Theodore Nicholas Sflotsos (born October 2, 1928), known professionally as Ted Nichols, is an American composer, conductor, arranger, educator, and minister of music.
He is best known for his work at Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1963 to 1972, where he composed scores for various shows produced by the studio such as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, Space Ghost, Birdman and the Galaxy Trio, and Josie and the Pussycats, among others.
In the mid-1950s, Nichols began work in public schools in California before moving onto Santa Ana College as band director (1958–60).
[1] Nichols served as Minister of Music (1960–72) at Church of the Open Door (4,000 attendance on Sunday mornings) while J. Vernon McGee was Senior Pastor.
[1] He co-wrote the score for the first incarnation of Jonny Quest alongside longtime composer Hoyt Curtin, and would later write musical cues and arrangements for Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, Josie and the Pussycats, season 6 of The Flintstones, Shazzan, Birdman and the Galaxy Trio, The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Space Ghost, and the full-length feature The Man Called Flintstone (1966).