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Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Film Producer / Screenwriter / Film Director / Television Producer / Graphic Designer / Art Director | * 07/19/1924 († 89, 01/30/2014) | New York City, New York
Arthur Gardner Rankin Jr. (July 19, 1924 – January 30, 2014) was an American director, producer and screenwriter, who mostly worked in animation. Co-creator of Rankin/Bass Productions with his friend Jules Bass, he created stop-motion and traditional animation features such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, and the 1977 cartoon special of The Hobbit. He is credited on over 1,000 television programs. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Animation | Kids & Family | TV Movies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit was just minding his own business, when his occasional visitor Gandalf the Wizard drops in one night. One by one, a whole group of dwarves drop in, and before he knows it, Bil ...

The Hobbit

NR

1977 | 3.1/5 | 1h 17min
Kids & Family, Fantasy, Animation, Adventure, TV Movie
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Little Willy McBean joins up with a Mexican monkey named Pablo to travel back in time and stop the evil Prof. von Rotten from changing history. ...

Willy McBean and His Magic Machine

Certification unknown

1965 | 2.0/5 | 1h 34min
Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure
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From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behin ...

The Last Unicorn

G

1982 | 3.6/5 | 1h 32min
Fantasy, Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure
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Wealthy big game hunter (Boone), along with his group, gets trapped in pre-historic times where they are stalked by a ferocious dinosaur. ...

The Last Dinosaur

Certification unknown

1977 | 3.6/5 | 1h 46min
Adventure, Science Fiction, TV Movie
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Movies with Arthur Rankin, Jr. as Actor(2)

as Second Telegraph Operator1939 The Cisco Kid and the Lady
as Percy1928 Finders Keepers

Movies with Arthur Rankin, Jr. as Crew(84)

Directing/Director1987 The Wind in the Willows
Production/Producer1987 The Wind in the Willows
Directing/Director1985 The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
Production/Executive Producer1983 The Sins of Dorian Gray
Directing/Director1983 The Coneheads
Production/Producer1983 The Coneheads
Directing/Director1982 The Flight of Dragons
Production/Producer1982 The Flight of Dragons
Art/Production Design1982 The Last Unicorn
Directing/Director1982 The Last Unicorn
Production/Producer1982 The Last Unicorn
Production/Producer1981 The Bushido Blade
Directing/Director1981 The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold
Production/Producer1981 The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold
Art/Production Design1980 The Return of the King
Directing/Director1980 The Return of the King
Production/Executive Producer1980 The Ivory Ape
Production/Producer1980 The Ivory Ape
Writing/Story1980 The Ivory Ape
Directing/Director1980 Pinocchio's Christmas
Production/Producer1980 Pinocchio's Christmas
Art/Production Design1979 Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
Directing/Director1979 Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
Production/Producer1979 Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
Directing/Director1979 Jack Frost
Production/Producer1979 Jack Frost
Production/Producer1978 The Bermuda Depths
Writing/Story1978 The Bermuda Depths
Directing/Director1978 The Stingiest Man in Town
Production/Producer1978 The Stingiest Man in Town
Directing/Director1977 Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
Production/Producer1977 Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
Production/Producer1977 The Last Dinosaur
Directing/Director1977 The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
Production/Producer1977 The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
Art/Production Design1977 The Hobbit
Directing/Director1977 The Hobbit
Production/Producer1977 The Hobbit
Directing/Director1976 The First Easter Rabbit
Directing/Director1976 Frosty's Winter Wonderland
Production/Producer1976 Frosty's Winter Wonderland
Directing/Director1976 Rudolph's Shiny New Year
Production/Producer1976 Rudolph's Shiny New Year
Directing/Director1976 The Little Drummer Boy Book II
Production/Producer1976 The Little Drummer Boy Book II
Directing/Director1975 The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
Production/Producer1975 The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
Directing/Director1974 The Year Without a Santa Claus
Production/Producer1974 The Year Without a Santa Claus
Directing/Director1974 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Directing/Director1973 That Girl in Wonderland
Production/Producer1973 Marco
Directing/Director1972 Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid
Production/Producer1972 Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid
Directing/Director1972 Jack O'Lantern
Directing/Director1972 The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes
Production/Producer1972 The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes
Directing/Director1972 The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters
Production/Producer1972 The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters
Directing/Director1971 Here Comes Peter Cottontail
Production/Producer1971 Here Comes Peter Cottontail
Directing/Director1970 Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
Production/Producer1970 Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
Directing/Director1969 Frosty the Snowman
Production/Producer1969 Frosty the Snowman
Directing/Director1968 The Mouse on the Mayflower
Production/Producer1968 The Mouse on the Mayflower
Directing/Director1968 The Little Drummer Boy
Production/Producer1968 The Little Drummer Boy
Production/Producer1967 King Kong Escapes
Production/Producer1967 The Wacky World of Mother Goose
Writing/Story1967 The Wacky World of Mother Goose
Directing/Director1967 Cricket on the Hearth
Writing/Writer1967 Cricket on the Hearth
Production/Producer1967 Mad Monster Party?
Writing/Story1967 Mad Monster Party?
Production/Producer1966 Ballad of Smokey the Bear
Production/Producer1966 The Daydreamer
Writing/Writer1966 The Daydreamer
Directing/Director1965 Willy McBean and His Magic Machine
Production/Producer1965 Willy McBean and His Magic Machine
Writing/Writer1965 Willy McBean and His Magic Machine
Production/Producer1964 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Production/Producer1964 Return to Oz

TV Shows/Series with Arthur Rankin, Jr. as Crew(17)

Production/Producer2011 ThunderCats
Production/Producer1986 SilverHawks
Production/Producer1985 ThunderCats
Production/Executive Producer1985 ThunderCats
Editing/Archival Footage Coordinator1985 ThunderCats
Directing/Director1977 Hobbit
Production/Producer1972 The Osmonds
Directing/Director1972 The Osmonds
Creator/Creator1971 The Jackson 5ive
Production/Producer1971 The Jackson 5ive
Directing/Director1971 The Jackson 5ive
Directing/Director1970 Tomfoolery
Production/Producer1970 Tomfoolery
Production/Producer1966 The King Kong Show
Production/Executive Producer1966 The King Kong Show
Production/Producer1965 The Beatles
Creator/Creator1960 The New Adventures of Pinocchio

Born: Saturday, 07/19 1924 (July) in New York City, New York
Died: Thursday, 01/30 2014 (January) in Harrington Sound (aged: 89)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Employer: American Broadcasting Company
Spouses (current/former): Olga Karlatos
Other names for Arthur Rankin, Jr. (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Arthur Gardner Rankin Jr."
"Arthur Rankin Jr."
Arthur Rankin, Jr. frequently works together with these people:
Jules Bass (107x, Crew)
Maury Laws (42x, Crew)
Romeo Muller (31x, Crew)
Paul Frees (22x, Actor)
Masaki Îzuka (16x, Crew)
Bob McFadden (14x, Actor)
Paul Coker Jr. (14x, Crew)
Kevin Michael Richardson (11x, Actor)
Don Messick (10x, Actor)
John Curcio (10x, Crew)
Dee Bradley Baker (9x, Actor)
Larry Roemer (7x, Crew)
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