Known For
Writing
Born
May 21, 1895
Died
Feb 05, 1957
Place of Birth
Belton, Missouri, USA
Credits
98 titles
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
Filmography
Woody Woodpecker and Friends
Various Voices
The Woody Woodpecker Polka
Story
A Bone for a Bone
Story
Rabbit Every Monday
Story
Scrappy Birthday
Writer
Wild and Woody!
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
Dog Tax Dodgers
Writer
Playful Pelican
Writer
Wet Blanket Policy
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
Wacky-Bye Baby
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
Kiddie Koncert
Story
Woody the Giant Killer
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
The Overture to 'William Tell'
Writer
The Coo Coo Bird
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
Smoked Hams
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
The Wacky Weed
Writer
Fair Weather Fiends
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
The Reckless Driver
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
Bathing Buddies
Story
Who's Cookin Who?
Woody Woodpecker / Starvation (voice)
Mousie Come Home
Writer
Apple Andy
Writer
Springtime for Thomas
Story
Reddy Made Magic
Screenplay
The Loose Nut
Woody Woodpecker / Bull Dozer (voice)
The Dippy Diplomat
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
Woody Dines Out
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
Chew-Chew Baby
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
The Pied Piper of Basin Street
Story
Ski for Two
Woody Woodpecker
The Beach Nut
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
Fish Fry
Story
The Barber of Seville
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
Ration Bored
Story
The Yankee Doodle Mouse
Story
The Dizzy Acrobat
Story
The Egg Cracker Suite
Director
The Screwball
Story
Boogie Woogie Sioux
Writer
The Loan Stranger
Story
Yankee Doodle Swing Shift
Writer
Juke Box Jamboree
Story
Ace in the Hole
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
Nutty Pine Cabin
Story
The Hollywood Matador
Woody Woodpecker
Under the Spreading Blacksmith Shop
Writer
Pantry Panic
Woody Woodpecker (voice)
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company "B"
Writer
The Screwdriver
Story
Woody Woodpecker
Story