Career
In the 1980s Ruegger worked for Hanna-Barbera, writing and producing various animated series, most notably Snorks, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, Pound Puppies, and A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. He also wrote one episode of He-Manitoba and the Masters of the Universe. In 1989 he began working alongside Jean MacCurdy and Steven Spielberg at Warner Brothers
Animation to create and produce several animated series including Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Histeria, Batman: The Animated Series, The Plucky Duck Show, Freakazoid, Taz-Mania and Road Rovers.
In 2004, Ruegger started Tom Ruegger Production, a full-service animation studio. In 2006, Ruegger began developing, story-editing and serving as executive producer on the 40-episode animated series Animalia, based on the picture book by Graeme Base.
Along with Nicholas Hollander, he developed and story-edited another animated series entitled Sushi Pack. Ruegger was married to voice actress Adrienne Alexander, who worked with him on Scooby-Doo and Pound Puppies.