Sir Douglas Booth | |
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Born | 2 December 1949 |
Residence | New York City |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Occupation | TV producer and writer |
Spouse(s) | Yolanda née Scantlebury (formally styled Lady Booth) |
Children | 2 daughters: Zahra & Azura |
Relatives | Derek Booth (brother & heir);qv. Burke's Peerage & Baronetage |
Sir Douglas Allen Booth 3rd Bt (born 2 December 1949), an Anglo-American aristocrat, is a television producer, writer and cartoonist who co-wrote Scooby Doo.
Born on 2 December 1949, elder son of Sir Philip Booth, 2nd Baronet (1907–1960) and grandson of Sir Alfred Allen Booth, 1st Baronet (1872–1948), his mother Ethel, Lady Booth (née Greenfield), lives in California.
He was educated at Beverly Hills High School, California, before Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
Upon his father's death in 1960, he succeeded to the Booth baronetcy of Allerton Beeches, UK. The family is a cadet branch of the ancient Booth family of Dunham Massey, Cheshire, England.
In 1985, Booth worked as an associate producer for fifty-five episodes of the television series G. I. Joe: A Real American Hero and Robotix. In 1986, he was co-producer for Potato Head Kids and The Glo Friends. From 1992 to 1994, he was producer for sixty-five episodes of Conan the Adventurer.