Bob Mortimer Parents: Meet Eunice Mortiner

Bob Mortimer is the son of Eunice Mortimer. His father, a biscuit salesman died in a car crash when Mortimer was seven years old.

Around the same time, Mortimer accidentally burnt down his family’s house with a stray firework.

Mortimer is known for his work with Vic Reeves as part of their Vic and Bob comedy double act and more recently the Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing series with Comedian Paul Whitehouse.

In 1997, in collaboration with Chris Rea, Mortimer recorded Rea’s hit Let’s Dance with his favourite football team, Middleborough. The single reached no. 44 in the UK Singles Chart.

In 2019, Mortimer appeared on an episode of Channel 4’s Travel Man with Richard Ayoade. He has written The Satsuma Complex, a comic novel published in 2022.