From Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer to Frosty the Snowman, the creations of Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment have brought a Holly Jolly Christmas to people young and old around the world for over 60 ...

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 ...

Thanksgiving is Thursday - already - which means one thing: ABC Family will soon begin its “25 Days of Christmas” programming, complete with the classic Rankin/Bass specials from the 1960s and ’70s.

If you’re prone to picturing your favorite Christmas characters as stop-motion puppets, you can thank Rankin/Bass. The production company founded by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass found success in ...

Jules Bass, the co-producer and co-director of such animated classics as “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman” and “The Last Unicorn,” died Tuesday of age-related illness at an ...

Jules Bass, whose work as a producer and director of stop-motion and animated television specials such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town and The Year Without A Santa ...

NEW YORK — Jules Bass, a producer, director and animator behind beloved animated holiday television specials of the 1960s and 70s like "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," has died at age 87, according ...

Jules Bass, prolific producer, director, songwriter, and co-founder of the legendary Rankin/Bass production company, has died at 87. According to publicist Jennifer Fisherman Ruff, he passed away in ...