Bob Godfrey

Director

Born: May 27, 1921 (91 years old)

Died: February 21, 2013

Place of birth: Maitland, South Australia, Australia

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 (11)

• The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968, ★ 6.5)
• A Hard Day's Night (1964, ★ 7.3)
• Help! (1965, ★ 6.8)
• Small Talk (1994, ★ 6)
• Great (1975, ★ 5.6)
• The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit (1961, ★ 6.5)
• Dream Doll (1979, ★ 6.2)
• Roobarb (1974, ★ 7.1)
• Kama Sutra Rides Again (1971, ★ 5.2)
• The Beatles (1965, ★ 6.1)
• I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight (1976, ★ 3.1)