Arthur Rankin Jr.

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Arthur Gardner Rankin Jr. was an American director, producer and writer, who mostly worked in animation. A part of Rankin/Bass Productions with his friend Jules Bass, he created stop-motion animation features such as Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, and the 1977 cartoon animation of The Hobbit. He is credited on over 1,000 television programs.

Birth Name

Arthur Gardner Rankin Jr.

Born

Saturday, 19 July 1924

Died

Thursday, 30 January 2014

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

The Holiday Movies that Made Us	Self	2020
The Movies That Made Us	Self	2019
The Cisco Kid and the Lady	Second Telegraph Operator	1939
Finders Keepers	Percy	1928

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

The Holiday Movies that Made Us	Self	2020
The Movies That Made Us	Self	2019
The Cisco Kid and the Lady	Second Telegraph Operator	1939
Finders Keepers	Percy	1928

Director Filmography

Title	Year

The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus	1985
The Last Unicorn	1982
The Flight of Dragons	1982
The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold	1981
Pinocchio's Christmas	1980
The Return of the King	1980
Jack Frost	1979
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July	1979
The Stingiest Man in Town	1978
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey	1977
The Hobbit	1977
The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town	1977
The Little Drummer Boy Book II	1976
Rudolph's Shiny New Year	1976
Frosty's Winter Wonderland	1976
The First Easter Rabbit	1976
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow	1975
The Year Without a Santa Claus	1974
'Twas the Night Before Christmas	1974
The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie	1972
The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes	1972
Festival of Family Classics	1972
Jackson 5ive	1971
Here Comes Peter Cottontail	1971
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town	1970
Frosty The Snowman	1969
The Little Drummer Boy	1968
Mouse on the Mayflower	1968
Cricket on the Hearth	1967
Willy McBean and His Magic Machine	1965

Producer Filmography

Title	Year

ThunderCats	2011
The King and I	1999
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus	1985
ThunderCats	1985
The Sins of Dorian Gray	1983
The Last Unicorn	1982
The Flight of Dragons	1982
The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold	1981
The Bushido Blade	1981
Pinocchio's Christmas	1980
The Return of the King	1980
The Ivory Ape	1980
Jack Frost	1979
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July	1979
The Stingiest Man in Town	1978
The Bermuda Depths	1978
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey	1977
The Hobbit	1977
The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town	1977
The Last Dinosaur	1977
The Little Drummer Boy Book II	1976
Rudolph's Shiny New Year	1976
Frosty's Winter Wonderland	1976
The First Easter Rabbit	1976
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow	1975
The Year Without a Santa Claus	1974
'Twas the Night Before Christmas	1974
Marco	1973
The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie	1972
The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes	1972
Festival of Family Classics	1972
Jackson 5ive	1971
Here Comes Peter Cottontail	1971
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town	1970
Frosty The Snowman	1969
The Little Drummer Boy	1968
Mouse on the Mayflower	1968
Cricket on the Hearth	1967
The Wacky World of Mother Goose	1967
King Kong Escapes	1967
Mad Monster Party?	1967
King Kong	1966
The Daydreamer	1966
Willy McBean and His Magic Machine	1965
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	1964