Bob Godfrey

ActorDirectorVisual EffectsProducerWriter May 27 (died age 91) Maitland, South Australia, Australia 1951–2025 (74 year career)

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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 Isamba…

Known For

Film

A Hard Day's Night

Man in Pub (uncredited)

Film

Help!

Priest/Thug

Film

Great

Animation

Film

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

Factory Mechanic

Film

The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit

Animation

Film

Dream Doll

Director

Film

Kama Sutra Rides Again

Director

Film

Roobarb

Producer

Filmography

Acting (21)

Movies (19)

I am a Rebel

2025

as Himself (voice)

Secrets of British Animation

2018

as Self (archive Photos)

6.0

40 Great Years

2018

as Himself (archive)

What is Animation?

2014

as Narrator (voice)

Ice Cream and Jelly and a Punch in the Belly

1997

as Entertainer

Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom

1994

Small Talk

1994

as Voices

6.0

Honestly It's the Story of My Life

1988

as Barber

I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight

1976

as Postman

2.8

Dear Margery Boobs

1976

as Worried Streatham (voice)

7.7

The Craftsmen: Bob Godfrey - Film Animator

1971

as Self

Henry 9 'til 5

as Henry

Two off the Cuff

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

1968

as Factory Mechanic

6.5

L'art pour l'art

1966

as Pop

Help!

1965

as Priest/Thug

6.8

A Hard Day's Night

1964

as Man in Pub (uncredited)

7.3

Battle of New Orleans

1960

Bride and Groom

1955

Television (2)

Henry's Cat

1983

as Narrator (voice) / Various Characters (voice)

4.7

The Do-It-Yourself Film Animation Show

1974

as Bob Godfrey

Crew (57)

Movies (51)

Millennium: The Musical

1999

Director

Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom

1994

Director

Small Talk

1994

Director

6.0

Wicked Willie Rides Again!

1991

Director

Wicked Willie

1990

Director

5.5

Happy Birthday Switzerland

1990

Director

Revolution: The Beautiful France

1989

Director

6.0

Polygamous Polonius Revisited

1985

Animation

Polygamous Polonius Revisited

1985

Director

Bio Woman

1980

Director

3.3

Instant Sex

1980

Director

Marx for Beginners

Director

Dream Doll

Director

Dear Margery Boobs

Director

Great

Animation

Great

Director

Sex Toons

Director

Kama Sutra Rides Again

1971

Director

5.2

The Craftsmen: Bob Godfrey - Film Animator

1971

Animation

Henry 9 'til 5

1970

Director

8.5

Ways and Means

1970

Director

Two off the Cuff

Animation

Two off the Cuff

Director

Two off the Cuff

Producer

Rope Trick

Director

Whatever Happened to Uncle Fred?

1968

Director

Bang!

1967

Director

9.0

L'art pour l'art

1966

Director

One Man Band

1965

Director

Alf, Bill and Fred

Animation Director

Alf, Bill and Fred

Director

The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising

1962

Animation

8.0

The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising

1962

Art Direction

8.0

The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising

1962

Director

8.0

The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising

1962

Producer

8.0

The Rise and Fall of Emily Sprod

1962

Animation

The Rise and Fall of Emily Sprod

1962

Director

The Rise and Fall of Emily Sprod

1962

Producer

The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit

1961

Animation

6.5

The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit

1961

Director

6.5

Battle of New Orleans

1960

Director

Polygamous Polonius

Animation

Polygamous Polonius

Director

Polygamous Polonius

Producer

Mildred

Animation

Watch the Birdie

1954

Director

River of Steel

Animation

River of Steel

Background Designer

Desperate Straits

Director

Morse Code Melody

Director

The Big Parade

Director

Television (6)

Henry's Cat

Director

Henry's Cat

Producer

Henry's Cat

Writer

Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk

1976

Producer

Roobarb

Producer

The Beatles

Director