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Ben Hardaway
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21 May 1895
† 05 Feb 1957
Belton, Missouri, USA
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...
Also Known As
Joseph Benson Hardaway, Joseph B. Hardaway, Ben 'Bugs' Hardaway, Bugs Hardaway, B. Hardaway




















