Background
Patterson was born in Hollywood, California, and was the brother of animator Don Patterson.
animator director film producer
Patterson was born in Hollywood, California, and was the brother of animator Don Patterson.
Early career
Patterson"s earliest works in animation were for Charles B. Mintz"s Krazy Kat/Screen Gems studio, where he started as an inker in 1929. He remained at Mintz for ten years. Walt Disney Studio
In 1940, he moved to the Walt Disney studio, where he animated on Dumbo and Fantasia, as well as several Pluto shorts (Bone Trouble and Pluto"s Playmate).
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Patterson left Disney in 1941 during the Disney animators" strike to work at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, where he was assigned to the Hanna-Barbera unit
Patterson worked with this unit for over twenty years, though he occasionally provided animation for Dick Lundy and Tex Avery"s unit (1945), The Little Orphan (1948), and Johann Mouse (1952).
Grantray-Lawrence Animation
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-Manitoba and The Marvel Superheroes.
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. Film Roman
After Hanna-Barbera folded in 1990 Ray Patterson was the supervising director for the Bobby"s World episode in 1993 called "I Want My Mommy". Patterson died of natural causes, in Encino, California on December 30, 2001, just after his 90th birthday.