Legendary 'Bob & Ray' Comedian Bob Elliot Dies at Age 92

Robert Brackett
"Bob" Elliott, formerly one-half of the famed comedy
duo of Bob and Ray, passed away yesterday at the
age of 92 at his home in Cundy's Harbor, ME. He is
the father of comedian/actor Chris Elliott and the
grandfather of Abby Elliott.
On radio, Elliot appeared in programs with his long-
time partner Ray Goulding. On television, Elliott and
Goulding hosted The Bob and Ray show from 1951 to
1953. Elliott appeared on a number of other
television programs, including Happy Days; Newhart;
and Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda in 1979 (with
Goulding, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman and Gilda
Radner). He appeared on radio with Garrison Keillor
in The American Radio Company of the Air.
In 1989, Elliott co-authored his son's mock
autobiography, Daddy's Boy: A Son's Shocking
Account of Life with a Famous Father. In 1990, Elliott
portrayed "Fred Peterson" in the television series Get
a Life, which starred his real-life son Chris Elliott as
his son in the show. Four years later, the elder Elliott
appeared in the Tim Burton-produced film Cabin Boy,
where he played his real-life son's father once again.
In 2004, he appeared in a skit on the Air America
radio program The O'Franken Factor.