Joseph Hardy (March 8, 1929 – June 6, 2024) was an American Tony Award-winning stage director, film director, television producer, and occasional performer.
As a television producer, he produced two daytime soap operas in the 1960s: Ben Jarrod on NBC and A Time for Us on ABC.
He was executive producer of Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, Ryan's Hope and General Hospital.
In addition, he was the executive producer of James at 15/16, a primetime drama that aired on NBC.
In 1967, he won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director[1] for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 1969 for Child's Play.