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Don Patterson (I) (1909–1998)

Animation Department | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | Director

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Brother of animation director and producer Ray Patterson. They collaborated often during their careers with Disney, Walter Lantz/Universal, and Hanna-Barbera.

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in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died:

(age 88) in Santa Barbara, California, USA

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1988 Rockin' with Judy Jetson (TV movie) (animation director)
 
1987 Yogi's Treasure Hunt (TV series) (animation director)
 
1987 Sky Commanders (TV series) (animation director - 1987)
 
1987 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy (TV movie) (animation director)
 
1986-1987 Foofur (TV series) (animation director - 26 episodes)
– Annabell Gets Framed/Scary Harry (1987) (animation director)
– Look Homeward, Foofur (1987) (animation director)
– Fencer Gets Soul/You Bet Your Life (1987) (animation director)
– Rocki's Big Fib/Bye, Bye, Birdie (1987) (animation director)
– Annabell Goes Punk/Puppy Love (1987) (animation director)
See all 26 episodes »
 
Smurfs (TV series) (animation director - 72 episodes, 1986-1987) (animation supervisor - 58 episodes, 1983-1984)
– All the News That's Fit to Smurf (1987) (animation director)
– Gargamel's Quest/Gargamel's Second Childhood (1987) (animation director)
– Stop & Go Smurfs/Poet the Know-It-All (1987) (animation director)
– Smurf Pet/Timber Smurf (1987) (animation director)
– The Smurf Who Could Do No Wrong/Smurfette's Lucky Star (1987) (animation director)
See all 130 episodes »
 
1987 The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (TV movie) (animation director)
 
1985-1987 The Jetsons (TV series) (animation director - 3 episodes)
– Invisibly Yours, George (1987) (animation director)
– The Swiss Family Jetson (1985) (animation director)
– Elroy in Wonderland (1985) (animation director)
 
1987 Yogi's Great Escape (TV movie) (animation director)
 
1986-1987 Jonny Quest (TV series) (animation director - 13 episodes)
– Creeping Unknown (1987) (animation director)
– Temple of Gloom (1986) (animation director)
– Skulduggery (1986) (animation director)
– The Scourge of Skyborg (1986) (animation director)
– Warlord of the Sky (1986) (animation director)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1987 The Nativity (video short) (animation supervisor)
 
1986-1988 The Flintstone Kids (TV series) (animation director)
 
1986 Pound Puppies (TV series) (animation director - 13 episodes)
– Ghost Hounders (1986) (animation director)
– Happy Howlidays (1986) (animation director)
– The Star Pup (1986) (animation director)
– Wagga-Wagga (1986) (animation director)
– Secret Agent Pup (1986) (animation director)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1986 Wildfire (TV series) (animation director - 4 episodes)
– Dragons of Dar-Shan (1986) (animation director)
– The Pixie Painters (1986) (animation director)
– Secret of Sinti Magic (1986) (animation director)
– Once and Future Queen (1986) (animation director)
 
1985-1986 Paw Paws (TV series) (animation director - 18 episodes)
– Lost Lake Monster (1986) (animation director)
– The Great Paw Paw Turnaround (1986) (animation director)
– Two Heads Are Better Than None (1985) (animation director)
– Egging Dark Paw On (1985) (animation director)
– Genie Without a Lamp (1985) (animation director)
See all 18 episodes »
 
1985-1987 Snorks (TV series) (animation director)
 
1984 The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (TV series) (animation supervisor - 13 episodes)
– The Nutcracker Scoob (1984) (animation supervisor)
– A Scarey Duel with a Cartoon Ghoul/E*I*E*I*O (1984) (animation supervisor)
– Sherlock Doo (1984) (animation supervisor)
– Showboat Scooby/The 'Dooby Dooby Doo' Ado (1984) (animation supervisor)
– A Night Louse at the White House (1984) (animation supervisor)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1984 SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (TV series) (animation supervisor - 8 episodes)
– The Village of Lost Souls/The Curator (1984) (animation supervisor)
– The Case of the Dreadful Dolls/The Royal Ruse (1984) (animation supervisor)
– Darkseid's Golden Trap (1984) (animation supervisor)
– Island of the Dinosoids/Uncle Mxyzptlk (1984) (animation supervisor)
– The Case of the Shrinking SuperFriends/The Mask of Mystery (1984) (animation supervisor)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1983 Monchhichis (TV series) (animation supervisor - 1983)
 
