- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJulius Bass
- Producer, author, and composer, educated at NYU. Until 1960, he worked at a New York advertising agency, and then co-founded a film production company in New York. He joined ASCAP in 1963 and collaborated musically with Edward Thomas and James Polack. His popular-song works include "Pinocchio," "Three Sad Souls," and "Daydreamer." His most famous and lasting collaboration was with Arthur Rankin Jr., with whom he partnered on many of his hits, including all his ABC-TV Christmas specials of stop motion animation and many cartoons.
- IMDb mini biography by: Hup234!
- SpousesSylvia (divorced)Renee Fisherman (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenJean Nicole Bass
- ParentsMax Bass.Bernice Palat
- Always worked with Arthur Rankin Jr.
- The narrators in his films would always appear on screen as a character and often do at least one song in the film.
- [stop-motion] Three fourths of his films and TV specials/shows used stop motion animation.
- The characters in his stop motion works resemble dolls with spheroid body parts.
- Frequently casted Paul Frees.
- Wrote the lyrics for the songs in Rankin/Bass specials.
- He was cremated at Clinton Funeral Home in Cold Spring, New York. Its funeral directors subsequently buried his urn at Wellwood Cemetery in West Babylon, New York. His public memorial service was held at a later date.
- He and Arthur Rankin Jr. created over 15 Christmas specials, as well as three Easter specials and one Thanksgiving special.
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