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Joseph 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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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]
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1895-05-21
- event Death Date 1957-02-05
- school Known for: Writing
- star Popularity: 1.7
- info Birth Place Belton, Missouri, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Ben Hardaway
7.5
Woody Woodpecker and Friends
1982-01-02
8
Who's Cookin Who?
1946-06-23
7.2
The Loose Nut
1945-12-17
7.3
The Reckless Driver
1946-08-26
7.3
Fair Weather Fiends
1946-11-18
6.8
Wet Blanket Policy
1948-08-27
7
Wild and Woody!
1948-12-31
5.9
Ace in the Hole
1942-06-21
6.6
Chew-Chew Baby
1945-02-04
6.3
The Barber of Seville
1944-04-21
6.8
The Beach Nut
1944-10-15
6.6
The Hollywood Matador
1942-02-08
6.2
Woody Dines Out
1945-03-31
6.6
Ski for Two
1944-11-12
6
Pantry Panic
1941-11-23
6.2
It's an Ill Wind
1939-01-27
8
The Coo Coo Bird
1947-06-09
7
Smoked Hams
1947-04-27
6.8
Woody the Giant Killer
1947-12-15
6.6
The Dippy Diplomat
1945-08-26
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6.6
Knock Knock
1940-11-19
6.6
The Loan Stranger
1942-10-18
6.6
Ace in the Hole
1942-06-21
6.6
Chew-Chew Baby
1945-02-04
6.6
The Barber of Seville
1944-04-21
6.6
The Beach Nut
1944-10-15
6.6
The Dizzy Acrobat
1943-05-20
6.6
Woody Dines Out
1945-03-31
6.6
Woody Woodpecker
1941-07-16
6.6
Porky and Teabiscuit
1939-04-22
6.6
Pantry Panic
1941-11-23
6.6
Ration Bored
1943-07-25
6.6
The Screwball
1943-02-14
6.6
Woody's Jalopy
1941-08-10
6.6
Ski for Two
1944-11-12
6.6
The Hollywood Matador
1942-02-08
6.6
Hysterical Highspots in American History
1941-03-30
6.6
Apple Andy
1946-04-09
6.6
The Wacky Weed
1946-12-15
6.6
Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck
1985-08-31
6.6
Count Me Out
1938-12-17
6.6
Hare-um Scare-um
1939-08-12
6.6
Bars and Stripes Forever
1939-04-08
6.6
Rhythm in the Bow
1934-10-20
6.6
Buddy of the Apes
1934-05-25
6.6
Buddy the Dentist
1934-12-14
6.6
Buddy's Adventures
1934-11-17
6.6
Busy Bakers
1940-02-10
6.6
Buddy in Africa
1935-07-05
6.6
Buddy of the Legion
1935-04-05
6.6
Buddy's Pony Express
1935-03-09
6.6
Buddy's Theatre
1935-02-15
6.6
Gold Rush Daze
1939-02-25
6.6
Porky's Hare Hunt
1938-04-30
6.6
The Egg Cracker Suite
1943-03-22
6.6
Porky the Gob
1938-12-16
6.6
Love and Curses
1938-07-08
6.6
It's an Ill Wind
1939-01-27
6.6
Hobo Gadget Band
1939-06-17
6.6
Fagin's Freshman
1939-11-17
6.6
Porky the Giant Killer
1939-11-17
6.6
Sioux Me
1939-09-08
6.6
Smoked Hams
1947-04-27
6.6
Woody the Giant Killer
1947-12-15
6.6
The Dippy Diplomat
1945-08-26
6.6
Kiddie Koncert
1948-04-23
6.6
Juke Box Jamboree
1942-07-26
6.6
Boogie Woogie Sioux
1942-11-30
6.6
Milk and Money
1936-10-03
6.6
The Loose Nut
1945-12-17
6.6
The Reckless Driver
1946-08-26
6.6
Fair Weather Fiends
1946-11-18
6.6
Wet Blanket Policy
1948-08-27
6.6
Wild and Woody!
1948-12-31
6.6
The Woody Woodpecker Polka
1951-10-29
6.6
The Overture to 'William Tell'
1947-06-15
6.6
Mousie Come Home
1946-04-15
6.6
Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat
1941-03-27
6.6
Under the Spreading Blacksmith Shop
1942-01-11
6.6
Scrappy Birthday
1949-02-11
6.6
Playful Pelican
1948-10-08
6.6
Dog Tax Dodgers
1948-11-19
6.6
A Bone for a Bone
1951-04-07
6.6
Confederate Honey
1940-03-29
6.6
Yankee Doodle Swing Shift
1942-09-21
6.6
Who's Cookin Who?
1946-06-23
6.6
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1934-08-10
6.6
Old Mother Hubbard
1935-04-02
6.6
The Headless Horseman
1934-10-01
6.6
Jack and the Beanstalk
1933-11-29
6.6
Jack Frost
1934-12-22
6.6
Breakdowns of 1939
1939-12-31
6.6
The Merry Old Soul
1935-08-16
6.6
Porky's Baseball Broadcast
1940-07-06
6.6
Daffy Duck & Egghead
1938-01-01
6.6
The Penguin Parade
1938-04-23
6.6
The Coo Coo Bird
1947-06-09
6.6
The Bear's Tale
1940-04-13
6.6
Fish Fry
1944-06-19
6.6
Bathing Buddies
1946-07-01
6.6
The Pied Piper of Basin Street
1945-01-15
6.6
Rabbit Every Monday
1951-02-10