Ken Spears

Charles Kenneth Spears (March 12, 1938 – November 6, 2020) was an American television writer, producer and sound editor. With Joe Ruby, he created the Scooby-Doo franchise for Hanna-Barbera. In 1977, the two men co-founded television animation production company Ruby-Spears Productions.

• Once you create the show you are always its creator, no matter how many other versions are produced.
  • Joe Ruby and Ken Spears (2011)

• He was always charming and gracious, and willing to give any harebrained scheme of mine a fair hearing before saying, “You’re nuts, Buzz.” He was without question one of the nicest people I’ve ever met -- and it’s been my privilege to have met and worked with a lot of super-nice people.
  • Buzz Dixon, Ken Spears (1938-2020) (November 10, 2020)

Creators	Joe Ruby  (1933-2020) ·  (1938-2020) · Iwao Takamoto · William Hanna · Joseph Barbera
Characters	Mystery Inc.	Scooby-Doo · Fred Jones · Shaggy Rogers · Daphne Blake · Velma Dinkley
Animated television	(1969-1970) ·  (1972-1973) · The Scooby-Doo Show  (1976) · Scooby and Scrappy-Doo  (1979-1980) · The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show  (1983) · The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries  (1984) · The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo  (1985) ·  (1988-1991) ·  (2002-2006) · Shaggy & Scooby Doo Get a Clue!  (2006-2008) ·  (2010-2013) ·  (2015-2018) ·  (2019-2021)
Live-action films	Theatrical	(2002) · 2: Monsters Unleashed  (2004)
	Television	The Mystery Begins  (2009) · Cruse of the Lake Monster  (2010)
	Direct to video	(2018)
Animated films	Theatrical	(2020)
	Direct to video	Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island  (1998) · Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost  (1999) · Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders  (2000) · Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase  (2001) · Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire  (2002) · Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico  (2003) · Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster  (2004) · Aloha, Scooby-Doo!  (2004) · Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?  (2005) · Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!  (2006) · Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!  (2007) · Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King  (2008) · Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword  (2009) · Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo  (2010) · Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare  (2010) · Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur  (2011) · Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire  (2012) · Big Top Scooby-Doo!  (2012) · Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon  (2013) · Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map  (2013) · Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright  (2013) · Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery  (2014) · Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy  (2014) · Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness  (2015) · Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery  (2015) · Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood  (2016) · Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon  (2016) · Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown  (2017) · Lego Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bash  (2017) · Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold  (2018) · Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost  (2018) · Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost  (2019) · Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island  (2019) · Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!  (2020) · Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob  (2021) · Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog  (2021) · Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!  (2022) · Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too!  (2023)
	Television and specials	Scooby Goes Hollywood  (1979) · Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers  (1987) · Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School  (1988) · Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf  (1988)
Video and games	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem (2003)
Other	Last words in Scooby-Doo media · Looney Tunes: Back in Action  (2003) · Space Jam: A New Legacy  (2021)