Jonny Quest (TV series)

Jonny Quest
Also known as	The Adventures of Jonny Quest
Genre	Adventure Action Spy-fi Science fiction
Created by	Doug Wildey
Written by	William D. Hamilton Walter Black Charles Hoffman Joanna Lee Alan Dinehart Herbert Finn Doug Wildey William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Directed by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Voices of	Tim Matheson Mike Road Danny Bravo John Stephenson Don Messick
Theme music composer	Hoyt Curtin
Composer(s)	Hoyt Curtin and Ted Nichols
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Running time	25 minutes
Production company(s)	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Distributor	Screen Gems (original) Worldvision Enterprises (syndication through 1992)) Turner Program Services (1992-1998) Warner Bros. Television Distribution (1998-current)
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 18, 1964 – March 11, 1965

Jonny Quest (also known as The Adventures of Jonny Quest) is an American animated science fiction adventure television series about a boy who accompanies his scientist father on extraordinary adventures. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for Screen Gems, and created and designed by comic book artist Doug Wildey.

Inspired by radio serials and comics in the action-adventure genre, it featured more realistic art, characters, and stories than Hanna-Barbera's previous cartoon programs. It was the first of several Hanna-Barbera action-based adventure shows – which would later include Space Ghost, The Herculoids, and Birdman and the Galaxy Trio – and ran on ABC in prime time on early Friday nights for one season in 1964–1965.

After spending two decades in reruns, during which time it appeared on all 3 major US television networks of the time, new episodes were produced for syndication in 1986 as part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera's second season. Two telefilms, a comic book series, and a more modern revival series, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, were produced in the 1990s.

Comic book artist Doug Wildey, after having worked on Cambria Productions' 1962 animated television series Space Angel, found work at the Hanna-Barbera studio, which asked him to design a series starring the radio drama adventure character Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.