Bob Godfrey
Known for DirectingBorn 1921-05-27 — died 2013-02-21Maitland, South Australia, Australia
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
A Hard Day's Night
1964 · as Man in Pub (uncredited)
Help!
1965 · as Priest/Thug
Secrets of British Animation
2018 · as Self (archive Photos)
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968 · as Factory Mechanic
I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight
1976 · as Postman
Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom
1994
Small Talk
1994 · as Voices
Honestly It's the Story of My Life
1988 · as Barber
Two off the Cuff
1969
Bride and Groom
1955
Dear Margery Boobs
1976 · as Worried Streatham (voice)
Battle of New Orleans
1960
L'art pour l'art
1966 · as Pop
I am a Rebel
2025 · as Himself (voice)
What is Animation?
2014 · as Narrator (voice)
40 Great Years
2018 · as Himself (archive)
Henry 9 'til 5
1970 · as Henry
Ice Cream and Jelly and a Punch in the Belly
1997 · as Entertainer