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Ben Hardaway (1895-1957)

Alias:
B. Hardaway
Ben 'Bugs' Hardaway
Buggsy Hardaway
Bugs Hardaway
Bugsy Hardaway
J. B. Hardaway
J.B. Hardaway
Joseph B. Hardaway
Joseph Benson Hardaway

Birthplace:
Belton, Missouri, USA

Born:
May 21, 1895

Died:
February 5, 1957

Biography from TheMovieDB

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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Film Production

Director:
1934  Buddy of the Apes
1934  Buddy the Dentist
1934  Buddy's Adventures
1934  Rhythm in the Bow
1935  Buddy in Africa
1935  Buddy of the Legion
1935  Buddy's Pony Express
1935  Buddy's Theatre
1938  Count Me Out
1938  Love and Curses
1938  Porky the Gob
1938  Porky's Hare Hunt
1939  Bars and Stripes Forever
1939  Breakdowns of 1939
1939  Fagin's Freshman
1939  Gold Rush Daze
1939  Hare-um Scare-um
1939  Hobo Gadget Band
1939  It's an Ill Wind
1939  Porky and Teabiscuit
1939  Porky the Giant Killer
1939  Sioux Me
1940  Busy Bakers
1943  The Egg Cracker Suite
1985  Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck

Script:
1934  Buddy of the Apes
1934  Buddy the Dentist
1934  Buddy's Adventures
1934  Rhythm in the Bow
1935  Buddy in Africa
1935  Buddy of the Legion
1935  Buddy's Pony Express
1935  Buddy's Theatre
1935  The Merry Old Soul
1938  Count Me Out
1938  Love and Curses
1938  Porky the Gob
1938  Porky's Hare Hunt
1939  Bars and Stripes Forever
1939  Breakdowns of 1939
1939  Fagin's Freshman
1939  Gold Rush Daze
1939  Hare-um Scare-um
1939  Hobo Gadget Band
1939  It's an Ill Wind
1939  Porky and Teabiscuit
1939  Porky the Giant Killer
1939  Sioux Me
1940  Busy Bakers
1943  The Egg Cracker Suite
1985  Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck

Story:
1933  Jack and the Beanstalk
1934  Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1934  Buddy of the Apes
1934  Buddy the Dentist
1934  Buddy's Adventures
1934  Jack Frost
1934  Rhythm in the Bow
1934  The Headless Horseman
1935  Buddy in Africa
1935  Buddy of the Legion
1935  Buddy's Pony Express
1935  Buddy's Theatre
1935  Old Mother Hubbard
1935  The Merry Old Soul
1936  Milk and Money
1938  Count Me Out
1938  Daffy Duck & Egghead
1938  Love and Curses
1938  Porky the Gob
1938  Porky's Hare Hunt
1938  The Penguin Parade
1939  Bars and Stripes Forever
1939  Breakdowns of 1939
1939  Fagin's Freshman
1939  Gold Rush Daze
1939  Hare-um Scare-um
1939  Hobo Gadget Band
1939  It's an Ill Wind
1939  Porky and Teabiscuit
1939  Porky the Giant Killer
1939  Sioux Me
1940  Busy Bakers
1940  Confederate Honey
1940  Knock Knock
1940  Porky's Baseball Broadcast
1940  The Bear's Tale
1941  Hysterical Highspots in American History
1941  Pantry Panic
1941  Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat
1941  Woody Woodpecker
1941  Woody's Jalopy
1942  Juke Box Jamboree
1942  The Hollywood Matador
1942  The Loan Stranger
1943  Ration Bored
1943  The Dizzy Acrobat
1943  The Egg Cracker Suite
1943  The Screwball
1944  Fish Fry
1944  Ski for Two
1945  Chew-Chew Baby
1945  The Dippy Diplomat
1945  The Loose Nut
1945  The Pied Piper of Basin Street
1945  Woody Dines Out
1946  Bathing Buddies
1946  Fair Weather Fiends
1946  The Reckless Driver
1947  The Coo Coo Bird
1948  Kiddie Koncert
1948  Wet Blanket Policy
1951  A Bone for a Bone
1951  Rabbit Every Monday
1951  The Woody Woodpecker Polka
1985  Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck

Writer:
1933  Jack and the Beanstalk
1934  Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1934  Buddy of the Apes
1934  Buddy the Dentist
1934  Buddy's Adventures
1934  Jack Frost
1934  Rhythm in the Bow
1934  The Headless Horseman
1935  Buddy in Africa
1935  Buddy of the Legion
1935  Buddy's Pony Express
1935  Buddy's Theatre
1935  Old Mother Hubbard
1935  The Merry Old Soul
1936  Milk and Money
1938  Count Me Out
1938  Daffy Duck & Egghead
1938  Love and Curses
1938  Porky the Gob
1938  Porky's Hare Hunt
1938  The Penguin Parade
1939  Bars and Stripes Forever
1939  Breakdowns of 1939
1939  Fagin's Freshman
1939  Gold Rush Daze
1939  Hare-um Scare-um
1939  Hobo Gadget Band
1939  It's an Ill Wind
1939  Porky and Teabiscuit
1939  Porky the Giant Killer
1939  Sioux Me
1940  Busy Bakers
1940  Confederate Honey
1940  Knock Knock
1940  Porky's Baseball Broadcast
1940  The Bear's Tale
1941  Hysterical Highspots in American History
1941  Pantry Panic
1941  Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat
1941  Woody Woodpecker
1941  Woody's Jalopy
1942  Ace in the Hole
1942  Boogie Woogie Sioux
1942  Juke Box Jamboree
1942  The Hollywood Matador
1942  The Loan Stranger
1942  Under the Spreading Blacksmith Shop
1942  Yankee Doodle Swing Shift
1943  Ration Bored
1943  The Dizzy Acrobat
1943  The Egg Cracker Suite
1943  The Screwball
1944  Fish Fry
1944  Ski for Two
1944  The Barber of Seville
1944  The Beach Nut
1945  Chew-Chew Baby
1945  The Dippy Diplomat
1945  The Loose Nut
1945  The Pied Piper of Basin Street
1945  Woody Dines Out
1946  Apple Andy
1946  Bathing Buddies
1946  Fair Weather Fiends
1946  Mousie Come Home
1946  The Reckless Driver
1946  The Wacky Weed
1946  Who's Cookin Who?
1947  Smoked Hams
1947  The Coo Coo Bird
1947  The Overture to 'William Tell'
1947  Woody the Giant Killer
1948  Dog Tax Dodgers
1948  Kiddie Koncert
1948  Playful Pelican
1948  Wet Blanket Policy
1948  Wild and Woody!
1949  Scrappy Birthday
1951  A Bone for a Bone
1951  Rabbit Every Monday
1951  The Woody Woodpecker Polka
1985  Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: An Officer and a Duck

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