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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. [1] [2] 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 ...
Feb 5, 2014 · Arthur Gardner Rankin Jr. was born in Manhattan on July 19, 1924, to Arthur Gardner Rankin and the former Mignon Klemm, who were both in show business.
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Arthur Rankin Jr.. Producer: The Last Unicorn. 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).
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Feb 5, 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. He hoped ...
Arthur Rankin Jr.. Producer: The Last Unicorn. 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).
- July 19, 1924
- January 30, 2014
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Feb 1, 2014 · Arthur Rankin Jr., the animator behind the classic holiday special classic "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," the "Jackson Five" cartoon series and dozens of other productions, died Thursday at his ...
Feb 5, 2014 · His parents, Mignon Klemm and Arthur Rankin Sr., were vaudevillians, and Ethel Barrymore was a distant relation. An only child, Arthur Jr. grew up on his grandparents’ farm outside Baltimore ...