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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 · By Paul Vitello. Feb. 5, 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...
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Jump to Edit. Overview. Born. July 19, 1924 · New York City, New York, USA. Died. January 30, 2014 · Harrington Sound, Bermuda (undisclosed) Birth name. Arthur Gardner Rankin Jr. Mini Bio. Arthur Rankin Jr. was born on July 19, 1924 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Feb 5, 2014 · More than five decades ago, Arthur Rankin Jr., a producer-director working in stop-motion animation, had an idea to develop a family-oriented TV special around a popular Christmas song. He...
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Arthur Gardner Rankin, Jr. 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 ...
Jan 30, 2014 · 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.
Jan 31, 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...
