Bob Godfrey
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
A Hard Day's Night
Help!
Henry's Cat
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight
Two off the Cuff
The Do-It-Yourself Film Animation Show
Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom
All Movies (19)
- I am a Rebel2025 · as Himself (voice)
- Secrets of British Animation2018 · as Self (archive Photos)
- 40 Great Years2018 · as Himself (archive)
- What is Animation?2014 · as Narrator (voice)
- Ice Cream and Jelly and a Punch in the Belly1997 · as Entertainer
- Small Talk1994 · as Voices
- Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom1994
- Honestly It's the Story of My Life1988 · as Barber
- I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight1976 · as Postman
- Dear Margery Boobs1976 · as Worried Streatham (voice)
- The Craftsmen: Bob Godfrey - Film Animator1971 · as Self
- Henry 9 'til 51970 · as Henry
- Two off the Cuff1969
- The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom1968 · as Factory Mechanic
- L'art pour l'art1966 · as Pop
- Help!1965 · as Priest/Thug
- A Hard Day's Night1964 · as Man in Pub (uncredited)
- Battle of New Orleans1960
- Bride and Groom1955
All TV Shows (2)
- Henry's Cat1983 · as Narrator (voice) / Various Characters (voice)
- The Do-It-Yourself Film Animation Show1974 · as Bob Godfrey