Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, March 26, 1990 TAG: 9003262321
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A4 EDITION: EVENING
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: MANHASSET, N.Y. LENGTH: Medium
He died at about 6 a.m. Saturday, said his son, Bryant Goulding.
Goulding and Bob Elliot created their comedy team in Boston in the late 1940s and performed together until about two years ago, when Goulding became ill.
"I have a terrible feeling of loss," Elliot said Sunday. "I think the main reason we worked well together was that we really appreciated each other, as opposed to some comedy teams.
"We had no rivalry, just great mutual respect."
The two brought their act to New York City in the early 1950s, creating a stable of improbable yet totally recognizable characters.
Among the most memorable were Wally Ballou, the bumbling interviewer, cooking authority Mary McGoon, the Piel brothers and a writer named O. Leo Leahy.
Goulding, a native of Lowell, Mass., and Elliott made separate starts in Boston radio around 1940, then entered military during World War II. They met in 1946 at radio station WHDH, where Elliott was a disc jockey and Goulding was a newscaster. Their early-morning quips soon put them in demand as a team.
They also appeared in numerous radio and television productions and motion pictures.
Elliott recently appeared on "Garrison Keillor's American Radio Company of the Air," the new show performed live in New York and broadcast on public radio stations.
Goulding's films include "Cold Turkey" in 1969 and "Author! Author!" in 1982. He also acted in the 1970-1971 Broadway play, "The Two and Only."
He co-wrote a book with Elliot, entitled "From Approximately Coast To Coast . . . It's the Bob And Ray Show." It was published in 1983.
by CNB