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Bob Godfrey

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.

Et billede af Bob Godfrey

Directing

1954

[ ] Watch the Birdie (Director)

1960

[ ] Battle of New Orleans (Director)
[ ] Polygamous Polonius (Director)

1961

[ ] The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit (Director)

1962

[ ] The Rise and Fall of Emily Sprod (Director)
[ ] The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising (Director)

1964

[ ] Alf, Bill and Fred (Director)

1965

[ ] One Man Band (Director)

1966

[ ] L'art pour l'art (Director)

1967

[ ] Bang! (Director)

1968

[ ] Rope Trick (Director)
[ ] Whatever Happened to Uncle Fred? (Director)

1969

[ ] Two off the Cuff (Director)

1970

[ ] Henry 9 'til 5 (Director)
[ ] Ways and Means (Director)

1971

[ ] Kama Sutra Rides Again (Director)

1975

[ ] Great (Director)
[ ] Sex Toons (Director)

1976

[ ] Dear Margery Boobs (Director)

1979

[ ] Dream Doll (Director)
[ ] Marx for Beginners (Director)

1980

[ ] Bio Woman (Director)
[ ] Instant Sex (Director)

1985

[ ] Polygamous Polonius Revisited (Director)

1989

[ ] Revolution: The Beautiful France (Director)

1990

[ ] Wicked Willie (Director)
[ ] Happy Birthday Switzerland (Director)

1991

[ ] Wicked Willie Rides Again! (Director)

1994

[ ] Small Talk (Director)
[ ] Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom (Director)

1999

[ ] Millennium: The Musical (Director)

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[ ] Morse Code Melody (Director)
[ ] Desperate Straits (Director)
[ ] The Big Parade (Director)

Visual Effects

1951

[ ] River of Steel (Animation)

1960

[ ] Polygamous Polonius (Animation)
[ ] Mildred (Animation)

1961

[ ] The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit (Animation)

1962

[ ] The Rise and Fall of Emily Sprod (Animation)
[ ] The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising (Animation)

1964

[ ] Alf, Bill and Fred (Animation Director)

1969

[ ] Two off the Cuff (Animation)

1971

[ ] The Craftsmen: Bob Godfrey - Film Animator (Animation)

1975

[ ] Great (Animation)

1985

[ ] Polygamous Polonius Revisited (Animation)

Art

1951

[ ] River of Steel (Background Designer)

1962

[ ] The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising (Art Direction)

Production

1960

[ ] Polygamous Polonius (Producer)

1962

[ ] The Rise and Fall of Emily Sprod (Producer)
[ ] The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising (Producer)

1969

[ ] Two off the Cuff (Producer)

Actor

1955

[ ] Bride and Groom (????)

1960

[ ] Battle of New Orleans (????)

1964

[ ] A Hard Day's Night (Man in Pub (uncredited))

1965

[ ] Help! (Priest/Thug)

1966

[ ] L'art pour l'art (Pop)

1968

[ ] The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (Factory Mechanic)

1969

[ ] Two off the Cuff (????)

1970

[ ] Henry 9 'til 5 (Henry)

1971

[ ] The Craftsmen: Bob Godfrey - Film Animator (Self)

1976

[ ] Dear Margery Boobs (Worried Streatham (voice))
[ ] I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight (Postman)

1988

[ ] Honestly It's the Story of My Life (Barber)

1994

[ ] Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom (????)
[ ] Small Talk (Voices)

2014

[ ] What is Animation? (Narrator (voice))

2018

[ ] Secrets of British Animation (Self (archive Photos))
[ ] 40 Great Years (Himself (archive))

2025

[ ] I am a Rebel (Himself (voice))