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Robert Renwick Mortimer (born 23 May 1959) is an English comedian, author, television presenter, writer and actor. He is best known for his work with Vic Reeves as the comedy double act Reeves and Mortimer, and more recently the Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing series with Paul Whitehouse.
Reeves and Mortimer, colloquially known as Vic and Bob, are a British double act consisting of Vic Reeves (born 24 January 1959; real name Jim Moir) and Bob Mortimer (born 23 May 1959). They have written and starred in several comedy programmes on British television since 1990, with Reeves having made his first TV appearance in 1986.
Bob Mortimer was born July 25, 1954, in North Lima, Ohio. He has four older brothers and one younger sister. His father died of a drug overdose when Mortimer was 16 and his family then moved to Hoquiam, Washington. Mortimer began drinking and using drugs and these addictions worsened during the next few years. [2]
Here, he met Bob Mortimer, a solicitor who attended the show and enjoyed it so much that he soon began to participate. Moir's television début came in December 1986 on Channel 4 Television's The Tube in a comedy game show segment called "Square Celebrities", suspended by a wire to ask the "celebrities" questions.
The first shows were attended by a few friends whom Moir had invited to see his performance, one of whom brought solicitor Bob Mortimer along with him. Mortimer soon became friendly with Moir, and was invited on the stage to talk about his day at work. He soon became a regular fixture in the show and began to write material with Moir.
Bob Mortimer has shared an update on his health, revealing he “wasn’t very well” while filming the new series of Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing.. The 65-year-old comedian, who had ...
Mortimer is replaced by Lee Mack in the penultimate episode of the current series
In June and July 2018, Whitehouse appeared with his long-time friend and fellow comedian Bob Mortimer in a BBC2 six-part series, Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. The two friends, who both suffer from heart conditions, share their thoughts and experiences while fishing at a variety of locations around the UK, often with anecdotes about Paul ...