Joe Ruby

Joe Ruby
Ruby in 2010
Born
Joseph Clemens Ruby

(1933-03-30)March 30, 1933
DiedAugust 26, 2020(2020-08-26) (aged 87)
Occupation(s)Animator, writer, television producer, music editor
Years active1959–2020
Spouse
Carole Ruby
(m. 1957)
Children4

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.

  1. ^ "Joseph Clemens Ruby, Born 03/30/1933 in California | CaliforniaBirthIndex.org". www.californiabirthindex.org.
  2. ^ Itzkoff, Dave (April 12, 2010). "Jack Kirby's Heroes in Waiting". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "ScoobyAddicts.com". ScoobyAddicts. Retrieved August 5, 2024.