Arthur Rankin Jr.

Arthur Rankin Jr.
Date Of Birth:	July 19, 1924
Date Of Death:	January 30, 2014
External Link(s):	Arthur Rankin Jr. on IMDb Arthur Rankin Jr. on Wikipedia

Arthur Rankin Jr. the Executive Producer for ThunderCats (1985 original series), SilverHawks, and TigerSharks.

ThunderCats (original series) Related Credits

• Executive Producer: All four seasons

SilverHawks Related Credits

• Executive Producer: Full season

TigerSharks Related Credits

• Executive Producer: Full season

ThunderCats (2011 TV series) Related Credits

• Consulting Producer: All episodes and Snarf: Butterflies Blues

Career

Arthur Rankin Jr. formed Rankin/Bass Productions with Jules Bass to produce television films and commercials in 1961. Producing such television specials like Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer which was the longest running single film ever made for television spawned a series of animated specials.

Notable Credits

Credits taken from IMDb, and is meant to only be a brief list of highlights of their career.

• The New Adventures of Pinocchio (TV Series) - Producer, Director, and Writer for one hundred and thirty episodes (1960)
• Jackson 5ive (TV Series) - Director, Producer for seventeen episodes (1971-1972)
• Festival of Family Classics (TV Series) - Producer and Director for twenty episodes (1972-1973)
• The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (TV Movie) - Director, Producer (1985)
• The King and I - Producer, Writer (1999)