Bob Godfrey
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 48
Movies (45)
- I am a Rebel2025Himself (voice)
Secrets of British Animation2018Self (archive Photos)- 40 Great Years2018Himself (archive)
- What is Animation?2014Narrator (voice)
- Millennium: The Musical1999Directing
Ice Cream and Jelly and a Punch in the Belly1997Entertainer
Small Talk1994Voices
Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom1994
Wicked Willie Rides Again!1991Directing
Wicked Willie1990Directing
Happy Birthday Switzerland1990Directing
Revolution: The Beautiful France1989Directing
Honestly It's the Story of My Life1988Barber
Polygamous Polonius Revisited1985Directing- Desperate Straits1981Directing
Instant Sex1980Directing
Bio Woman1980Directing
Marx for Beginners1979Directing
Dream Doll1979Directing
I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight1976Postman- Dear Margery Boobs1976Worried Streatham (voice)
Sex Toons1975Directing
Great1975Directing
Kama Sutra Rides Again1971Directing
The Craftsmen: Bob Godfrey - Film Animator1971Self- Ways and Means1970Directing
Henry 9 'til 51970Henry
Two off the Cuff1969- Rope Trick1968Directing
- Whatever Happened to Uncle Fred?1968Directing
Shows (3)
Henry's Cat1983Narrator (voice) / Various Characters (voice)
The Do-It-Yourself Film Animation Show1974Bob Godfrey
The Beatles1965Directing