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 194
Movies 194
Writer 127
Director 27
Voice 6
Bird Gone Wild: The Woody Woodpecker Story (2018)
Woody Woodpecker (2017)
Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White (2005)
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary (1986)
Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck (1985)
Woody Woodpecker and Friends (1982)
Destination Meat Ball (1951)
The Woody Woodpecker Polka (1951)
The Redwood Sap (1951)
A Bone for a Bone (1951)
Sleep Happy (1951)
Rabbit Every Monday (1951)
Puny Express (1951)
Stooge for a Mouse (1950)
Drooler's Delight (1949)
Scrappy Birthday (1949)
Wild and Woody! (1948)
Dog Tax Dodgers (1948)
The Playful Pelican (1948)
Pixie Picnic (1948)
Wet Blanket Policy (1948)
Wacky-Bye Baby (1948)
Kiddie Koncert (1948)
Banquet Busters (1948)
The Mad Hatter (1948)
The Bandmaster (1947)
Woody the Giant Killer (1947)
Solid Ivory (1947)
Well Oiled (1947)
The Overture to 'William Tell' (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)
Mousie Come Home (1946)
Apple Andy (1946)
Musical Moments from Chopin (1946)
The Loose Nut (1945)
The Dippy Diplomat (1945)
Crow Crazy (1945)
Woody Dines Out (1945)
Sliphorn King of Polaroo (1945)
Chew-Chew Baby (1945)
Enemy Bacteria (1945)
The Pied Piper of Basin Street (1945)
The Poet & Peasant (1945)
The Painter and the Pointer (1944)
Ski For Two (1944)
The Beach Nut (1944)
Abou Ben Boogie (1944)
Fish Fry (1944)
Jungle Jive (1944)
The Barber of Seville (1944)
The Greatest Man in Siam (1944)
Meatless Tuesday (1943)
Boogie Woogie Man (Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out) (1943)
Andy Panda's Victory Garden (1943)
Pass the Biscuits Mirandy! (1943)
Ration Bored (1943)
Canine Commandos (1943)
The Dizzy Acrobat (1943)
Swing Your Partner (1943)
The Egg Cracker Suite (1943)
The Screwball (1943)
Cow-Cow Boogie (1943)
Air Raid Warden (1942)
Boogie Woogie Sioux (1942)
Mother Goose on the Loose (1942)
The Loan Stranger (1942)
Yankee Doodle Swing Shift (1942)
Pigeon Patrol (1942)
Juke Box Jamboree (1942)
Ace in the Hole (1942)
Nutty Pine Cabin (1942)
Good-Bye Mr. Moth (1942)
The Hams That Couldn't Be Cured (1942)
The Hollywood Matador (1942)
Under the Spreading Blacksmith Shop (1942)
$21 a Day β (Once a Month) (1941)
Pantry Panic (1941)
Man's Best Friend (1941)
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company "B" (1941)
The Screwdriver (1941)
Andy Panda's Pop (1941)
Woody Woodpecker (1941)
Salt Water Daffy (1941)
Dizzy Kitty (1941)
Hysterical Highspots in American History (1941)
Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat (1941)
Fair Today (1941)
Mouse Trappers (1941)
Syncopated Sioux (1940)
Knock Knock (1940)
Recruiting Daze (1940)
Little Blabbermouse (1940)
Porky's Baseball Broadcast (1940)
The Bear's Tale (1940)
Confederate Honey (1940)
Busy Bakers (1940)
Breakdowns of 1939 (1939)
Fagin's Freshman (1939)
Porky the Giant Killer (1939)
Sioux Me (1939)
Hare-um Scare-um (1939)
She Married a Cop (1939)
Hobo Gadget Band (1939)
How to Eat (1939)
Porky and Teabiscuit (1939)
Bars and Stripes Forever (1939)
Gold Rush Daze (1939)
It's an Ill Wind (1939)
Count Me Out (1938)
Porky the Gob (1938)
Love and Curses (1938)
Porky's Hare Hunt (1938)
The Penguin Parade (1938)
Daffy Duck & Egghead (1938)
I Wanna Be a Sailor (1937)
Dog Daze (1937)
Uncle Tom's Bungalow (1937)
Porky's Duck Hunt (1937)
She Was an Acrobat's Daughter (1937)
Picador Porky (1937)
Pigs Is Pigs (1937)
Don't Look Now (1936)
Boulevardier from the Bronx (1936)
Milk and Money (1936)
Toy Town Hall (1936)
Sunday Go to Meetin' Time (1936)
Little Boy Blue (1936)
Bingo Crosbyana (1936)
Let It Be Me (1936)
Ali Baba (1936)
I Wanna Play House (1936)
Billboard Frolics (1935)
Little Dutch Plate (1935)
The Lady in Red (1935)
The Merry Old Soul (1935)
Buddy in Africa (1935)
Summertime (1935)
Buddy of the Legion (1935)
Old Mother Hubbard (1935)
Buddy's Pony Express (1935)
Buddy's Theatre (1935)
Jack Frost (1934)
Buddy the Dentist (1934)
Buddy's Adventures (1934)
Don Quixote (1934)
Rhythm in the Bow (1934)
Shake Your Powder Puff (1934)
The Headless Horseman (1934)
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1934)
How Do I Know It's Sunday (1934)
Buddy of the Apes (1934)
Goin' to Heaven on a Mule (1934)
Buddy's Trolley Troubles (1934)
Those Were Wonderful Days (1934)
Buddy's Garage (1934)
Insultin' the Sultan (1934)
Buddy and Towser (1934)
Robin Hood, Jr. (1934)
Pettin' in the Park (1934)
Buddy the Gob (1934)
Jack and the Beanstalk (1933)
The Pet Store (1933)
Soda Squirt (1933)
The Steeple Chase (1933)
Pale-Face (1933)
Chinaman's Chance (1933)
Techno-Cracked (1933)
The Air Race (1933)
Flip's Lunch Room (1933)
Bulloney (1933)
Coo Coo the Magician (1933)
Funny Face (1932)
Nurse Maid (1932)
The Music Lesson (1932)
Phoney Express (1932)
The Goal Rush (1932)
Circus (1932)
Room Runners (1932)
The Office Boy (1932)
The Bully (1932)
School Days (1932)
Puppy Love (1932)
What a Life (1932)
Fire! Fire! (1932)
The Milkman (1932)
Spooks (1931)
Africa Squeaks (1931)
Having a Wonderful Time with Angels in Dirty Places
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1895-05-21
Deathday1957-02-05 (61 years old)
Birth PlaceBelton, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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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