duck
Ski for Two
Ski for Two
Woody Woodpecker
The Reckless Driver
The Reckless Driver
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
Who's Cookin Who?
Who's Cookin Who?
Woody Woodpecker / Starvation (voice)
The Barber of Seville
The Barber of Seville
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
The Loose Nut
The Loose Nut
Woody Woodpecker / Bull Dozer (voice)
Ace in the Hole
Ace in the Hole
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
The Beach Nut
The Beach Nut
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
Wet Blanket Policy
Wet Blanket Policy
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
The Hollywood Matador
The Hollywood Matador
Woody Woodpecker

Director (16)

Porky's Hare Hunt
Porky's Hare Hunt
Gold Rush Daze
Gold Rush Daze
Busy Bakers
Busy Bakers
Hobo Gadget Band
Hobo Gadget Band
Count Me Out
Count Me Out
Porky the Gob
Porky the Gob
Porky and Teabiscuit
Porky and Teabiscuit
Bars and Stripes Forever
Bars and Stripes Forever
Hare-um Scare-um
Hare-um Scare-um
Sioux Me
Sioux Me
Fagin's Freshman
Fagin's Freshman
Rhythm in the Bow
Rhythm in the Bow
Love and Curses
Love and Curses
It's an Ill Wind
It's an Ill Wind
Porky the Giant Killer
Porky the Giant Killer

Script (43)

Wild and Woody!
Wild and Woody!
Rabbit Every Monday
Rabbit Every Monday
Playful Pelican
Playful Pelican
Woody the Giant Killer
Woody the Giant Killer
Fish Fry
Fish Fry
The Loose Nut
The Loose Nut
The Reckless Driver
The Reckless Driver
Fair Weather Fiends
Fair Weather Fiends
Wet Blanket Policy
Wet Blanket Policy
Scrappy Birthday
Scrappy Birthday
The Beach Nut
The Beach Nut
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk
Ration Bored
Ration Bored
The Headless Horseman
The Headless Horseman
Jack Frost
Jack Frost
Old Mother Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard
Who's Cookin Who?
Who's Cookin Who?
The Wacky Weed
The Wacky Weed
Dog Tax Dodgers
Dog Tax Dodgers
Milk and Money
Milk and Money
Woody Dines Out
Woody Dines Out
The Dizzy Acrobat
The Dizzy Acrobat
The Barber of Seville
The Barber of Seville
Daffy Duck & Egghead
Daffy Duck & Egghead
The Woody Woodpecker Polka
The Woody Woodpecker Polka
Chew-Chew Baby
Chew-Chew Baby
Apple Andy
Apple Andy
Ski for Two
Ski for Two
A Bone for a Bone
A Bone for a Bone
Confederate Honey
Confederate Honey
The Bear's Tale
The Bear's Tale
The Penguin Parade
The Penguin Parade
Knock Knock
Knock Knock
Woody Woodpecker
Woody Woodpecker
Porky's Baseball Broadcast
Porky's Baseball Broadcast
Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat
Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat
The Screwdriver
The Screwdriver
Pantry Panic
Pantry Panic
The Hollywood Matador
The Hollywood Matador
Ace in the Hole
Ace in the Hole
The Loan Stranger
The Loan Stranger
The Screwball
The Screwball
The Coo Coo Bird
The Coo Coo Bird