Cast & creator
Bob Godfrey
Best known for The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Roobarb
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.
70
film credits
8
television credits
21
1951–2025 · acting roles
7.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (78)
Showing 78 of 78 credits
The Beatles
Director
1965
A Hard Day's Night
Man in Pub (uncredited)
1964
Roobarb
Producer
1974
Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk
Producer
1976
Help!
Priest / Thug (uncredited)
1965
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Factory Mechanic
1968
Henry's Cat
Narrator (voice) / Various Characters (voice)
1983Henry's Cat
Producer
1983Henry's Cat
Director
1983Henry's Cat
Writer
1983
Secrets of British Animation
Self (archive Photos)
2018
I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight
Postman
1976
The Do-It-Yourself Film Animation Show
Bob Godfrey
1974
Bio Woman
Director
1980
Polygamous Polonius
Director
1960Polygamous Polonius
Producer
1960Polygamous Polonius
Animation
1960
Wicked Willie Rides Again!
Director
1991
Two off the Cuff
1969Two off the Cuff
Director
1969Two off the Cuff
Animation
1969Two off the Cuff
Producer
1969
The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising
Art Direction
1962The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising
Producer
1962The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising
Director
1962The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising
Animation
1962Rope Trick
Director
1968
Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom
1994Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom
Director
1994
Battle of New Orleans
1960Battle of New Orleans
Director
1960
Great
Animation
1975Great
Director
1975
Wicked Willie
Director
1990
Ice Cream and Jelly and a Punch in the Belly
Entertainer
1997
L'art pour l'art
Pop
1966L'art pour l'art
Director
1966I am a Rebel
Himself (voice)
2025
The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit
Director
1961The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit
Animation
1961
Instant Sex
Director
1980
Watch the Birdie
Director
1954
Henry 9 'til 5
Henry
1970Henry 9 'til 5
Director
1970Desperate Straits
Director
1981
Kama Sutra Rides Again
Director
1971
Bride and Groom
1955The Rise and Fall of Emily Sprod
Director
1962The Rise and Fall of Emily Sprod
Producer
1962The Rise and Fall of Emily Sprod
Animation
1962Ways and Means
Director
1970
Dream Doll
Director
1979The Big Parade
Director
1952What is Animation?
Narrator (voice)
2014
One Man Band
Director
1965
Sex Toons
Director
1975Dear Margery Boobs
Worried Streatham (voice)
1976Dear Margery Boobs
Director
1976Millennium: The Musical
Director
1999
Honestly It's the Story of My Life
Barber
1988
River of Steel
Animation
1951River of Steel
Background Designer
1951
Marx for Beginners
Director
1979Mildred
Animation
1960
Alf, Bill and Fred
Animation Director
1964Alf, Bill and Fred
Director
1964Whatever Happened to Uncle Fred?
Director
1968
Small Talk
Voices
1994Small Talk
Director
1994
Polygamous Polonius Revisited
Director
1985Polygamous Polonius Revisited
Animation
198540 Great Years
Himself (archive)
2018Morse Code Melody
Director
1963
Revolution: The Beautiful France
Director
1989
Happy Birthday Switzerland
Director
1990
The Craftsmen: Bob Godfrey - Film Animator
Self
1971The Craftsmen: Bob Godfrey - Film Animator
Animation
1971Bang!
Director
1967