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Bob Godfrey

May 27, 1921 - Feb 21, 2013 (91 years old) in Maitland, South Australia, Australia

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

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Henry's Cat
Narrator (voice) / Various Characters (voice)
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A Hard Day's Night
Man in Pub (uncredited)
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Help!
Priest/Thug
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Factory Mechanic
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Secrets of British Animation
Self (archive Photos)
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Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom
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Dear Margery Boobs
Worried Streatham (voice)
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Two off the Cuff
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40 Great Years
Himself (archive)
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L'art pour l'art
Pop

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