1983 The Biskitts (TV series) (animation supervisor - 13 episodes)
– Turnaround Hound/A Dark and Stormy Knight (1983) (animation supervisor)
– The Swamp Monster/May the Best Biskitt Win (1983) (animation supervisor)
– The Moonpond/Fly Me to the Goon (1983) (animation supervisor)
– The Trojan Biskitt/Snatched from Scratch (1983) (animation supervisor)
– The Golden Biskitt/The Bone in the Stone (1983) (animation supervisor)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1983 The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (TV series) (animation supervisor - 13 episodes)
– Wedding Bell Boos! (1983) (animation supervisor)
– Where's Scooby-Doo? (1983) (animation supervisor)
– Who's Minding the Monster?/Scooby ala Mode (1983) (animation supervisor)
– The Fall Dog/The Scooby Coupe (1983) (animation supervisor)
– Scooby and the Minotaur/Scooby Pinch Hits (1983) (animation supervisor)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1983 Pac-Man (TV series) (animation supervisor - 8 episodes)
– Pac-Van-Winkle/Happy Pacs-Giving (1983) (animation supervisor)
– Super-Pac vs. Pac-Ape/P.J. Goes Pac-Hollywood (1983) (animation supervisor)
– Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Pac-Man/Around the World in 80 Chomps (1983) (animation supervisor)
– The Greatest Show in PacLand/Pac-A-Lympics (1983) (animation supervisor)
– The Genie of Pacdad/Computer Packy (1983) (animation supervisor)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1981-1983 Super Friends (TV series) (animation supervisor - 14 episodes)
– Playground of Doom/Space Racers/The Recruiter (1983) (animation supervisor)
– Attack of the Cats/One Small Step for Superman/Video Victims (1983) (animation supervisor)
– Prisoners of Sleep/An Unexpected Treasure/The Malusian Blob (1983) (animation supervisor)
– Return of the Phantoms/Bully for You/SuperClones (1983) (animation supervisor)
– The Revenge of Doom/A Pint of Life/Day of the Dinosaurs (1983) (animation supervisor)
See all 14 episodes »
 
1983 The Dukes (TV series) (animation supervisor - 13 episodes)
– The Dukes in Switzerland (1983) (animation supervisor)
– The Dukes Do Paris (1983) (animation supervisor)
– The Dukes in Scotland (1983) (animation supervisor)
– The Dukes in Hong Kong (1983) (animation supervisor)
– The Dukes in Urbekistan (1983) (animation supervisor)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1982-1984 Shirt Tales (TV series) (animation supervisor)
 
1982 The Little Rascals (TV series) (animation supervisor - 1 episode)
– Rascal's Revenge (1982) (animation supervisor)
 
1981 Space Stars (TV series) (animation supervisor)
 
1981 The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (TV series) (animation supervisor - 11 episodes)
– Give Me a Hand: Something's Afoot (1981) (animation supervisor)
– All This and Timbuktu (1981) (animation supervisor)
– Around the World in 80 Ways (1981) (animation supervisor)
– Perilous Pauline (1981) (animation supervisor)
– There's No Place Like Rome (1981) (animation supervisor)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1981 Laverne & Shirley in the Army (TV series) (animation supervisor - 1 episode)
– Invasion of the Booby Hatchers (1981) (animation supervisor)
 
1980 Yogi's First Christmas (TV movie) (animation supervisor)
 
1980 The Flintstone Comedy Show (TV series) (animator - 1 episode)
– RV Fever/Birthday Boy/Clownfoot/Fred Goes Ape/Flying Mouse/Ghost-sitters (1980) (animator)
 
1978 Scooby's Laff-A Lympics (TV series) (animation supervisor, 1978) (animator, 1978)
 
1977 The Great Grape Ape Show (TV series) (animator)
 
1977 The All-New Super Friends Hour (TV series) (animator - 7 episodes)
– The Marsh Monster/Runaways/Will the World Collide?/Time Rescue (1977) (animator)
– Man-Beasts of XRA/Prejudice/Tiny World of Terror/Tibetan Raiders (1977) (animator)
– The Fifty Foot Woman/Cheating/Exploration Earth/Attack of the Killer Bees (1977) (animator)
– Invisible Menace/Initiation/Coming of the Arthropods/River of Doom (1977) (animator)
– The Enforcer/Shark/Planet of the Neanderthals/Flood of Diamonds (1977) (animator)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1977 A Flintstone Christmas (TV movie) (animator)
 
1976 The Mumbly Cartoon Show (TV series) (animator - 1976)
 
1976 Jabberjaw (TV series) (animator - 16 episodes)
– There's No Heel Like El Eel (1976) (animator)
– The Piranha Plot (1976) (animator)
– The Fast-Paced Chase Race (1976) (animator)
– Malice in Aqualand (1976) (animator)
– The Bermuda Triangle Tangle (1976) (animator)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1976 The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (TV series) (animator - 16 episodes)
– The Spirits of '76/The Prophet Profits (1976) (animator)
– The Ghost of the Bad Humor Man/The Lighter Than Air Raid (1976) (animator)
– The Ghost That Sacked the Quarterback/The Injustice League of America (1976) (animator)
– Scooby Doo, Where's the Crew?/The Blue Falcon vs. the Red Vulture (1976) (animator)
– There's a Demon Shark in the Foggy Dark/The Awful Ordeal with the Head of Steel (1976) (animator)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1975 Everybody Rides the Carousel (animator)
 
