Bob Godfrey
Known for department: Directing
Birthday: 1921-05-27 – 2013-02-21
Place of birth: Maitland, South Australia, Australia
Biography
Roland Frederick Godfrey MBE (27 May 1921 – 21 February 2013), known as Bob Godfrey, was an English animator whose career spanned more than fifty years. He is probably best known for the children's cartoon series Roobarb (1974), Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk (1976–77) and Henry's Cat (1983–93) and for the Trio chocolate biscuit advertisements shown in the UK during the early 1980s. However, he also produced a BAFTA and Academy award-winning short film Great (1975), a humorous biography of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Further Academy Awards nominations received were for Kama Sutra Rides Again (1971), Dream Doll (1979), with Zlatko Grgic, and Small Talk (1994) with animator Kevin Baldwin.
Known for
Secrets of British Animation
2018Self (archive Photos)
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968Factory Mechanic
Bride and Groom
1955
Henry 9 'til 5
1970Henry
Battle of New Orleans
1960
The Craftsmen: Bob Godfrey - Film Animator
1971Self
A Hard Day's Night
1964Man in Pub (uncredited)
Honestly It's the Story of My Life
1988Barber
Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom
1994
Two off the Cuff
196940 Great Years
2018Himself (archive)
Help!
1965Priest/ThugWhat is Animation?
2014Narrator (voice)
L'art pour l'art
1966PopDear Margery Boobs
1976Worried Streatham (voice)
I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight
1976Postman
Small Talk
1994VoicesI am a Rebel
2025Himself (voice)