Ben Hardaway
- Writing
- May 21, 1895 · Belton, Missouri, USA
- February 5, 1957
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), Writer
- Dog Tax Dodgers · Writer
- Playful Pelican · Writer
- Wet Blanket Policy · Woody Woodpecker (Voice), Story
- Wacky-Bye Baby · Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
- Kiddie Koncert · Story
- Woody the Giant Killer · Woody Woodpecker (Voice), Writer
- The Overture to 'William Tell' · Writer
- The Coo Coo Bird · Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited), Story
- Smoked Hams · Woody Woodpecker (Voice), Writer
- The Wacky Weed · Writer
- Fair Weather Fiends · Woody Woodpecker (Voice), Story
- The Reckless Driver · Woody Woodpecker (Voice), Story
- Bathing Buddies · Story
- Who's Cookin Who? · Woody Woodpecker / Starvation (Voice), Writer
- Mousie Come Home · Writer
- Apple Andy · Writer
- Springtime for Thomas · Story
- Reddy Made Magic · Screenplay
- The Loose Nut · Woody Woodpecker / Bull Dozer (Voice), Story
- The Dippy Diplomat · Woody Woodpecker (Voice), Story
- Woody Dines Out · Woody Woodpecker (Voice), Story
- Chew-Chew Baby · Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited), Story
- The Pied Piper of Basin Street · Story
- Ski for Two · Woody Woodpecker, Story
- The Beach Nut · Woody Woodpecker (Voice), Writer
- Fish Fry · Story
- The Barber of Seville · Woody Woodpecker (Voice), Writer
- 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), Writer
- Nutty Pine Cabin · Story
- The Hollywood Matador · Woody Woodpecker, Story
- Under the Spreading Blacksmith Shop · Writer
- Pantry Panic · Woody Woodpecker (Voice), Story
- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company "B" · Writer
- The Screwdriver · Story
- Woody Woodpecker · Story
- Hysterical Highspots in American History · Story
- Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat · Story
- Knock Knock · Story
- Porky's Baseball Broadcast · Story
- The Bear's Tale · Story
- Confederate Honey · Story
- Busy Bakers · Director
- Breakdowns of 1939 · Director
- Fagin's Freshman · Director
- Porky the Giant Killer · Director
- Sioux Me · Director
- Hare-um Scare-um · Director
- Hobo Gadget Band · Director
- Porky and Teabiscuit · Director
- Bars and Stripes Forever · Director
- Gold Rush Daze · Director
- It's an Ill Wind · Dizzy Duck, Director
- Count Me Out · Director
- Porky the Gob · Director
- Love and Curses · Director
- Porky's Hare Hunt · Director
- The Penguin Parade · Story
- Daffy Duck & Egghead · Story
- Milk and Money · Story
- The Merry Old Soul · Script
- Buddy in Africa · Director
- Buddy of the Legion · Director
- Old Mother Hubbard · Story
- Buddy's Pony Express · Director
- Buddy's Theatre · Director