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Arthur Rankin was born on 30 August 1896 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for To Have and to Hold (1922), The Great Adventure (1921) and The Truth About Husbands (1920). He was married to Marian Mansfield and Mignon Audrey Klemm.
- August 30, 1896
- March 23, 1947
Arthur Rankin was born on 30 August 1896 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for To Have and to Hold (1922), The Great Adventure (1921) and The Truth About Husbands (1920). He was married to Marian Mansfield and Mignon Audrey Klemm.
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Feb 5, 2014 · Arthur Rankin Jr., ... His father was the son of Harry Davenport, a well-known character actor in the movies of the 1930s and ’40s. His stepmother, Marian Mansfield, was a singer and actress in ...
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Feb 5, 2014 · His parents, Mignon Klemm and Arthur Rankin Sr., were vaudevillians, and Ethel Barrymore was a distant relation. ... Chad McQueen, ‘Karate Kid’ actor and son of legend Steve McQueen, dies at ...
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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 , Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town , and the 1977 ...
Rankin also managed to persuade dancer and actor James Cagney to come out of retirement to narrate 1966’s The Ballad of Smokey the Bear. Other much-loved productions were the Rankin and Bass version of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit in 1977, followed by The Return of the King and adaptations The Last Unicorn and The Flight of Dragons .
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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 the longest-running annual network ...
