Personal Info
Joseph Benson Hardaway
Joseph B. Hardaway
Ben 'Bugs' Hardaway
Bugs Hardaway
B. Hardaway
Ben Hardaway
Writing
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 inadverten…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Woody Woodpecker and Friends
as Various Voices
Wild and Woody!
as Woody Woodpecker (voice)
Wet Blanket Policy
as Woody Woodpecker (voice)
Wacky-Bye Baby
as Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
The Coo Coo Bird
as Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
Woody the Giant Killer
as Woody Woodpecker (voice)
Smoked Hams
as Woody Woodpecker (voice)
The Reckless Driver
as Woody Woodpecker (voice)
Who's Cookin Who?
as Woody Woodpecker / Starvation (voice)
Fair Weather Fiends
as Woody Woodpecker (voice)