Biography
Joseph Benson 'Ben' (a.k.a. 'Bugs') Hardaway (May 21, 1895 β 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 1940β1950 Woody Woodpecker shorts, as well as supplying Woody's voice between 1944 and 1949.
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Filmography
all 147
Movies 147
Writer 83
Director 25

Woody Woodpecker and Friends (1982)

Sleep Happy (1951)

Puny Express (1951)

Drooler's Delight (1949)

Wild and Woody! (1948)

Dog Tax Dodgers (1948)

Pixie Picnic (1948)

Wet Blanket Policy (1948)

Wacky-Bye Baby (1948)

Banquet Busters (1948)

The Mad Hatter (1948)

Woody the Giant Killer (1947)

Solid Ivory (1947)

Well Oiled (1947)

The Coo Coo Bird (1947)

Smoked Hams (1947)

The Wacky Weed (1946)

Fair Weather Fiends (1946)

The Reckless Driver (1946)

Bathing Buddies (1946)

Who's Cookin Who? (1946)

Apple Andy (1946)

The Loose Nut (1945)

The Dippy Diplomat (1945)

Crow Crazy (1945)

Woody Dines Out (1945)

Chew-Chew Baby (1945)

Ski for Two (1944)

The Beach Nut (1944)

Fish Fry (1944)

Jungle Jive (1944)

The Barber of Seville (1944)

Ration Bored (1943)

Pigeon Patrol (1942)

The Hollywood Matador (1942)

Pantry Panic (1941)

Woody Woodpecker (1941)

Dizzy Kitty (1941)

Fair Today (1941)

Knock Knock (1940)

Recruiting Daze (1940)

Busy Bakers (1940)

Breakdowns of 1939 (1939)

Fagin's Freshman (1939)

Sioux Me (1939)

Hare-um Scare-um (1939)

Hobo Gadget Band (1939)

Porky and Teabiscuit (1939)

Gold Rush Daze (1939)

It's an Ill Wind (1939)

Having a Wonderful Time with Angels in Dirty Places (1938)

Count Me Out (1938)

Porky the Gob (1938)

Porky's Hare Hunt (1938)

Ali Baba (1936)

Buddy in Africa (1935)

Summertime (1935)

Buddy of the Legion (1935)

Buddy's Pony Express (1935)

Buddy's Theatre (1935)

Buddy the Dentist (1934)

Buddy's Adventures (1934)

Don Quixote (1934)

Rhythm in the Bow (1934)

Buddy of the Apes (1934)

The Air Race (1933)

Bulloney (1933)

Funny Face (1932)

Circus (1932)

Room Runners (1932)

The Bully (1932)

What a Life (1932)

Fire! Fire! (1932)

The Milkman (1932)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1895-05-21
Deathday1957-02-05 (61 years old)
Birth PlaceBelton, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsJoseph Benson Hardaway, Joseph B. Hardaway, Ben 'Bugs' Hardaway, Bugs Hardaway, B. Hardaway, Buggsy Hardaway, J.B. Hardaway, Bugsy Hardaway, J. B. Hardaway
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