Ruby-Spears
| Private | |
| Industry |
Animation Live-action |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Founder |
Joe Ruby Ken Spears |
| Defunct | 1996 |
| Headquarters |
Burbank, California, USA Rome, Italy |
| Products |
Television shows Theatrical films Television specials Direct-to-video films Television films Television commercials |
Ruby-Spears Productions (also known as Ruby-Spears Enterprises) was a Burbank, California-based entertainment production company that specialized in animation; with another branch in Rome, Italy. The firm was founded in 1977 by veteran writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears.
Both Ruby and Spears started out as sound editors at Hanna-Barbera, and later branched out into writing stories for such programs as Space Ghost and The Herculoids. In 1968, they were assigned the task of developing a mystery-based cartoon series for Saturday morning, the result of which was Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!. They were also writers and producers for DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, particularly for The Pink Panther and Sons.
The firm's credits include the animated series Fangface, Fangface and Fangpuss, The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show, Thundarr the Barbarian, Rubik the Amazing Cube, the 1983 version of Alvin and the Chipmunks series, The Centurions, the 1988 Superman series, the Police Academy animated series and the American Mega Man cartoon series.
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