Tom Ray

This article is about the animator and director. For the ecologist, see Thomas S. Ray.

Tom Ray (born 2 August 1919) is an American animator who began work at Warner Bros. Cartoons in 1937. Over the first two decades of his career, he was a junior animator who received no screen credit until Destination Earth in 1956. In 1958, he became a master animator in the Robert McKimson unit. Later, he transferred to the Chuck Jones unit, where he co-directed Adventures of the Road-Runner and several Bugs Bunny Show episodes. He followed Jones to M-G-M in 1963; there, he directed Matinee Mouse in 1966 and Shutter Bugged Cat in 1967. After M-G-M closed its cartoon studio, Ray worked for several animation houses, including DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and Hanna-Barbera. He rejoined Jones to do animation on Mrs. Doubtfire and Superior Duck. He has since founded his own animation house.