Arthur Rankin (actor)


Arthur Gardner Rankin Sr. was an American film actor.

Personal life

Arthur Rankin was born in New York, the son of actress Phyllis Rankin. She later married actor Harry Davenport, who adopted Arthur. He was the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew. Rankin served in the United States Marine Corps during World War I, and received a medical discharge in 1918. He then joined the British Army. During World War II, Rankin rejoined the Marine Corps. Rankin married Marian Mansfield, and they had two sons, one of them being animator Arthur Rankin Jr. He died on March 22, 1947, of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Selected filmography

Silas Marner Romance The Truth About Husbands The Great Adventure The Lure of Jade The Five Dollar Baby To Have and to Hold Enter Madame The Call of the Canyon Discontented Husbands Vanity's Price Broken Laws The Fearless Lover Tearing Through Speed Sun-Up Pursued The Love Gamble The Sporting Lover The Man in the Shadow The Hidden Way The Millionaire Policeman Riding to Fame The Woman Who Did Not Care The Blood Ship Slightly Used The Adventurous Soul The Wife's Relations Domestic Troubles Walking Back Say It with Sables Making the Varsity Runaway Girls Submarine Code of the Air Ships of the Night Companionate Marriage Below the Deadline The Fall of Eve The Unwritten Law Trailing North The Thrill Hunter Men of the Night Unknown Woman The Public Menace Case of the Missing Man Roaming Lady The Cowboy Star Two-Fisted Gentleman Midnight Taxi Second Honeymoon Thanks for Everything Quick Millions