Ben Hardaway
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- May 21, 1895
- Died
- February 5, 1957 (aged 61)
- Birthplace
- Belton, Missouri, USA
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
The Woody Woodpecker Polka
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A Bone for a Bone
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Rabbit Every Monday
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Scrappy Birthday
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Kiddie Koncert
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Wet Blanket Policy
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Wild and Woody!
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Playful Pelican
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Dog Tax Dodgers
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Smoked Hams
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Woody the Giant Killer
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The Overture to 'William Tell'
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The Coo Coo Bird
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Apple Andy
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The Wacky Weed
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The Reckless Driver
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Fair Weather Fiends
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Mousie Come Home
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Who's Cookin Who?
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Bathing Buddies
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Reddy Made Magic
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Springtime for Thomas
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Chew-Chew Baby
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Woody Dines Out
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The Dippy Diplomat
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The Loose Nut
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The Pied Piper of Basin Street
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The Barber of Seville
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The Beach Nut
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Ski for Two
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Fish Fry
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The Dizzy Acrobat
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Ration Bored
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The Screwball
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The Yankee Doodle Mouse
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The Loan Stranger
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Ace in the Hole
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The Hollywood Matador
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Juke Box Jamboree
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Boogie Woogie Sioux
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Under the Spreading Blacksmith Shop
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Yankee Doodle Swing Shift
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Nutty Pine Cabin
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Woody Woodpecker
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Pantry Panic
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The Screwdriver
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Hysterical Highspots in American History
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Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat
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Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company "B"
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Knock Knock
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Confederate Honey
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Porky's Baseball Broadcast
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The Bear's Tale
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Daffy Duck & Egghead
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The Penguin Parade
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Milk and Money
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Old Mother Hubbard
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Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
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The Headless Horseman
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Jack Frost
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Buddy and Towser
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Buddy's Trolley Troubles
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Jack and the Beanstalk
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The Milkman
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Fire! Fire!
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What a Life
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Puppy Love
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School Days
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The Bully
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Africa Squeaks
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Mickey Mouse Cartoons
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