Robert Brackett Elliott (March 26, 1923 – February 2, 2016) was an American comedian and actor, one-half of the comedy duo of Bob and Ray.

These were in different series and time slots over decades, beginning in the late 1940s at Boston's WHDH radio on the show Matinee with Bob and Ray.

[4] "The funniest people in this country, these guys are also two of the keenest observers of the American scene and the finest interviewers in the business.

He appeared on a number of other television programs, including Happy Days; Newhart; and Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda in 1979 (with Goulding, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman and Gilda Radner); The David Steinberg Show; and Saturday Night Live.

Elliott also made television commercials,[4] and co-wrote some humor articles with Ray Goulding for Mad Magazine in the 1950s.

Four years later, the elder Elliott appeared in the Tim Burton production Cabin Boy, playing Chris's father again.