# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arthur-rankin-jr
# Generated: 2026-09-01T11:40:32.519Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arthur-rankin-jr"
name: "Arthur Rankin Jr."
slug: "arthur-rankin-jr"
description: "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 cartoon special of The Hobbit. He is credited on over 1,000 television programs."
tagline: "American director, writer and producer (1924–2014)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ea8EC04C9VhDd0iMpIyCmZHnMak.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1924-07-19"
deathDate: "2014-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.723156
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0710230/"
    handle:    "nm0710230"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آرثر رانكين جونيور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آرثر رانكين جونيور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%95%D8%B1_%DA%95%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%DB%86%D8%B1"
    title: "ئارتەر ڕانکین جونیۆر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rankin_Jr."
    title: "Arthur Rankin Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rankin_Jr."
    title: "Arthur Rankin Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rankin%2C_Jr."
    title: "Arthur Rankin, Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rankin_Jr."
    title: "Arthur Rankin Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rankin_Jr."
    title: "Arthur Rankin Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BBJr"
    title: "アーサー・ランキン・Jr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rankin_Jr."
    title: "Arthur Rankin Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%90%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80_(%D0%BC%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9)"
    title: "Ранкин, Артур (младший)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rankin_Jr."
    title: "Arthur Rankin Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1983712"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16411"
    title: "Arthur Rankin, Jr."
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump