Ken Spears was a TV writer and producer best known for co-creating Scooby-Doo.Spears began working at Hanna-Barbera Productions as a young man, where he met Joe Ruby (1933 – 2020).
The two began writing together, creating “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” for Hanna-Barbera. The animated series, following the adventures of a team of young crime-fighters, debuted in 1969 and has endured in a wide variety of animated and live-action versions.
Spears and Ruby developed the characters and wrote and/or story edited all the episodes for the initial two-season series. Spears and Ruby also co-created cartoons including “Dynomutt,” “Dog Wonder,” and “Jabberjaw” for Hanna Barbera.
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