1974 These Are the Days (TV series) (animator - 1974)
 
1974 Partridge Family 2200 AD (TV series) (animator)
 
1974 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series) (animator - 1 episode)
– Cyrano (1974) (animator)
 
1973 Jeannie (TV series) (animator)
 
1973 Speed Buggy (TV series) (animator)
 
1973 Charlotte's Web (animator)
 
1973 Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (TV series) (animator - 2 episodes)
– The Neighbors (1973) (animator)
– Papa in New York (1973) (animator)
 
1972 The Flintstone Comedy Hour (TV series) (animator - 1972)
 
1972 A Christmas Story (TV movie) (animator)
 
1972 The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't (TV movie) (animator)
 
1971 Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! (TV series) (animator - 1 episode)
– Gobs of Gobaloons (1971) (animator)
 
1970 Harlem Globe Trotters (TV series) (animator)
 
1969 Cattanooga Cats (TV series) (animator - 1969)
 
1968 The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (TV series) (animator - 1 episode)
– Pirate Island (1968) (animator)
 
1968 The Adventures of Gulliver (TV series) (animator - 1 episode)
– The Forbidden Pool (1968) (animator)
 
1967 Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor (TV series) (animator)
 
1966 Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (TV movie) (animator)
 
1965 The Atom Ant Show (TV series) (animator)
 
1964-1965 Jonny Quest (TV series) (animator - 6 episodes)
– Monster in the Monastery (1965) (animator)
– The House of Seven Gargoyles (1965) (animator)
– Attack of the Tree People (1965) (animator)
– A Small Matter of Pygmies (1964) (animator)
– The Robot Spy (1964) (animator)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1965 Horse Shoo (short) (animator)
 
1964 Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (animator)
 
1963 Crook Who Cried Wolf (short) (animator)
 
1963 Chicken Hearted Wolf (short) (animator)
 
1960-1962 The Flintstones (TV series) (animator - 17 episodes)
– Nuttin' But the Tooth (1962) (animator)
– The Happy Household (1962) (animator)
– Fred Flintstone: Before and After (1961) (animator)
– Love Letters on the Rocks (1961) (animator)
– The Hypnotist (1961) (animator)
See all 17 episodes »
 
1961 The Yogi Bear Show (TV series) (animator - 6 episodes)
– Missile-Bound Bear/Be My Ghost/Beach Brawl (1961) (animator - segment "Beach Brawl")
– Acrobatty Yogi/Jangled Jungle/Shrunken Headache (1961) (animator - segment "Jangled Jungle")
– Disguise and Gals/Remember the Daze/Foxy Proxy (1961) (animator - segment "Disguise and Gals")
– Bears and Bees/Paws for Applause/Duck Hunting (1961) (animator - segment "Paws for Applause")
– Spy Guy/Royal Ruckus/Foxy Duck (1961) (animator - segment "Royal Ruckus")
See all 6 episodes »
 
1959-1961 The Huckleberry Hound Show (TV series) (animator - 5 episodes)
– Jungle Bungle/Strong Mouse/Rushing Wolf Hound (1961) (animator - segment "Rushing Wolf Hound")
– Spud Dud/High Jinks/Tricks and Treats (1960) (animator - segment "Tricks and Treats")
– Space Bear/Puss in Boats/Huck's Hack (1960) (animator)
– Oinks and Boinks (1959) (animator)
– Show Biz Bear/Hi Fido/Ten Pin Alley (1959) (animator - segment "Show Biz Bear")
 
1960 Pistol Packin' Woodpecker (short) (animator)
 
1960 Billion Dollar Boner (short) (animator)
 
1959-1960 Quick Draw McGraw (TV series) (animator)
 
