Arthur McKee Rankin (1841[1]–1914) was a Canadian born American stage actor and manager.

In 1870 he appeared with Lydia Thompson in Mosquito and was a leading man from 1873 to 1875 at the famous Union Square Theatre.

Having married Elizabeth Blanchard better known as Kitty they acted together in the 1870s appearing in the smash hit play The Two Orphans in 1874.

Through an extra marital affair with Mabel Bert he fathered Doris Rankin in 1887.

Rankin outlived his eldest daughter, Gladys, by 3 months dying in San Francisco on April 17, 1914.