A part of Rankin/Bass Productions with his partner Jules Bass , he created stop-motion animation features such as `` Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer '' and the 1977 cartoon animation of `` The Hobbit '' .
He was a part of Rankin/Bass Productions with his partner Jules Bass , he created stop-motion animation features such as `` Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer '' and the 1977 cartoon animation of `` The Hobbit '' .