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      Arthur Rankin Jr.

      Arthur Rankin Jr.

      Highest Rated: 100% The Stingiest Man in Town (1978)

      Lowest Rated: 13% The King and I (1999)

      Birthday: Jul 19, 1924

      Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

      One half of the celebrated animation production company Rankin/Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr. produced and directed some of the longest-running, universally adored holiday animated specials, including "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (NBC, 1964) and "Frosty the Snowman" (CBS, 1969), as well as "The Hobbit" (NBC, 1977) and weekly series like "ThunderCats" (syndicated, 1985-89). Rankin/Bass's stop-motion "Animagic" process imbued their efforts with a level of wonder and technical finesse that was underscored by the charm and genuine warmth of their stories, which often surpassed the fabricated emotions of bigger-budgeted studio and network efforts. Rankin/Bass produced an enormous array of animated projects between 1964 and 1987, as well as several live-action features and TV films, though none of these were held in the same regard as their holiday specials, which became an essential part of the season itself through yearly screenings, generation after generation. Arthur Rankin, Jr.'s best work with Jules Bass was not unlike the holiday itself: magical, moving and altogether memorable.

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      13% 41% The King and I Producer $12.0M 1999
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mumm-Ra Lives Executive Producer - 1987
      No Score Yet 70% Wind in the Willows Director - 1987
      63% 60% The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus Director,
      Producer
      - 1985
      No Score Yet 92% The Flight of Dragons Director - 1982
      77% 86% The Last Unicorn Director,
      Producer
      - 1982
      No Score Yet 35% The Bushido Blade Producer - 1981
      No Score Yet 50% The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold Director,
      Producer
      - 1981
      14% 40% Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July Director - 1980
      67% 39% The Return of the King Director - 1980
      20% 37% Pinocchio's Christmas Director,
      Producer
      - 1980
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ivory Ape Producer - 1980
      57% 62% Jack Frost Director,
      Producer
      - 1979
      100% 58% The Stingiest Man in Town Director,
      Producer
      - 1978
      No Score Yet 43% The Bermuda Depths Producer - 1978
      71% 65% The Hobbit Director,
      Producer,
      Production Design
      - 1977
      56% 57% Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey Director - 1977
      No Score Yet 50% The Last Dinosaur Producer - 1977
      50% 51% Rudolph's Shiny New Year Director,
      Producer
      - 1976
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Little Drummer Boy: Book II Director - 1976
      No Score Yet 46% Frosty's Winter Wonderland Director,
      Producer
      - 1976
      No Score Yet 43% The First Easter Rabbit Director,
      Producer
      - 1976
      No Score Yet 75% The First Christmas: The First Christmas Snow Director,
      Producer
      - 1975
      90% 83% The Year Without a Santa Claus Director - 1974
      71% 65% 'Twas the Night Before Christmas Director,
      Producer
      - 1974
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Marco Producer - 1973
      No Score Yet 70% Here Comes Peter Cottontail Director,
      Producer
      - 1971
      93% 82% Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town Director,
      Producer
      - 1970
      73% 73% Frosty the Snowman Director - 1969
      75% 67% The Little Drummer Boy Director - 1968
      63% 42% King Kong Escapes Producer - 1968
      70% 67% Mad Monster Party? Writer,
      Producer
      - 1967
      No Score Yet 26% Cricket on the Hearth Director,
      Screenwriter,
      Producer
      - 1967
      No Score Yet 40% The Daydreamer Screenwriter,
      Producer
      - 1966
      No Score Yet 60% Willy McBean and His Magic Machine Director - 1965
      95% 84% Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Producer - 1964
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Return to Oz Producer - 1964

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The New Saturday Superstar Movie Director 1972