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Ben Hardaway (1895–1957)

Writer | Actor | Director

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After an unknown animator completed the model sheet for the rabbit character to be used in Hare-um Scare-um, he handed it in to be given to Mr. Hardaway with "Bugs' Bunny" written on it. Thus did the famous cartoon rabbit get his name.

Born:

Joseph Benson Hardaway

Died:

(age 61)
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Filmography

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2011-2012 The Looney Tunes Show (TV series)
– Point, Laser Point (2012) (characters - uncredited)
– The Muh-Muh-Muh-Murder (2012) (characters - uncredited)
– To Bowl or Not to Bowl (2011) (characters - uncredited)
– Double Date (2011) (characters - uncredited)
– Peel of Fortune (2011) (characters - uncredited)
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2001 Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure (Video Game) (character: Woody Woodpecker)
 
1982 Woody Woodpecker and His Friends (video documentary)
 
1957 The Woody Woodpecker Show (TV series)
 
1956 The Adventures of Pow Wow (TV series) (story / 1956)
 
1951 A Bone for a Bone (short) (story / as J.B. Hardaway)
 
1951 Sleep Happy (short)
 
1951 Puny Express (short)
 
1949 Drooler's Delight (short) (writer)
 
1949 Scrappy Birthday (short) (story)
 
1948 Wild and Woody! (short) (writer)
 
1948 Dog Tax Dodgers (short) (story)
 
1948 The Playful Pelican (short) (story)
 
1948 Pixie Picnic (short) (writer)
 
1948 Wet Blanket Policy (short) (story)
 
1948 Wacky-Bye Baby (short) (story)
 
1948 Kiddie Koncert (short) (story)
 
1948 Banquet Busters (short) (writer)
 
1947 The Bandmaster (short)
 
1947 The Mad Hatter (short)
 
1947 Solid Ivory (short)
 
1947 Well Oiled (short)
 
1947 Woody the Giant Killer (short)
 
1947 The Overture to 'William Tell' (short)
 
1947 The Coo Coo Bird (short)
 
1947 Smoked Hams (short)
 
1946 The Wacky Weed (short)
 
1946 Fair Weather Fiends (short)
 
1946 The Reckless Driver (short)
 
1946 Bathing Buddies (short)
 
1946 Who's Cookin Who? (short)
 
1946 Mousie Come Home (short)
 
1946 Apple Andy (short)
 
1946 Musical Moments from Chopin (short) (story)
 
1945 The Loose Nut (short) (story)
 
1945 The Dippy Diplomat (short)
 
1945 Crow Crazy (short) (story)
 
1945 Woody Dines Out (short) (story)
 
1945 Sliphorn King of Polaroo (short) (story)
 
1945 Chew-Chew Baby (short)
 
1945 The Pied Piper of Basin Street (short)
 
1945 The Poet & Peasant (short) (story)
 
1944 The Painter and the Pointer (short) (screenplay)
 
1944 Ski for Two (short) (story)
 
1944 The Beach Nut (short)
 
1944 Abou Ben Boogie (short) (story)
 
1944 Fish Fry (short) (story)
 
1944 Jungle Jive (short)
 
1944 The Barber of Seville (short)
 
1944 The Greatest Man in Siam (short)
 
1943 Meatless Tuesday (short) (writer)
 
1943 Boogie Woogie Man Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out (short) (writer)
 
1943 Andy Panda's Victory Garden (short) (story)
 
1943 Pass the Biscuits Mirandy! (short) (story)
 
1943 Ration Bored (short) (writer)
 
1943 Canine Commandos (short) (writer)
 
1943 The Dizzy Acrobat (short) (story)
 
1943/II Swing Your Partner (short) (story)
 
1943 The Screwball (short) (story)
 
1943 Cow-Cow Boogie (short) (story)
 
1942 Air Raid Warden (short)
 
1942 Boogie Woogie Sioux (short)
 
1942 The Loan Stranger (short)
 
1942 Yankee Doodle Swing Shift (short)
 
1942 Pigeon Patrol (short)
 
1942 Juke Box Jamboree (short) (story / as B. Hardaway)
 
1942 Ace in the Hole (short)
 
1942 Nutty Pine Cabin (short)
 
1942 Good-Bye Mr. Moth (short)
 
1942 The Hams That Couldn't Be Cured (short)
 
1942 The Hollywood Matador (short) (screenplay)
 
1942 Under the Spreading Blacksmith Shop (short)
 
1942 Mother Goose on the Loose (short) (as Buggsy Hardaway)
 
1941 $21 a Day - (Once a Month) (short)
 
1941 Pantry Panic (short) (story)
 
1941 Man's Best Friend (short) (story)
 
1941 Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company 'B' (short) (story)
 
