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Bob Godfrey

Bob Godfrey

Birthday: 1921-05-27 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
I am a Rebel

as    Himself (voice)

2018
40 Great Years

as    Himself (archive)

1994
Small Talk

as    Voices

1983
Henry's Cat

as    Narrator (voice) / Various Characters (voice)

1976
I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight

as    Postman

1976
Dear Margery Boobs

as    Worried Streatham (voice)