- Ray Patterson (animator)
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name = Ray Patterson
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birth_date = birth date|1911|11|23|mf=y
birth_place =Hollywood, California
death_date = death date and age|2001|12|30|1911|11|23|mf=y
death_place =Encino, California
occupation =Animator
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children =Raymond "Ray" Patterson (
November 23 ,1911 -December 30 ,2001 ) was an Americananimator . Patterson was born inHollywood, California , and was the brother of animator Don Patterson.Career
Early career
Patternson's earliet work in animation were at
Charles B. Mintz , where he started as an inker in 1929. He remained at Mintz for ten years. [Citation
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title = Ray Patterson, 90; Cartoon Animator of Tom and Jerry, Pluto
newspaper = Los Angeles Times
pages = B-11
year = 2002
date = January 9, 2002
url = http://articles.latimes.com/2002/jan/09/local/me-passing9]Walt Disney Studio
In 1940, he moved to
Walt Disney Studio , where he provided artwork for "Dumbo " and "Fantasia", as well as several Pluto shorts ("Bone Trouble" and "Pluto's Playmate").Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Patterson left Disney in 1941 to work at
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , where he was assigned to the Hanna-Barbera unit. Patterson worked with this unit for over twenty years, though he occasionally provided animation forDick Lundy andTex Avery 's unit. He worked on severalAcademy Award winning animation shorts: "Mouse Trouble " (1944), "Quiet Please! " (1945), "The Little Orphan " (1948), and "Johann Mouse " (1952).Grantray-Lawrence Animation
Patterson left MGM in 1954 to co-found (with former MGM colleague
Grant Simmons )Grantray-Lawrence Animation , which he operated until 1967. GrantRay-Lawrence's early work was providing animation for television commercials, including the original "Winston Tastes Good" campaign. The company later moved on to producing such animated television series as "Spider-Man" and "The Marvel Superheroes ." [Citation
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title = Ray Patterson, 90; Cartoon Animator of Tom and Jerry, Pluto
newspaper = Los Angeles Times
pages = B-11
year = 2002
date = January 9, 2002
url = http://articles.latimes.com/2002/jan/09/local/me-passing9]Hanna-Barbera
After GrantRay-Lawrence folded in 1967, Patterson joined his former bosses at
Hanna-Barbera , where he worked as a supervising director on several animated television series. Patterson was eventually promoted to Vice President in charge of animation direction, a position he held until his retirement in 1993.Awards and honors
Patterson was awarded the 1999
Winsor McCay Award by the International Animated Film Society,ASIFA-Hollywood for his lifetime of contributions to the animation field.Death
On
December 30 ,2001 , (nine months after the passing ofWilliam Hanna ) Patterson died ofnatural causes , in Encino,California .References in popular culture
In the episode of "
The Simpsons " entitled "Trash of the Titans " (1998), the commissioner of sanitation is named Ray Patterson and played bySteve Martin .Notes
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* [http://www.animationguild.org/_Info/In_memoriam/o-r/patterson_r.html Death notice at the Animation Guild website]
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