Bob Godfrey
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.
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Movies (48)
I am a Rebel
2025 · Himself (voice)
Secrets of British Animation
2018 · Self (archive Photos)
40 Great Years
2018 · Himself (archive)
What is Animation?
2014 · Narrator (voice)
Millennium: The Musical
1999 · Director
Ice Cream and Jelly and a Punch in the Belly
1997 · Entertainer
Small Talk
1994 · Voices, Director
Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom
1994 · Director
Wicked Willie Rides Again!
1991 · Director
Wicked Willie
1990 · Director
Happy Birthday Switzerland
1990 · Director
Revolution: The Beautiful France
1989 · Director
Honestly It's the Story of My Life
1988 · Barber
Polygamous Polonius Revisited
1985 · Director, Animation
Desperate Straits
1981 · Director
Instant Sex
1980 · Director
Bio Woman
1980 · Director
Marx for Beginners
1979 · Director
Dream Doll
1979 · Director
I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight
1976 · Postman
Dear Margery Boobs
1976 · Worried Streatham (voice), Director
Sex Toons
1975 · Director
Great
1975 · Animation, Director
Kama Sutra Rides Again
1971 · Director
The Craftsmen: Bob Godfrey - Film Animator
1971 · Self, Animation
Henry 9 'til 5
1970 · Henry, Director
Ways and Means
1970 · Director
Two off the Cuff
1969 · Director, Producer, Animation
Rope Trick
1968 · Director
Whatever Happened to Uncle Fred?
1968 · Director
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968 · Factory Mechanic
Bang!
1967 · Director
L'art pour l'art
1966 · Pop, Director
Help!
1965 · Priest / Thug (uncredited)
One Man Band
1965 · Director
A Hard Day's Night
1964 · Man in Pub (uncredited)
Alf, Bill and Fred
1964 · Animation Director, Director
Morse Code Melody
1963 · Director
The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising
1962 · Director, Producer, Art Direction, Animation
The Rise and Fall of Emily Sprod
1962 · Director, Producer, Animation
The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit
1961 · Director, Animation
Battle of New Orleans
1960 · Director
Polygamous Polonius
1960 · Director, Producer, Animation
Mildred
1960 · Animation
Bride and Groom
1955
Watch the Birdie
1954 · Director
The Big Parade
1952 · Director
River of Steel
1951 · Background Designer, Animation
