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]
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Films (97)
Woody Woodpecker and Friends
1982 · Various Voices
The Woody Woodpecker Polka
1951 · Story
A Bone for a Bone
1951 · Story
Rabbit Every Monday
1951 · Story
Scrappy Birthday
1949 · Writer
Wild and Woody!
1948 · Woody Woodpecker (voice), Writer
Dog Tax Dodgers
1948 · Writer
Playful Pelican
1948 · Writer
Wet Blanket Policy
1948 · Woody Woodpecker (voice), Story
Wacky-Bye Baby
1948 · Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
Kiddie Koncert
1948 · Story
Woody the Giant Killer
1947 · Woody Woodpecker (voice), Writer
The Overture to 'William Tell'
1947 · Writer
The Coo Coo Bird
1947 · Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited), Story
Smoked Hams
1947 · Woody Woodpecker (voice), Writer
The Wacky Weed
1946 · Writer
Fair Weather Fiends
1946 · Woody Woodpecker (voice), Story
The Reckless Driver
1946 · Woody Woodpecker (voice), Story
Bathing Buddies
1946 · Story
Who's Cookin Who?
1946 · Woody Woodpecker / Starvation (voice), Writer
Mousie Come Home
1946 · Writer
Apple Andy
1946 · Writer
Springtime for Thomas
1946 · Story
Reddy Made Magic
1946 · Screenplay
The Loose Nut
1945 · Woody Woodpecker / Bull Dozer (voice), Story
The Dippy Diplomat
1945 · Woody Woodpecker (voice), Story
Woody Dines Out
1945 · Woody Woodpecker (voice), Story
Chew-Chew Baby
1945 · Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited), Story
The Pied Piper of Basin Street
1945 · Story
Ski for Two
1944 · Woody Woodpecker, Story
The Beach Nut
1944 · Woody Woodpecker (voice), Writer
Fish Fry
1944 · Story
The Barber of Seville
1944 · Woody Woodpecker (voice), Writer
Ration Bored
1943 · Story
The Yankee Doodle Mouse
1943 · Story
The Dizzy Acrobat
1943 · Story
The Egg Cracker Suite
1943 · Director
The Screwball
1943 · Story
Boogie Woogie Sioux
1942 · Writer
The Loan Stranger
1942 · Story
Yankee Doodle Swing Shift
1942 · Writer
Juke Box Jamboree
1942 · Story
Ace in the Hole
1942 · Woody Woodpecker (voice), Writer
Nutty Pine Cabin
1942 · Story
The Hollywood Matador
1942 · Woody Woodpecker, Story
Under the Spreading Blacksmith Shop
1942 · Writer
Pantry Panic
1941 · Woody Woodpecker (voice), Story
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company "B"
1941 · Writer
The Screwdriver
1941 · Story
Woody Woodpecker
1941 · Story
Hysterical Highspots in American History
1941 · Story
Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat
1941 · Story
Knock Knock
1940 · Story
Porky's Baseball Broadcast
1940 · Story
The Bear's Tale
1940 · Story
Confederate Honey
1940 · Story
Busy Bakers
1940 · Director
Breakdowns of 1939
1939 · Director
Fagin's Freshman
1939 · Director
Porky the Giant Killer
1939 · Director
Sioux Me
1939 · Director
Hare-um Scare-um
1939 · Director
Hobo Gadget Band
1939 · Director
Porky and Teabiscuit
1939 · Director
Bars and Stripes Forever
1939 · Director
Gold Rush Daze
1939 · Director
It's an Ill Wind
1939 · Dizzy Duck, Director
Count Me Out
1938 · Director
Porky the Gob
1938 · Director
Love and Curses
1938 · Director
Porky's Hare Hunt
1938 · Director
The Penguin Parade
1938 · Story
Daffy Duck & Egghead
1938 · Story
Milk and Money
1936 · Story
The Merry Old Soul
1935 · Script
Buddy in Africa
1935 · Director
Buddy of the Legion
1935 · Director
Old Mother Hubbard
1935 · Story
Buddy's Pony Express
1935 · Director
Buddy's Theatre
1935 · Director
Jack Frost
1934 · Story
Buddy the Dentist
1934 · Director
Buddy's Adventures
1934 · Director
Rhythm in the Bow
1934 · Director
The Headless Horseman
1934 · Story
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1934 · Story
Buddy of the Apes
1934 · Director
Buddy's Trolley Troubles
1934 · Story
Buddy and Towser
1934 · Story
Jack and the Beanstalk
1933 · Story
The Bully
1932 · Story
School Days
1932 · Story
Puppy Love
1932 · Story
What a Life
1932 · Story
Fire! Fire!
1932 · Story
The Milkman
1932 · Story
Africa Squeaks
1931 · Story
