Bob Godfrey
Born: 1921-05-27 in Maitland, South Australia, Australia
Died: 2013-02-21
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2025
- I am a Rebel as Himself (voice)
2018
- Secrets of British Animation as Self (archive Photos)
- 40 Great Years as Himself (archive)
2014
- What is Animation? as Narrator (voice)
1999
- Millennium: The Musical ... (Director)
1997
- Ice Cream and Jelly and a Punch in the Belly as Entertainer
1994
1991
- Wicked Willie Rides Again! ... (Director)
1990
- Wicked Willie ... (Director)
- Happy Birthday Switzerland ... (Director)
1989
- Revolution: The Beautiful France ... (Director)
1988
- Honestly It's the Story of My Life as Barber
1985
- Polygamous Polonius Revisited ... (Animation)
1983
- Henry's Cat as Narrator (voice) / Various Characters (voice)
1981
- Desperate Straits ... (Director)
1980
- Instant Sex ... (Director)
- Bio Woman ... (Director)
1979
- Dream Doll ... (Director)
- Marx for Beginners ... (Director)
1976
- I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight as Postman
- Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk ... (Producer)
- Dear Margery Boobs as Worried Streatham (voice)
1974
- Roobarb ... (Producer)
- The Do-It-Yourself Film Animation Show as Bob Godfrey
1971
- Kama Sutra Rides Again ... (Director)
- The Craftsmen: Bob Godfrey - Film Animator as Self
1970
- Ways and Means ... (Director)
- Henry 9 'til 5 as Henry
1969
1968
- The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom as Factory Mechanic
- Whatever Happened to Uncle Fred? ... (Director)
- Rope Trick ... (Director)
1967
- Bang! ... (Director)
1966
- L'art pour l'art as Pop
1965
- The Beatles ... (Director)
- Help! as Priest/Thug
- One Man Band ... (Director)
1964
- A Hard Day's Night as Man in Pub (uncredited)
- Alf, Bill and Fred ... (Director)
1963
- Morse Code Melody ... (Director)
1962
- The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising ... (Art Direction)
- The Rise and Fall of Emily Sprod ... (Director)
1961
- The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit ... (Director)
1960
- Mildred ... (Animation)
- Battle of New Orleans
- Polygamous Polonius ... (Producer)
1955
1952
- The Big Parade ... (Director)
1951
- River of Steel ... (Background Designer)