Bob Mortimer

Biography

Bob Mortimer was working as a solicitor when he went along to one of Vic Reeves' early stand-up shows. Introduced by a mutual friend, Vic and Bob found they shared a similar comic sensibility, and formed a double act that endures to this day.

More recently he's been known for sitting on sumptuously-filmed riverbanks chatting with Paul Whitehouse (and occasionally managing to catch a fish) in the documentary series Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing.

Trivia

As well as his heart issues, discussed at length in Gone Fishing, he also suffers from an unusually early onset of arthritis and has to take steroids to keep it under control.

He is co-founder, with Vic Reeves and Shooting Stars producer Lisa Clark, of Pett Productions. As well as producing Vic 'n' Bob's own shows, the company also made the short-lived competitive variation on the Cash in the Attic concept, Star Sale.