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Bob Godfrey

Directing Born May 27, 1921 Maitland, South Australia, Australia 21 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

A Hard Day's Night

as Man in Pub (uncredited)

Henry's Cat

as Narrator (voice) / Various Characters (voice)

Full filmography

  • A Hard Day's Night (1964) as Man in Pub (uncredited)
  • Help! (1965) as Priest/Thug
  • Henry's Cat (1983) as Narrator (voice) / Various Characters (voice)
  • The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968) as Factory Mechanic
  • The Do-It-Yourself Film Animation Show (1974) as Bob Godfrey
  • I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight (1976) as Postman
  • Secrets of British Animation (2018) as Self (archive Photos)
  • Two off the Cuff (1969)
  • Dear Margery Boobs (1976) as Worried Streatham (voice)
  • Battle of New Orleans (1960)
  • Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom (1994)
  • L'art pour l'art (1966) as Pop
  • I am a Rebel (2025) as Himself (voice)
  • What is Animation? (2014) as Narrator (voice)
  • Honestly It's the Story of My Life (1988) as Barber
  • 40 Great Years (2018) as Himself (archive)
  • Small Talk (1994) as Voices
  • Bride and Groom (1955)
  • The Craftsmen: Bob Godfrey - Film Animator (1971) as Self
  • Henry 9 'til 5 (1970) as Henry
  • Ice Cream and Jelly and a Punch in the Belly (1997) as Entertainer