Ben Hardaway
Writing
1895-05-21 · 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]
Filmography
Woody Woodpecker and Friends
1982 · Movie
The Woody Woodpecker Polka
1951 · Movie
A Bone for a Bone
1951 · Movie
Rabbit Every Monday
1951 · Movie
Scrappy Birthday
1949 · Movie
Wild and Woody!
1948 · Movie
Dog Tax Dodgers
1948 · Movie
Playful Pelican
1948 · Movie
Wet Blanket Policy
1948 · Movie
Wacky-Bye Baby
1948 · Movie
Kiddie Koncert
1948 · Movie
Woody the Giant Killer
1947 · Movie
The Overture to 'William Tell'
1947 · Movie
The Coo Coo Bird
1947 · Movie
Smoked Hams
1947 · Movie
The Wacky Weed
1946 · Movie
Fair Weather Fiends
1946 · Movie
The Reckless Driver
1946 · Movie
Bathing Buddies
1946 · Movie
Who's Cookin Who?
1946 · Movie
Mousie Come Home
1946 · Movie
Apple Andy
1946 · Movie
Springtime for Thomas
1946 · Movie
Reddy Made Magic
1946 · Movie
The Loose Nut
1945 · Movie
The Dippy Diplomat
1945 · Movie
Woody Dines Out
1945 · Movie
Chew-Chew Baby
1945 · Movie
The Pied Piper of Basin Street
1945 · Movie
Ski for Two
1944 · Movie
The Beach Nut
1944 · Movie
Fish Fry
1944 · Movie
The Barber of Seville
1944 · Movie
Ration Bored
1943 · Movie
The Yankee Doodle Mouse
1943 · Movie
The Dizzy Acrobat
1943 · Movie
The Egg Cracker Suite
1943 · Movie
The Screwball
1943 · Movie
Boogie Woogie Sioux
1942 · Movie
The Loan Stranger
1942 · Movie
Yankee Doodle Swing Shift
1942 · Movie
Juke Box Jamboree
1942 · Movie
Ace in the Hole
1942 · Movie
Nutty Pine Cabin
1942 · Movie
The Hollywood Matador
1942 · Movie
Under the Spreading Blacksmith Shop
1942 · Movie
Pantry Panic
1941 · Movie
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company "B"
1941 · Movie
The Screwdriver
1941 · Movie
Woody Woodpecker
1941 · Movie
Hysterical Highspots in American History
1941 · Movie
Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat
1941 · Movie
Knock Knock
1940 · Movie
Porky's Baseball Broadcast
1940 · Movie
The Bear's Tale
1940 · Movie
Confederate Honey
1940 · Movie
Busy Bakers
1940 · Movie
Breakdowns of 1939
1939 · Movie
Fagin's Freshman
1939 · Movie
Porky the Giant Killer
1939 · Movie
Sioux Me
1939 · Movie
Hare-um Scare-um
1939 · Movie
Hobo Gadget Band
1939 · Movie
Porky and Teabiscuit
1939 · Movie
Bars and Stripes Forever
1939 · Movie
Gold Rush Daze
1939 · Movie
It's an Ill Wind
1939 · Movie
Count Me Out
1938 · Movie
Porky the Gob
1938 · Movie
Love and Curses
1938 · Movie
Porky's Hare Hunt
1938 · Movie
The Penguin Parade
1938 · Movie
Daffy Duck & Egghead
1938 · Movie
Milk and Money
1936 · Movie
The Merry Old Soul
1935 · Movie
Buddy in Africa
1935 · Movie
Buddy of the Legion
1935 · Movie
Old Mother Hubbard
1935 · Movie
Buddy's Pony Express
1935 · Movie
Buddy's Theatre
1935 · Movie
Jack Frost
1934 · Movie
Buddy the Dentist
1934 · Movie
Buddy's Adventures
1934 · Movie
Rhythm in the Bow
1934 · Movie
The Headless Horseman
1934 · Movie
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1934 · Movie
Buddy of the Apes
1934 · Movie
Buddy's Trolley Troubles
1934 · Movie
Buddy and Towser
1934 · Movie
Jack and the Beanstalk
1933 · Movie
The Bully
1932 · Movie
School Days
1932 · Movie
Puppy Love
1932 · Movie
What a Life
1932 · Movie
Fire! Fire!
1932 · Movie
The Milkman
1932 · Movie
Africa Squeaks
1931 · Movie
Looney Tunes
1929 · Series