Ben Hardaway
89 Movies
Movies
Writer
Springtime for Thomas
1946
Writer
The Yankee Doodle Mouse
1943
Director
Porky's Hare Hunt
1938
Director
Busy Bakers
1940
Director
Sioux Me
1939
Writer
Woody Woodpecker
1941
Director
Fagin's Freshman
1939
Director
Count Me Out
1938
Director
Buddy of the Legion
1935
Director
Buddy of the Apes
1934
Director
Buddy's Adventures
1934
Director
Hare-um Scare-um
1939
Writer
The Barber of Seville
1944
Director
Buddy the Dentist
1934
Director
Buddy's Theatre
1935
Director
Porky the Gob
1938
Director
It's an Ill Wind
1939
Director
Buddy's Pony Express
1935
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Porky and Teabiscuit
1939
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Hobo Gadget Band
1939
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Porky the Giant Killer
1939
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Buddy in Africa
1935
Director
Gold Rush Daze
1939
Director
Rhythm in the Bow
1934
Director
Love and Curses
1938
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Bars And Stripes Forever
1939
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The Woody Woodpecker Polka
Story
1951
Film
A Bone for a Bone
Story
1951
Film
Rabbit Every Monday
Story
1951
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Scrappy Birthday
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1949
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Wild and Woody!
Writer
1948
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Dog Tax Dodgers
Writer
1948
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Wet Blanket Policy
Story
1948
Film
Woody the Giant Killer
Writer
1947
Film
The Overture to 'William Tell'
Writer
1947
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Ben Hardaway still alive?
Ben Hardaway passed away on February 5, 1957 at age 61.
What are the most famous roles of Ben Hardaway?
Ben Hardaway is best known for directing The Yankee Doodle Mouse, The Barber of Seville, Springtime for Thomas.
How many movies has Ben Hardaway directed?
Over a 26-year career (since 1931), Ben Hardaway has directed or written 89 films and worked on 0 TV shows.
What was Ben Hardaway's first movie?
The career of Ben Hardaway began with Africa Squeaks (1931).
What is Ben Hardaway's most recent movie or series?
Ben Hardaway's most recent release is The Woody Woodpecker Polka, which premiered on October 29, 1951.
Ben Hardaway
1895-05-21 · Belton, Missouri, USA
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]