Ben Hardaway

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1895-05-21

Deathday 1957-02-05 (61 years old)

Place of Birth Belton, Missouri, USA

Also Known As Joseph Benson Hardaway, Joseph B. Hardaway, Ben 'Bugs' Hardaway, Bugs Hardaway, B. Hardaway, Buggsy Hardaway, J.B. Hardaway, Bugsy Hardaway, J. B. Hardaway

Ben Hardaway

Biography

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]

Known For

Writer

1951
1951
1949
1948
1948
1948
Wild and Woody!

as Writer

1948
Playful Pelican

as Writer

1948
Dog Tax Dodgers

as Writer

1947
Smoked Hams

as Writer

1947
1946
Apple Andy

as Writer

1946
The Wacky Weed

as Writer

1946
1946
1946
1946
1946
1945
1945
1945
1945
The Loose Nut

as Story

1944
1944
The Beach Nut

as Writer

1944
Ski for Two

as Story

1944
Fish Fry

as Story

1943
1943
Ration Bored

as Story

1943
The Screwball

as Story

1942
1942
Ace in the Hole

as Writer

1942
1942
1941
1941
Pantry Panic

as Story

1941
1940
Knock Knock

as Story

1940
1940
1938
1936
1935
1934
Jack Frost

as Story

Director

1943
1940
Busy Bakers

as Director

1939
1939
Hare-um Scare-um

as Director

1939
1939
Gold Rush Daze

as Director

1939
It's an Ill Wind

as Director

1939
Hobo Gadget Band

as Director

1939
Fagin's Freshman

as Director

1939
1939
Sioux Me

as Director

1939
Breakdowns of 1939

as Director

1938
Count Me Out

as Director

1938
Porky's Hare Hunt

as Director

1938
Porky the Gob

as Director

1938
Love and Curses

as Director

1935
Buddy in Africa

as Director

1935
1935
1935
Buddy's Theatre

as Director

1934
Rhythm in the Bow

as Director

1934
Buddy of the Apes

as Director

1934
Buddy the Dentist

as Director

1934
Buddy's Adventures

as Director

Actor

1982
1948
Wild and Woody!

as Woody Woodpecker (voice)

1948
Wet Blanket Policy

as Woody Woodpecker (voice)

1947
Woody the Giant Killer

as Woody Woodpecker (voice)

1947
The Coo Coo Bird

as Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)

1947
Smoked Hams

as Woody Woodpecker (voice)

1946
Fair Weather Fiends

as Woody Woodpecker (voice)

1946
The Reckless Driver

as Woody Woodpecker (voice)

1946
Who's Cookin Who?

as Woody Woodpecker / Starvation (voice)

1945
The Loose Nut

as Woody Woodpecker / Bull Dozer (voice)

1945
The Dippy Diplomat

as Woody Woodpecker (voice)

1945
Woody Dines Out

as Woody Woodpecker (voice)

1945
Chew-Chew Baby

as Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)

1944
Ski for Two

as Woody Woodpecker

1944
The Beach Nut

as Woody Woodpecker (voice)

1944
The Barber of Seville

as Woody Woodpecker (voice)

1942
Ace in the Hole

as Woody Woodpecker (voice)

1942
The Hollywood Matador

as Woody Woodpecker

1941
Pantry Panic

as Woody Woodpecker (voice)

1939
It's an Ill Wind

as Dizzy Duck

Crew

1935