Bob Godfrey
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday27 May 1921
Died21 February 2013 (age 91)
Place of birthMaitland, South Australia, Australia
Known credits53
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…
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
Small Talk
1994 · Director
Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom
1994
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
Polygamous Polonius Revisited
1985 · Animation
Henry's Cat
1983 · Narrator (voice) / Various Characters (voice)
Henry's Cat
1983 · Producer
Henry's Cat
1983 · Director
Henry's Cat
1983 · Writer
Desperate Straits
1981 · Director
Instant Sex
1980 · Director
Bio Woman
1980 · Director
Marx for Beginners
1979 · Director
Dream Doll
1979 · Director
Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk
1976 · Producer
I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight
1976 · Postman
Dear Margery Boobs
1976 · Worried Streatham (voice)
Dear Margery Boobs
1976 · Director
Sex Toons
1975 · Director
Great
1975 · Animation
Great
1975 · Director
Roobarb
1974 · Producer
The Do-It-Yourself Film Animation Show
1974 · Bob Godfrey
Kama Sutra Rides Again
1971 · Director
The Craftsmen: Bob Godfrey - Film Animator
1971 · Self
The Craftsmen: Bob Godfrey - Film Animator
1971 · Animation
Henry 9 'til 5
1970 · Henry
Henry 9 'til 5
1970 · Director
Ways and Means
1970 · Director
Two off the Cuff
1969
Two off the Cuff
1969 · Director
Two off the Cuff
1969 · Producer
Two off the Cuff
1969 · Animation
Rope Trick
1968 · Director
Whatever Happened to Uncle Fred?
1968 · Director
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968 · Factory Mechanic
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