1959 Mouse Trapped (short) (animator)
 
1959 Kiddie League (short) (animator)
 
1959 Romp in a Swamp (short) (animator)
 
1959 The Tee Bird (short) (animator)
 
1959 Woodpecker in the Moon (short) (animator)
 
1959 Bee Bopped (short) (animator)
 
1959 Log Jammed (short) (animator)
 
1959 Yukon Have It (short) (animator)
 
1959 Tomcat Combat (short) (animator)
 
1959 Robinson Gruesome (short) (animator)
 
1959 Witty Kitty (short) (animator)
 
1959 Truant Student (short) (animator)
 
1958 Little Televillain (short) (animator)
 
1958 Jittery Jester (short) (animator)
 
1958 Three-Ring Fling (short) (animator)
 
1958 Tree's a Crowd (short) (animator)
 
1958 A Chilly Reception (short) (animator)
 
1958 Everglade Raid (short) (animator)
 
1958 His Better Elf (short) (animator)
 
1956 Arts and Flowers (short) (animator)
 
1956 Room and Wrath (short) (animator)
 
1956 The Ostrich Egg and I (short) (animator)
 
1956 Pigeon Holed (short) (animator)
 
1955 The Tree Medic (short) (animator)
 
1955 Hot and Cold Penguin (short) (animator)
 
1955 Flea for Two (short) (animator)
 
1955 Sh-h-h-h-h-h (short) (animator)
 
1955 The Legend of Rockabye Point (short) (animator)
 
1954 I'm Cold (short) (animator)
 
1954 Convict Concerto (short) (animator)
 
1954 A Fine Feathered Frenzy (short) (animator)
 
1954 Crazy Mixed Up Pup (short) (animator)
 
1952 Scalp Treatment (short) (animator)
 
1952 Woodpecker in the Rough (short) (animator)
 
1952 Stage Hoax (short) (animator)
 
1952 Born to Peck (short) (animator)
 
1951 Destination Meat Ball (short) (animator)
 
1951 The Woody Woodpecker Polka (short) (animator)
 
1951 The Redwood Sap (short) (animator)
 
1951 Slingshot 6 7/8 (short) (animator)
 
1951 Wicket Wacky (short) (animator)
 
1951 Sleep Happy (short) (animator)
 
1951 Puny Express (short) (animator)
 
1949 Goggle Fishing Bear (short) (animator)
 
1948 The Secret Land (documentary) (animator - uncredited)
 
1948 The Bear and the Hare (short) (animator)
 
1948 The Bear and the Bean (short) (animator)
 
1947 The Invisible Mouse (short) (animator)
 
1947 A Mouse in the House (short) (animator)
 
1945 The Eyes Have It (short) (animator)
 
1944 The Three Caballeros (animator)
 
1942 Donald's Garden (short) (animator)
 
1942 The New Spirit (documentary short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1941 Dumbo (animator)
 
1941 Pluto's Playmate (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1940 Fantasia (animator - segment "Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria")
 
1940 Pinocchio (animator)
 
1938 Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1938 Brave Little Tailor (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
1938 The Whalers (short) (animator)
 
1938 Mickey's Trailer (short) (animator)
 
1938 Boat Builders (short) (animator)
 
1986 GoBots: War of the Rock Lords (assistant director)
 
1984-1985 Challenge of the GoBots (TV series) (assistant director - 65 episodes)
– Quest for New Earth (1985) (assistant director)
– Guardian Academy (1985) (assistant director)
– The Secret of Halley's Comet (1985) (assistant director)
– The GoBots That Time Forgot (1985) (assistant director)
– Et Tu, Cy-Kill? (1985) (assistant director)
See all 65 episodes »
 
1985 Smurfs (TV series) (assistant director - 24 episodes)
– All Work and No Smurf/Gargamel's Time Trip (1985) (assistant director)
– Brainy's Smarty Party (1985) (assistant director)
– They're Smurfing Our Song (1985) (assistant director)
– Have You Smurfed Your Pet, Today?/Unsound Smurfs (1985) (assistant director)
– Smurfette's Rose/The Mr. Smurf Contest (1985) (assistant director)
See all 24 episodes »
 
1985 CBS Storybreak (TV series) (assistant director - 1 episode)
– Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China (1985) (assistant director)
 
1984 Pink Panther and Sons (TV series) (assistant director)
 
1984 Snorks (TV series) (assistant director)
 
Show ShowDirector (16 titles)
1957 The Woody Woodpecker Show (TV series)
 
1955 Flea for Two (short)
 
1954 Convict Concerto (short) (uncredited)
 
1954 A Fine Feathered Frenzy (short)
 
1954 Hot Rod Huckster (short)
 
1954 Under the Counter Spy (short)
 
1954 Alley to Bali (short)
 
1954 Socko in Morocco (short)
 
1953 Belle Boys (short)
 
1953 Hypnotic Hick (short)
 
1953 Wrestling Wrecks (short)
 
1953 Operation Sawdust (short)
 
1953 Buccaneer Woodpecker (short)
 
1953 What's Sweepin' (short)
 
1952 Termites from Mars (short)
 
1952 The Great Who-Dood-It (short)
 
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1946 Make Mine Music (effects animator)
 
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Trivia:

Brother of animation director and producer Ray Patterson. They collaborated often during their careers with Disney, Walter Lantz/Universal, and Hanna-Barbera. See more »

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