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. The two worked closely together for many years, co-directing and producing a wide array of stop motion animated features and cartoons, perhaps most famously the holiday-themed TV specials, such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, Rudolph's Shiny New Year, The Year Without a Santa Claus, Frosty the Snowman, Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974 TV special), and Jack Frost. He is also credited with devising the story for many Rankin/Bass productions, including the featurefilms The Daydreamer and Mad Monster Party?.
In 1977 Rankin and Bass produced a version of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. The pair also teamed on a wide variety of animated TV series, including ThunderCats and Silverhawks. The pair last teamed on the 1987 TV special based on The Wind in the Willows. Rankin's last producing credit was on the 1999 animated version of The King and I, in which Bass was not involved, since Arthur was a supervising animator in The Fox and the Hound and The Black Cauldron.
Rankin's grandfather was Harry Davenport, perhaps best known as Dr. Meade in Gone with the Wind (1939).
| 2024 | The Rudolph, Frosty & Friends Sing Along - Director |
| 2001 | Santa, Baby! - Executive Producer |
| 1999 | Kral ve Ben./ The King and I - Adaptation |
| 1999 | Kral ve Ben./ The King and I - Producer |
| 1985 | The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus - Director |
| 1985 | The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus - Producer |
| 1983 | The Wind in the Willows - Director |
| 1983 | The Wind in the Willows - Producer |
| 1983 | The Coneheads - Director |
| 1983 | The Coneheads - Producer |
| 1983 | The Sins of Dorian Gray - Executive Producer |
| 1982 | Son Unicorn - Director |
| 1982 | Son Unicorn - Producer |
| 1982 | Son Unicorn - Production Design |
| 1982 | Ejderhaların Uçuşu - Director |
| 1982 | Ejderhaların Uçuşu - Producer |
| 1981 | The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold - Director |
| 1981 | The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold - Producer |
| 1981 | The Bushido Blade - Producer |
| 1980 | Pinocchio's Christmas - Director |
| 1980 | Pinocchio's Christmas - Producer |
| 1980 | Kralın Dönüşü - Director |
| 1980 | Kralın Dönüşü - Production Design |
| 1980 | The Ivory Ape - Executive Producer |
| 1980 | The Ivory Ape - Producer |
| 1980 | The Ivory Ape - Story |
| 1979 | Jack Frost - Director |
| 1979 | Jack Frost - Producer |
| 1979 | Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July - Director |
| 1979 | Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July - Producer |
| 1979 | Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July - Production Design |
| 1978 | The Stingiest Man in Town - Director |
| 1978 | The Stingiest Man in Town - Producer |
| 1978 | The Bermuda Depths - Producer |
| 1978 | The Bermuda Depths - Story |
| 1977 | Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey - Director |
| 1977 | Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey - Producer |
| 1977 | Hobbit - Director |
| 1977 | Hobbit - Producer |
| 1977 | Hobbit - Production Design |
| 1977 | The Last Dinosaur - Producer |
| 1977 | The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town - Director |
| 1977 | The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town - Producer |
| 1976 | The Little Drummer Boy Book II - Director |
| 1976 | The Little Drummer Boy Book II - Producer |
| 1976 | Rudolph's Shiny New Year - Director |
| 1976 | Rudolph's Shiny New Year - Producer |
| 1976 | Frosty's Winter Wonderland - Director |
| 1976 | Frosty's Winter Wonderland - Producer |
| 1976 | The First Easter Rabbit - Director |
| 1976 | The First Easter Rabbit - Producer |
| 1975 | The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow - Director |
| 1975 | The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow - Producer |
| 1974 | The Year Without a Santa Claus - Director |
| 1974 | The Year Without a Santa Claus - Producer |
| 1974 | Noelden Önceki Geceydi - Director |
| 1974 | Noelden Önceki Geceydi - Producer |
| 1973 | Marco - Producer |
| 1973 | That Girl in Wonderland - Director |
| 1972 | A Christmas Tree - Director |
| 1972 | The Red Baron - Director |
| 1972 | The Red Baron - Producer |
| 1972 | Jack O'Lantern - Director |
| 1972 | Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid - Director |
| 1972 | Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid - Producer |
| 1972 | The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters - Director |
| 1972 | The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters - Producer |
| 1972 | Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes - Director |
| 1972 | Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes - Producer |
| 1971 | Here Comes Peter Cottontail - Director |
| 1971 | Here Comes Peter Cottontail - Producer |
| 1970 | Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town - Director |
| 1970 | Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town - Producer |
| 1970 | The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians - Director |
| 1969 | Frosty the Snowman - Director |
| 1969 | Frosty the Snowman - Producer |
| 1968 | Küçük Davulcu Çocuk - Director |
| 1968 | Küçük Davulcu Çocuk - Producer |
| 1968 | The Mouse on the Mayflower - Director |
| 1968 | The Mouse on the Mayflower - Producer |
| 1967 | Cricket on the Hearth - Director |
| 1967 | Cricket on the Hearth - Writer |
| 1967 | The Wacky World of Mother Goose - Producer |
| 1967 | The Wacky World of Mother Goose - Story |
| 1967 | キングコングの逆襲 - Executive Producer |
| 1967 | キングコングの逆襲 - Technical Advisor |
| 1967 | Mad Monster Party? - Producer |
| 1967 | Mad Monster Party? - Story |
| 1966 | Ballad of Smokey the Bear - Producer |
| 1966 | The Daydreamer - Producer |
| 1966 | The Daydreamer - Writer |
| 1965 | Willy McBean and His Magic Machine - Director |
| 1965 | Willy McBean and His Magic Machine - Producer |
| 1965 | Willy McBean and His Magic Machine - Writer |
| 1964 | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Producer |
| 1964 | Return to Oz - Producer |
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