1941 The Screwdriver (short) (story)
 
1941 Andy Panda's Pop (short)
 
1941 Woody Woodpecker (short)
 
1941 Salt Water Daffy (short)
 
1941 Dizzy Kitty (short) (story)
 
1941 Hysterical High Spots in American History (short) (story)
 
1941 Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat (short) (story)
 
1941 Fair Today (short)
 
1941 Mouse Trappers (short) (story)
 
1940 Syncopated Sioux (short)
 
1940 Knock Knock (short)
 
1940 Recruiting Daze (short)
 
1940 Porky's Baseball Broadcast (short) (story / as J.B. Hardaway)
 
1940 Little Blabbermouse (short)
 
1940 The Bear's Tale (short) (story / as J.B. Hardaway)
 
1940 Confederate Honey (short) (story)
 
1938 The Penguin Parade (short) (as J.B. Hardaway / story)
 
1938 Daffy Duck & Egghead (short) (story / as J.B. Hardaway)
 
1936 Little Boy Blue (short) (uncredited)
 
1936 Ali Baba (short) (uncredited)
 
1935 Summertime (short) (uncredited)
 
1935 Old Mother Hubbard (short) (uncredited)
 
1934 Jack Frost (short) (story - uncredited)
 
1934 Don Quixote (short) (uncredited)
 
1934 The Headless Horseman (short) (story adaptation - uncredited)
 
1934 Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (short) (uncredited)
 
1934 Robin Hood, Jr. (short) (story - uncredited)
 
1933 Jack and the Beanstalk (short) (uncredited)
 
1933 The Air Race (short) (story - uncredited)
 
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1957 The Woody Woodpecker Show (TV series)
Woody Woodpecker
 
1949 Drooler's Delight (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1948 Wild and Woody! (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1948 Wet Blanket Policy (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1948 Wacky-Bye Baby (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1948 Banquet Busters (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1947 The Mad Hatter (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1947 Solid Ivory (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1947 Well Oiled (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1947 Woody the Giant Killer (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1947 The Coo Coo Bird (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1947 Smoked Hams (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1946 Fair Weather Fiends (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1946 The Reckless Driver (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1946 Bathing Buddies (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1946 Who's Cookin Who? (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited) / Starvation (voice) (uncredited)
 
1945 The Loose Nut (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited) / Bull Dozer (voice) (uncredited)
 
1945 The Dippy Diplomat (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1945 Woody Dines Out (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1945 Chew-Chew Baby (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1944 Ski for Two (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1944 The Beach Nut (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1944 The Barber of Seville (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1942 Ace in the Hole (short)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1938 Love and Curses (short)
Harold (voice) (uncredited)
 
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1943 The Egg Cracker Suite (short)
 
1940 Busy Bakers (short)
 
1939 Fagin's Freshman (short)
 
1939 Porky the Giant Killer (short)
 
1939 Sioux Me (short)
 
1939 Hare-um Scare-um (short)
 
1939 Hobo Gadget Band (short)
 
1939 Porky and Teabiscuit (short)
 
1939 Bars and Stripes Forever (short)
 
1939 Gold Rush Daze (short)
 
1939 It's an Ill Wind (short)
 
1938 Count Me Out (short)
 
1938 Porky the Gob (short)
 
1938 Love and Curses (short)
 
1938 Porky's Hare Hunt (short)
 
1935 Buddy in Africa (short)
 
1935 Buddy of the Legion (short)
 
1935 Buddy's Pony Express (short)
 
1935 Buddy's Theatre (short)
 
1934 Buddy the Dentist (short)
 
1934 Rhythm in the Bow (short)
 
1934 Buddy of the Apes (short)
 
1934 Buddy's Adventures (short)
 
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1986 Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (TV movie) (director: classic animation - uncredited)
 
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1943 The Dizzy Acrobat (short) (performer: "I Went to the Animal Fair" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1982 Woody Woodpecker and His Friends (video documentary)
Various Voices (voice) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2003 50 Greatest TV Animals (TV documentary)
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1951 Destination Meat Ball (short)
Woody Woodpecker's Spooky Laugh (archive sound) (uncredited)
 
1951 The Redwood Sap (short)
Starvation's Spooky Laugh (archive sound) (uncredited)
 
1951 Sleep Happy (short)
Wally Walrus's vocal effects (archive sound) (uncredited)
 
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Personal Details

Alternate Names:

B. Hardaway | Buggsy Hardaway | Bugs Hardaway | J.B. Hardaway
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Trivia:

After an unknown animator completed the model sheet for the rabbit character to be used in Hare-um Scare-um, he handed it in to be given to Mr. Hardaway with "Bugs' Bunny" written on it. Thus did the famous cartoon rabbit get his name. See more »

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