Bob Godfrey
May 27, 1921 (103 years old) in Maitland, South Australia, Australia
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
Credits
- 2018 · Secrets of British Animation as Self (archive Photos)
- 2018 · 40 Great Years as Himself (archive)
- 2014 · What is Animation? as Narrator (voice)
- 1994 · Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom as
- 1988 · Honestly It's the Story of My Life as Barber
- 1970 · Henry 9 'til 5 as Henry
- 1969 · Two off the Cuff as
- 1968 · The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom as Factory Mechanic
- 1966 · L'art pour l'art as Pop
- 1965 · Help! as Priest/Thug
- 1964 · A Hard Day's Night as Man in Pub (uncredited)
- 1960 · Battle of New Orleans as
- 1955 · Bride and Groom as
- Future · The Craftsmen: Bob Godfrey - Film Animator as Self