Comedian Bob Elliott – one half of the comedy duo of Bob and Ray – has passed away at the age of 92. His low-key brand of humor could be found on radio and television for more than four decades alongside the more blustery style of his partner, Ray Goulding.

Elliott was born in Boston, Massachusetts. While attending high school, he developed his public speaking skills on the public address system at his school. He and Goulding got their start on radio programs in the 1940s, but not as a comedy team; Elliott was a disc jockey, while Goulding was a newsman. They kept to their separate programs on Boston’s WHDH, but would on occasion make appearances on each other’s programs. The banter became so popular with the station managers that the pair would be called on to fill in when Red Sox games got rained out. By 1946, they were known as Bob and Ray and had their first regular comedy program on that station, called Matinee with Bob and Ray.

Radio-wise, they could be heard often on a number of different NBC and CBS affiliates, with their last radio program being on National Public Radio in 1987. Many of the Bob and Ray episodes were later adapted into graphic format for MAD magazine. The pair were somewhat unusual amongst other comedy teams, as neither of them was consistently the “straight man,” and instead they took turns.

They could later be seen on television, in their own series simply titled Bob and Ray, which ran from 1951-1953. Later television appearances included Between Time and Timbuktu: A Space Fantasy (1972), as well as a stint hosting The Name’s The Same. They were also frequent guests on shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show and on late-night shows hosted by Johnny Carson and David Letterman throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s.

Though Goulding passed in 1990, Elliott continued to perform, usually alongside his son, Chris Elliott; he appeared in shows like Get a Life and Newhart and in films such as Cabin Boy. Bob and Ray were inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1995.