Rankin, Arthur, Jr. (Personal Name)

The year without a Santa Claus, 1999: container (Arthur Rankin, Jr.; producer/director)

New York times (online), viewed Feb. 5, 2014 (Arthur Rankin Jr.; b. Arthur Gardner Rankin Jr., July 19, 1924, Manhattan; d. Thursday [Jan. 30, 2014], Harrington Sound, Bermuda, aged 89; 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 specials)