British animator
He was awarded the M.B.E. (Member of the Order of The British Empire) in 1986 for his services to the Film Industry in Australia.
His cousin is writer A.C.H. Smith.
His voice became well-known in Britain through his Esso Blue commercials.
Worked as a graphic artist in the 1930s, before joining the GB Animation Unit, financed by the Rank Organisation.
Served with the Royal Marines during World War II and took part in the D-Day landings in Normandy.
Formed Biographic in 1954, which turned out hundreds of advertising shorts fort television and cinema. This enabled him to finance his setting up of Bob Godfrey Productions in 1964.
He started out as a graphic artist in advertising, before joining the innovative Larkin Studio in the early 1950s, where he made his earliest cartoons.
Great animation can never save a bad story but a good story can save bad,animation.
