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 childrens cartoon series Roobarb 1974 Noah and Nelly in SkylArk 197677 and Henrys Cat 198393 and for the Trio chocolate biscuit advertisements shown in the UK during the early 1980s However he also produced a BAFTA and Academy awardwinning 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