
Ben Hardaway
Known for WritingBorn 1895-05-21Died 1957-02-05Belton, 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]Read more
Movies & web series
Under the Spreading Blacksmith Shop
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Under the Spreading Blacksmith Shop
1942 · Movie
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The Woody Woodpecker Polka
1951 · Movie
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The Overture to 'William Tell'
1947 · Movie
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The Coo Coo Bird
1947 · Movie
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Who's Cookin Who?
1946 · Movie
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Woody Woodpecker and Friends
1982 · Movie
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The Reckless Driver
1946 · Movie
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Smoked Hams
1947 · Movie
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Fire! Fire!
1932 · Movie
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School Days
1932 · Movie
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The Wacky Weed
1946 · Movie
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Rabbit Every Monday
1951 · Movie
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Sioux Me
1939 · Movie
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Count Me Out
1938 · Movie
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Fair Weather Fiends
1946 · Movie
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Springtime for Thomas
1946 · Movie
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The Yankee Doodle Mouse
1943 · Movie
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Fish Fry
1944 · Movie
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Bathing Buddies
1946 · Movie
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Hysterical Highspots in American History
1941 · Movie
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The Screwdriver
1941 · Movie
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Knock Knock
1940 · Movie
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Wet Blanket Policy
1948 · Movie
Kiddie Koncert
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Kiddie Koncert
1948 · Movie
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Dog Tax Dodgers
1948 · Movie
Playful Pelican
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Playful Pelican
1948 · Movie
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Woody the Giant Killer
1947 · Movie
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Mousie Come Home
1946 · Movie
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The Pied Piper of Basin Street
1945 · Movie
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Hobo Gadget Band
1939 · Movie
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Breakdowns of 1939
1939 · Movie
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The Beach Nut
1944 · Movie
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Woody Woodpecker
1941 · Movie
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Puppy Love
1932 · Movie
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Wacky-Bye Baby
1948 · Movie
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Africa Squeaks
1931 · Movie
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The Loose Nut
1945 · Movie
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Apple Andy
1946 · Movie
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Daffy Duck & Egghead
1938 · Movie
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The Hollywood Matador
1942 · Movie
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The Loan Stranger
1942 · Movie
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Wild and Woody!
1948 · Movie
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Hare-um Scare-um
1939 · Movie
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It's an Ill Wind
1939 · Movie
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Fagin's Freshman
1939 · Movie
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Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company "B"
1941 · Movie
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Chew-Chew Baby
1945 · Movie
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Porky's Hare Hunt
1938 · Movie