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.
Known for
- A Hard Day's Night (1964)
- Help! (1965)
- Henry's Cat (1983)
- Secrets of British Animation (2018)
- The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
- I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight (1976)
- The Do-It-Yourself Film Animation Show (1974)
- Ice Cream and Jelly and a Punch in the Belly (1997)
- Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom (1994)
- Battle of New Orleans (1960)
- Two off the Cuff (1969)
- L'art pour l'art (1966)
- Henry 9 'til 5 (1970)
- Bride and Groom (1955)
- Honestly It's the Story of My Life (1988)
- The Craftsmen: Bob Godfrey - Film Animator (1971)
- Small Talk (1994)