Joe Ruby

Joe Ruby
Ruby in 2010
Born	Joseph Clemens Ruby (1933-03-30)March 30, 1933 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	August 26, 2020(2020-08-26) (aged 87) Westlake Village, California, U.S.
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.