- published: 10 Jun 2015
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Robert Renwick "Bob" Mortimer (born 23 May 1959 in Middlesbrough) is an English comedian and actor, who is best known for his double act with Vic Reeves (see Vic and Bob). He owns the independent production company Pett Productions with Vic Reeves and Lisa Clark and is the voice of Churchill the Dog in adverts for Churchill Insurance.
Mortimer's biscuit salesman father died, very young, in a car crash and as a result he and his three brothers were brought up by their mother, Eunice. He attended Acklam High School on the site of Acklam Hall in Acklam, Middlesbrough. He trialled for local professional football club Middlesbrough, but was not able to take the sport up due to arthritis. He left school with three A-levels and went on to study law at the Universities of Sussex and Leicester. There, Mortimer became involved in political causes and the punk movement, starting a band called Dog Dirt. After leaving university with an LLM in Welfare Law, he moved to London and became a solicitor for Southwark Council. He then moved to a private practice.
Actors: Raymond L. Schrock (writer), William A. Carroll (actor), Hallam Cooley (actor), William Robert Daly (actor), Otto Hoffman (actor), Melbourne MacDowell (actor), Robert Milasch (actor), Lincoln Plumer (actor), Carl Laemmle (miscellaneous crew), Herbert Rawlinson (actor), John Steppling (actor), Harry A. Pollard (director), Harriet Hammond (actress), Gerald Pring (actor), Bernard H. Hyman (writer),
Genres: Comedy,