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Bob Godfrey

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Additional Credits
Died February 21, 2013 (91 years)
Roland Frederick Godfrey MBE, 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 (1974–75), Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk (1976-77) and Henry's Cat (1983–95) 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
  • Great (Isambard Kingdom Brunel)
  • Kama Sutra Rides Again
  • The Beatles
  • Roobarb
  • Henry's Cat
  • Do It Yourself Cartoon Kit
  • Dream Doll
  • Wicked Willie
  • Henry 9 'til 5
  • One Man Band
  • Dear Margery Boobs
  • Polygamous Polonius
  • Two Off the Cuff
  • Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom
  • I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight
  • The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising
  • Marx for Beginners

Filmography

2006
1988
1983
Henry's Cat (TV Series) · as Narrator
1980
The Falls · as G. Odfrey
1976
1976
Dear Margery Boobs · as Worried Streatham
1971
1970
Henry 9 'til 5 · as Henry
1969
1968
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom · as Factory Mechanic
1967
Casino Royale · as Scottish Strongman
1967
Just Like a Woman · as German Pilot
1966
Adam Adamant Lives (TV Series) · as Roach
1965
Help! · as Priest/thug
1965
Not Only... But Also (TV Series) · as Cast
1964
A Hard Day's Night · as Man In Pub (uncredited)

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