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 Fangface, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder and Jabberjaw.
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 Ruby-Spears studio closed, Ruby would keep working with Spears up until his death on August 26, 2020. Spears would pass away three months later.
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