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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

71

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-05-27

Day of Death

2013-02-21 (92 years old)

Place of Birth

Maitland, South Australia, Australia

Also Known As

Bob Godfrey

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.

Known For

Acting

Secrets of British Animation

2018

Secrets of British Animation

as

Self (archive Photos)

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

1968

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

as

Factory Mechanic

Henry 9 'til 5

1970

Henry 9 'til 5

as

Henry

A Hard Day's Night

1964

A Hard Day's Night

as

Man in Pub (uncredited)

40 Great Years

2018

40 Great Years

as

Himself (archive)

Help!

1965

Help!

as

Priest/Thug

What is Animation?

2014

What is Animation?

as

Narrator (voice)

Dear Margery Boobs

1976

Dear Margery Boobs

as

Worried Streatham (voice)

Small Talk

1994

Small Talk

as

Voices

Henry's Cat

Henry's Cat

as

Narrator (voice) / Various Characters (voice)

Production

Crew

Directing