Ben Hardaway

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Ben Hardaway

Born May 21, 1895 · Belton, Missouri, USA

Died February 5, 1957 · aged 61

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 featur…

Known For

Apple AndyApple Andy · 1946
Apple Andy
6.81946
MovieAnimationComedy
Andy Panda is very fond of apples and he eats a bushel of green apples, falls asleep and has a nightmare in which the devil is trying to entice him into Hades and stuffs him full of apple juice, applesauce and more apples. (In Andy's defense, since Andy was taught not to eat green apples, the devil had spray-painted the green apples red.)
Wacky-Bye BabyWacky-Bye Baby · 1948
Wacky-Bye Baby
6.81948
MovieAnimationComedy
After Woody Woodpecker is thrown out of a city park for being a vagrant, he decides he needs to advance his living conditions. He reads in the newspaper that millionaire Wally Walrus is looking to adopt a baby boy, so dresses himself as a baby and leaves himself on Wally's doorstep.
Puppy LovePuppy Love · 1932
Puppy Love
7.01932
MovieAnimation
A Flip The Frog cartoon....
Fire! Fire!Fire! Fire! · 1932
Fire! Fire!
7.51932
MovieAnimation
Flip and his pals, working at a fire station, are called out to stop a fire.
Africa SqueaksAfrica Squeaks · 1931
Africa Squeaks
7.01931
MovieAnimation
Flip the Frog is a game hunter in Africa. He has an encounter with some cannibals who take him to their king for dinner ...
Knock KnockKnock Knock · 1940
Knock Knock
7.11940
MovieAnimationComedy
A woodpecker (Woody) repeatedly pecks the roof of Andy Panda's and his father's home. Daddy sets out to stop it.
The Yankee Doodle MouseThe Yankee Doodle Mouse · 1943
The Yankee Doodle Mouse
7.21943
MovieAnimationComedy
As Tom and Jerry stage their typical fight sequences, the patriotic soldier theme of the title is evidenced by such things as a carton of eggs labeled "Hen Grenades"; Jerry dropping light bulbs from an airplane like bombs; and Jerry sending a telegram with the message "Sighted Cat - Sank Same." Musical phrasings from various patriotic war songs are heard throughout. The cut scene after Jerry hitting Tom with the board 4 times was cut from the 1950 reissue print for a war bond joke, and the original footage is currently considered "lost" due to the negatives destroyed in the 1978 George Eastman House fire.
The BullyThe Bully · 1932
The Bully
6.71932
MovieAnimation
"Bully" is a Bluto-type - you know: big, gruff guy with a cigar, small bowler hat, needs a shave....Here, he picks a fight with poor Flip. Before you know it, a neutral party comes along, shows the two guys a sign advertising "boxing to-night" and advises them to take it to the arena, where at least they could pick up some bucks if they're going to fight.

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The Loan StrangerThe Loan Stranger · 1942
The Loan Stranger
6.71942
MovieAnimation
Woody is happily (and nuttily) driving down the street when his car breaks down. He tries to get a loan on it from a nearby wolf. The wolf agrees to give Woody the loan but exclaims if he doesn't receive payment in thirty days, he'll take Woody's car away. Sure enough, a title card tells us, "Thirty days have elapsed (and so has Woody's memory)". The wolf appears at Woody's door trying to serve him with a notice but the crafty woodpecker pretends he's not home. The wolf tries to trap him disguised as a deliveryman giving Woody a cake... but the woodpecker throws it in his face bellowing, "I don't like cheesecake!" Finally, the fox throws a punch at Woody and believes to have seriously injured him. He sympathetically agrees to forget about the loan only to be infuriated when Woody "recovers" holding a cuckoo clock and asking, "How about a loan on the clock, Doc?"

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