1895-05-21 ( 129 years old ) in 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]
Movies
Woody Woodpecker and Friends
1982-01-02
Wild and Woody!
1948-12-31
Wet Blanket Policy
1948-08-27
Woody the Giant Killer
1947-12-15
The Coo Coo Bird
1947-06-09
Smoked Hams
1947-04-27
Fair Weather Fiends
1946-11-18
The Reckless Driver
1946-08-26
Who's Cookin Who?
1946-06-23
The Loose Nut
1945-12-17
The Dippy Diplomat
1945-08-26
Woody Dines Out
1945-03-31
Chew-Chew Baby
1945-02-04
Ski for Two
1944-11-12
The Beach Nut
1944-10-15
The Barber of Seville
1944-04-21
Ace in the Hole
1942-06-21
The Hollywood Matador
1942-02-08
Pantry Panic
1941-11-23
It's an Ill Wind
1939-01-27
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