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He and Ray Goulding made audiences laugh for more than four decades on the radio and on television. His son is actor Chris Elliott.
Bob Elliott, the soft-spoken half of the hilarious radio and television comedy team Bob and Ray, died Tuesday. He was 92.
Elliott died at his home in Cundy's Harbor, Maine, his son, Chris Elliott - the comic actor (now on Schitt's Creek) and former Late Night With David Letterman staff writer and Saturday Night Live player - told The New York Times.
Survivors also include his grandchildren (and Chris' daughters) Abby Elliott, also a former SNL member, and actress Bridey Elliott (2014 film Fort Tilden).
After stints on a Boston radio station and then NBC radio, the low-key Elliott and his more-boisterous comedy partner Ray Goulding hosted The Bob and Ray Show on TV from 1951-53. (The series featured future Honeymooners star Audrey Meadows and then Cloris Leachman.)
Elliott and Goulding created a company of funny characters, with Elliott drawing laughs as sportscaster Biff Burns - "This is Biff Burns saying this is Biff Burns saying good night" - and goofy man-on-the-street reporter Wally Ballou. They took turns serving as the straight man, interviewed each other, made fun of everyday life and often mocked their medium.