Joe Ruby | |
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 Ruby in 2010 | |
| Born | Joseph Clemens Ruby March 30, 1933 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | August 26, 2020 (aged 87) |
| Occupation(s) | Animator, writer, television producer, music editor |
| Years active | 1959–2020 |
| Spouse |
Carole Ruby (m. 1957) |
| Children | 4 |
Joseph Clemens Ruby (March 30, 1933 – August 26, 2020)[1] was an American animator, writer, television producer, and music editor. He was best known as a co-creator of the animated Scooby-Doo franchise, together with Ken Spears. In 1977, they co-founded the television animation production company Ruby-Spears Productions.[2] Ruby would work with Spears and would co-create several other shows including, Fangface, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder and Jabberjaw among others.
Ruby would meet Spears in 1959 at Hanna-Barbera, when the studio was being interviewed by Life Magazine[3] and the two would start working together on animated shows. Before Ruby founded Ruby-Spears he would work with at several studios including Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie–Freleng Enterprises and with Sid and Marty Krofft.
In 1996, the Ruby-Spears studio closed, and Ruby would keep working with Spears up until his death on August 26, 2020. Spears would pass away three months later.
- ^ "Joseph Clemens Ruby, Born 03/30/1933 in California | CaliforniaBirthIndex.org". www.californiabirthindex.org.
- ^ Itzkoff, Dave (April 12, 2010). "Jack Kirby's Heroes in Waiting". The New York Times.
- ^ "ScoobyAddicts.com". ScoobyAddicts. Retrieved August 5, 2024.