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Arthur Rankin, Jr. (July 19, 1924 - January 30, 2014) was an American-born, Bermudian director, producer and writer, mostly working in animation. The son of actor Arthur Rankin, in the early 1960s he founded the film production company Videocraft International (now called Rankin/Bass) with Jules Bass. The two worked closely together for many years, co-directing and producing a wide array of stop motion animated features and cartoons, perhaps most famously the holiday-themed TV specials, such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, Rudolph's Shiny New Year, The Year Without a Santa Claus, Frosty the Snowman, Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974 TV special), and Jack Frost. He is also credited with devising the story for many Rankin/Bass productions, including the featurefilms The Daydreamer and Mad Monster Party?. In 1977 Rankin and Bass produced a version of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. The pair also teamed on a wide variety of animated TV series, including ThunderCats and Silverhawks. The pair last teamed on the 1987 TV special based on The Wind in the Willows. Rankin's last producing credit was on the 1999 animated version of The King and I, in which Bass was not involved, since Arthur was a supervising animator in The Fox and the Hound and The Black Cauldron. Rankin's grandfather was Harry Davenport, perhaps best known as Dr. Meade in Gone with the Wind (1939). Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Rankin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1924-07-19
- event Death Date 2014-01-30
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 6.8
- info Birth Place New York City, New York, USA
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The Return of the King
1980-05-11
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The Return of the King
1980-05-11
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The Hobbit
1977-11-27
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The Hobbit
1977-11-27
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The Hobbit
1977-11-27
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The Last Unicorn
1982-11-19
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The Last Unicorn
1982-11-19
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Rudolph's Shiny New Year
1976-12-10
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The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
1977-04-06
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The Flight of Dragons
1982-08-17
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Jack Frost
1979-12-13
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Frosty's Winter Wonderland
1976-12-02
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Frosty's Winter Wonderland
1976-12-02
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Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
1979-07-01
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Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
1979-07-01
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Frosty the Snowman
1969-12-07
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
1964-12-06
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The Year Without a Santa Claus
1974-12-10
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Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
1970-12-14
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The First Easter Rabbit
1976-04-09
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The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
1985-12-17
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The Last Dinosaur
1977-07-07
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The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters
1972-09-23
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The Bermuda Depths
1978-01-27
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Marco
1973-12-01
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The Daydreamer
1966-06-01
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The Daydreamer
1966-06-01
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Willy McBean and His Magic Machine
1965-06-23
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Here Comes Peter Cottontail
1971-04-04
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Here Comes Peter Cottontail
1971-04-04
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Pinocchio's Christmas
1980-12-03
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The Wind in the Willows
1983-11-18
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The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold
1981-12-23
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Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
1977-12-03
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The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
1975-12-19
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas
1974-12-08
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The Little Drummer Boy
1968-12-19
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The Little Drummer Boy
1968-12-19
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The Mouse on the Mayflower
1968-11-23
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The Mouse on the Mayflower
1968-11-23
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The Stingiest Man in Town
1978-12-23
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Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
1970-12-14
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The Flight of Dragons
1982-08-17
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Jack O'Lantern
1972-10-29
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The Year Without a Santa Claus
1974-12-10
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The Little Drummer Boy Book II
1976-12-13
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The Wind in the Willows
1983-11-18
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Frosty the Snowman
1969-12-07
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The Wacky World of Mother Goose
1967-12-02
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The Bushido Blade
1981-06-19
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The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold
1981-12-23
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The Ivory Ape
1980-04-15
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The Ivory Ape
1980-04-15
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The Ivory Ape
1980-04-15
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The King and I
1999-03-19
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The King and I
1999-03-19
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The Little Drummer Boy Book II
1976-12-13
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The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
1975-12-19
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Santa, Baby!
2001-12-17
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Pinocchio's Christmas
1980-12-03
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The Bermuda Depths
1978-01-27
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Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
1979-07-01
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The Coneheads
1983-06-28
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Jack Frost
1979-12-13
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Cricket on the Hearth
1967-12-18
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Cricket on the Hearth
1967-12-18
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The Stingiest Man in Town
1978-12-23
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Ballad of Smokey the Bear
1966-11-24
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Mad Monster Party?
1967-03-08
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Mad Monster Party?
1967-03-08
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The Red Baron
1972-12-09
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A Christmas Tree
1972-12-17
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The Last Unicorn
1982-11-19
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Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
1977-12-03
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The Coneheads
1983-06-28
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That Girl in Wonderland
1973-01-13
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Willy McBean and His Magic Machine
1965-06-23
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Willy McBean and His Magic Machine
1965-06-23
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Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes
1972-02-21
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Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes
1972-02-21
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The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
1977-04-06
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The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
1970-04-07
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Rudolph's Shiny New Year
1976-12-10
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The Wacky World of Mother Goose
1967-12-02
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The Red Baron
1972-12-09
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The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters
1972-09-23
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The Sins of Dorian Gray
1983-05-27
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Return to Oz
1964-02-09
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Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid
1972-10-14
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Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid
1972-10-14
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The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
1985-12-17
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The First Easter Rabbit
1976-04-09
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas
1974-12-08
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The Rudolph, Frosty & Friends Sing Along
2024-11-08
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King Kong Escapes
1967-07-22
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King Kong Escapes
1967-07-22
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ThunderCats
1985-01-23
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SilverHawks
1986-09-08
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ThunderCats
2011-07-29
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ThunderCats
1985-01-23
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ThunderCats
1985-01-23
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Tomfoolery
1970-09-12
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Tomfoolery
1970-09-12
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Hobbit
1977-11-27
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TigerSharks
1987-09-07
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The Jackson 5ive
1971-09-11
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The Jackson 5ive
1971-09-11
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The Osmonds
1972-09-09
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The Osmonds
1972-09-09
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The King Kong Show
1966-09-10
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The New Adventures of Pinocchio
1960-06-19
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The Jackson 5ive
1971-09-11
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Festival of Family Classics
1972-09-10
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Rankin/Bass Animated