(Reuters) - Arthur Rankin, Jr., a prolific animator, producer and director behind holiday TV classics, including "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," has died at his home in Bermuda at the age of 89, a ...

On Dec. 6, 1964 Americans had their first meeting with a creature who, in his own words—though he was anything but self-aggrandizing—was a dear of a reindeer. Some of them may have already known of ...

Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass have had the holiday cartoon market cornered since the 1960s. The creatives behind Rankin/Bass Productions cranked out an astonishing number of Christmas classics in ...

We watch them every year on television, the timeless holiday specials created by the now-defunct Rankin/Bass Productions. Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass are best known for producing some of the ...

A Christmas classic has returned to its original home. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," the longest-running Christmas special in television history, is being shown on NBC for the first time in over ...