Ben Hardaway
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]
Acting
Movie
The Barber of Seville
as Woody Woodpecker (voice)
1944
Movie
Pantry Panic
as Woody Woodpecker (voice)
1941
Movie
Woody Woodpecker and Friends
as Various Voices
1982
Movie
Wild and Woody!
as Woody Woodpecker (voice)
1948
Movie
Ace in the Hole
as Woody Woodpecker (voice)
1942
Movie
Chew-Chew Baby
as Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
1945
Movie
The Hollywood Matador
as Woody Woodpecker
1942
Movie
Woody Dines Out
as Woody Woodpecker (voice)
1945
Movie
Ski for Two
as Woody Woodpecker
1944
Movie
The Reckless Driver
as Woody Woodpecker (voice)
1946
Movie
Fair Weather Fiends
as Woody Woodpecker (voice)
1946
Movie
Wet Blanket Policy
as Woody Woodpecker (voice)
1948
Movie
The Beach Nut
as Woody Woodpecker (voice)
1944
Movie
Woody the Giant Killer
as Woody Woodpecker (voice)
1947
Movie
Smoked Hams
as Woody Woodpecker (voice)
1947
Movie
The Dippy Diplomat
as Woody Woodpecker (voice)
1945
Movie
Who's Cookin Who?
as Woody Woodpecker / Starvation (voice)
1946
Movie
The Loose Nut
as Woody Woodpecker / Bull Dozer (voice)
1945
Movie
It's an Ill Wind
as Dizzy Duck
1939
Movie
Wacky-Bye Baby
as Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
1948
Movie
The Coo Coo Bird
as Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
1947
Crew
Movie
The Yankee Doodle Mouse
Story
1943
Movie
The Barber of Seville
Writer
1944
Movie
Springtime for Thomas
Story
1946
Movie
Woody Woodpecker
Story
1941
Movie
Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat
Story
1941
Movie
Pantry Panic
Story
1941
Movie
Knock Knock
Story
1940
Movie
Jack Frost
Story
1934
Movie
Daffy Duck & Egghead
Story
1938
Movie
The Dizzy Acrobat
Story
1943
Movie
Porky's Hare Hunt
Director
1938
Movie
Wild and Woody!
Writer
1948