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Arthur Gardner Rankin, Jr. (July 19, 1924 – January 30, 2014) was an American director, producer and screenwriter, who mostly worked in animation.
5 Feb 2014 · Arthur Rankin Jr., who created a canon of children’s holiday television using stop-motion puppet animation, including “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” one of the longest-running annual network...
Arthur Rankin Jr. was born on 19 July 1924 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and director, known for The Last Unicorn (1982), Willy McBean and His Magic Machine (1965) and The Hobbit (1977). He was married to Olga Karlatos. He died on 30 January 2014 in Harrington Sound, Bermuda.
5 Feb 2014 · Arthur Rankin Jr., who created a canon of children’s holiday television using stop-motion puppet animation, including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, one of the longest-running annual network...
5 Feb 2014 · More than five decades ago, Arthur Rankin Jr., a producerdirector working in stop-motion animation, had an idea to develop a family-oriented TV special around a popular Christmas song.
31 Jan 2014 · Arthur Rankin Jr., the animator, producer and director behind the whimsical holiday stop-motion TV specials Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman, has died. He was 89. Rankin...
31 Jan 2014 · Broadcasting legend Arthur Rankin Jr. -- the animator, producer and director behind some of television’s most enduring holiday specials -- died at his home in near Harrington Sound, Bermuda following a bout of illness on Thursday, January 30, according to a report by the Royal Gazette. He was 89.
