About

Known credits:
101
Birthday:
1895-05-21
Place of birth:
Belton, Missouri, USA
Website:
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Ben Hardaway

Overview

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

Acting
1982 Woody Woodpecker and Friends Actor Various Voices 59
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1948 Wild and Woody! Actor Woody Woodpecker (voice) 59
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1948 Wet Blanket Policy Actor Woody Woodpecker (voice) 59
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1947 Woody the Giant Killer Actor Woody Woodpecker (voice) 59
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1947 The Coo Coo Bird Actor Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited) 59
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1947 Smoked Hams Actor Woody Woodpecker (voice) 59
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1946 Fair Weather Fiends Actor Woody Woodpecker (voice) 59
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1946 The Reckless Driver Actor Woody Woodpecker (voice) 59
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1946 Who's Cookin Who? Actor Woody Woodpecker / Starvation (voice) 59
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1945 The Loose Nut Actor Woody Woodpecker / Bull Dozer (voice) 59
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1945 The Dippy Diplomat Actor Woody Woodpecker (voice) 59
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1945 Woody Dines Out Actor Woody Woodpecker (voice) 59
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1945 Chew-Chew Baby Actor Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited) 59
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1944 Ski for Two Actor Woody Woodpecker 59
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1944 The Beach Nut Actor Woody Woodpecker (voice) 59
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1944 The Barber of Seville Actor Woody Woodpecker (voice) 59
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1942 Ace in the Hole Actor Woody Woodpecker (voice) 58
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1942 The Hollywood Matador Actor Woody Woodpecker 59
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1941 Pantry Panic Actor Woody Woodpecker (voice) 59
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1939 It's an Ill Wind Actor Dizzy Duck 59
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Directing
1943 The Egg Cracker Suite Directing Director N/A
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1940 Busy Bakers Directing Director 58
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1939 Breakdowns of 1939 Directing Director N/A
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1939 Fagin's Freshman Directing Director 58
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1939 Porky the Giant Killer Directing Director 58
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1939 Sioux Me Directing Director 58
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1939 Hare-um Scare-um Directing Director 59
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1939 Hobo Gadget Band Directing Director 59
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1939 Porky and Teabiscuit Directing Director 58
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1939 Bars and Stripes Forever Directing Director 58
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1939 Gold Rush Daze Directing Director 59
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1939 It's an Ill Wind Directing Director 59
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1938 Count Me Out Directing Director 59
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1938 Porky the Gob Directing Director 59
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1938 Love and Curses Directing Director 58
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1938 Porky's Hare Hunt Directing Director 59
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1935 Buddy in Africa Directing Director 58
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1935 Buddy of the Legion Directing Director 58
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1935 Buddy's Pony Express Directing Director 58
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1935 Buddy's Theatre Directing Director 58
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1934 Buddy the Dentist Directing Director 58
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1934 Buddy's Adventures Directing Director 58
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1934 Rhythm in the Bow Directing Director 58
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1934 Buddy of the Apes Directing Director 58
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Writing
1951 The Woody Woodpecker Polka Writing Story 59
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1951 A Bone for a Bone Writing Story 58
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1951 Rabbit Every Monday Writing Story 59
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1949 Scrappy Birthday Writing Writer 59
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1948 Wild and Woody! Writing Writer 59
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1948 Dog Tax Dodgers Writing Writer 59
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1948 Playful Pelican Writing Writer N/A
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1948 Wet Blanket Policy Writing Story 59
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1948 Kiddie Koncert Writing Story N/A
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1947 Woody the Giant Killer Writing Writer 59
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1947 The Overture to 'William Tell' Writing Writer 59
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1947 The Coo Coo Bird Writing Story 59
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1947 Smoked Hams Writing Writer 59
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1946 The Wacky Weed Writing Writer 59
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1946 Fair Weather Fiends Writing Story 59
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1946 The Reckless Driver Writing Story 59
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1946 Bathing Buddies Writing Story 59
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1946 Who's Cookin Who? Writing Writer 59
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1946 Mousie Come Home Writing Writer 59
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1946 Apple Andy Writing Writer 59
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1945 The Loose Nut Writing Story 59
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1945 The Dippy Diplomat Writing Story 59
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1945 Woody Dines Out Writing Story 59
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1945 Chew-Chew Baby Writing Story 59
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1945 The Pied Piper of Basin Street Writing Story 59
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1944 Ski for Two Writing Story 59
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1944 The Beach Nut Writing Writer 59
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1944 Fish Fry Writing Story 59
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1944 The Barber of Seville Writing Writer 59
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1943 Ration Bored Writing Story 59
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1943 The Dizzy Acrobat Writing Story 59
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1943 The Screwball Writing Story 59
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1942 Boogie Woogie Sioux Writing Writer 59
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1942 The Loan Stranger Writing Story 59
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1942 Yankee Doodle Swing Shift Writing Writer N/A
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1942 Juke Box Jamboree Writing Story 59
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1942 Ace in the Hole Writing Writer 58
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1942 The Hollywood Matador Writing Story 59
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1942 Under the Spreading Blacksmith Shop Writing Writer 59
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1941 Pantry Panic Writing Story 59
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1941 Woody's Jalopy Writing Story 59
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1941 Woody Woodpecker Writing Story 59
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1941 Hysterical Highspots in American History Writing Story 59
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1941 Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat Writing Story 58
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1940 Knock Knock Writing Story 59
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1940 Porky's Baseball Broadcast Writing Story 58
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1940 The Bear's Tale Writing Story 59
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1940 Confederate Honey Writing Story 58
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1938 The Penguin Parade Writing Story 58
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1938 Daffy Duck & Egghead Writing Story 59
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1936 Milk and Money Writing Story 59
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1935 Old Mother Hubbard Writing Story 59
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1934 Jack Frost Writing Story 59
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1934 The Headless Horseman Writing Story 59
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1934 Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp Writing Story 59
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1933 Jack and the Beanstalk Writing Story 59
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Crew
1935 The Merry Old Soul Crew Script 59
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