Joseph Barbera

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For Joseph Barbera's cameo in Johnny Bravo, see Joe Barbera (Johnny Bravo).

Joseph Barbera
Information
Birthname	Joseph Roland Barbera
Gender	Male
Hair	Brown
Eyes	Brown
Date of birth	(1911-03-24)March 24, 1911
Place of birth	Delancey Street, New York City, New York, United States
Date of death	December 18, 2006(2006-12-18) (aged 95)
Place of death	Studio City, California, United States
Relatives	Jayne Barbera (daughter); Neal Barbera (son)
Occupation	Producer, director, voice director, writer

Joseph "Joe" Barbera was an American animator, director, and producer. After directing several theatrical shorts for MGM's Tom and Jerry, with William Hanna, they went onto established their own animation studio, Hanna-Barbera, creating such well-known household cartoon characters and shows of the 20th century, such as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, The Flintstones, Jonny Quest, and Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!.

He directed the first two series of Scooby-Doo, before stepping down, while continuing to produce all productions involving the Scooby-Doo character until his death at 95 on December 18, 2006, due to natural causes.

Crew credits

TV series

• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! - produced and directed by (seasons 1 and 2)
  • Unknown episodes (voice director, uncredited)
• The New Scooby-Doo Movies - produced and directed by (seasons 1 and 2)
• The Scooby-Doo Show - executive producer (seasons 1, 2, and 3)
• Laff-a-Lympics - executive producer (seasons 1 and 2)
• The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show - executive producer (season 1)
• The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries - executive producer (season 1)
• The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo - executive producer (season 1)
• A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - executive producer (seasons 1, 2, and 3)
• What's New, Scooby-Doo? - executive producer (seasons 1, 2, and 3)
  • 207. Homeward Hound - story by
• Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! - executive producer (seasons 1 and 2)

TV specials

• Scooby Goes Hollywood - executive producer
• Arabian Nights - executive producer

TV films

• Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers - executive producer
• Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
  • Song: "Scrappy's Rap" - music & lyrics by
• Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf - executive producer

Direct-to-video films

• 2. Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost - executive producer
• 3. Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders - executive producer
• 4. Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase - executive producer
• 5. Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire  - executive producer
• 6. Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico - executive producer
• 7. Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster - executive producer
• 8. Aloha, Scooby-Doo! - executive producer
• 9. Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? - executive producer
• 10. Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! - executive producer
• 11. Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!  - executive producer

Theatrical films

• Scooby-Doo - executive producer
• Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed - executive producer

Notes/trivia

Barbera's cameo.

• In the TV film, Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School, Barbera and Hanna aren't credited as executive producers, instead, something that they "present".
• He has a cameo in the Johnny Bravo/Scooby-Doo crossover episode, Bravo Dooby-Doo, where he is one of the extra disguises of worn by Jebidisa Bravo.
• Mr. B from What's New, Scooby-Doo? is also modelled on him; "Mr. B" was one of Barbera's nicknames.
• Hanna and Barbera are not credited for having involvement for the first direct-to-video film, Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island. Instead, they are given sole credit for creating the characters, while half true, their company only animated them; their true creators were Joe Ruby and Ken Spears. In fact, Hanna himself said (via archive footage) on the Mystery Inc. Yearbook featurette (passed around a few of the DVDs in the early to mid 2000s) that it was a team effort. Later films would say "Based on Characters Created By Hanna-Barbera Productions".
• Barbera is the basis of Bo Gerbera, from DC Comics' Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? story, Tooned In.