Robert Sinclair Grant Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Bob Grant was trained at Rada after spending some time as a Lieutenant with the Royal Artillery. He plied his trade to begin with in Repertory and appeared on stage for many years all around the UK. His work in rep continued up to the mid-90s. He will be best remembered for his role of Jack Harper, the cheeky bus conductor with his traditional ...
On his disappearance for five days in 1987: For me the worst time was when the panto ended. To have a taste of what work could be like again, then to have that snatched away from me, was awful. All I could see was the empty months ahead, debts building up, no hope. I went into a black depression. I'd sit for hours with my head in my hands. I felt that I was in a black room with no window and no door, and the walls were coming in towards me. I just felt like screaming. I knew I had to get out, get away. I wanted to die, and I decided to top myself.
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Fact
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Graduated from the university of the East End of London and had intellectual aspirations. He had his own academic opinions of comedy and was not interested in listening to others.
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He was treated for carbon monoxide poisoning in 1995 after a suicide attempt.
3
He had suffered from depression for many years, and famously went missing for a time in 1987.
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After On the Buses (1969) ended he struggled to get any acting work at all because he had become typecast as Jack Harper.
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He worked as a bus driver in real life, in order to pay his way through RADA.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Comedy Premiere
1975
TV Series
Jim Wilkins
Holiday on the Buses
1973
Jack Harper
On the Buses
1969-1973
TV Series
Jack Harper
Jack
All Star Comedy Carnival
1972
TV Movie
Jack Harper
Mutiny on the Buses
1972
Jack, Stan's Conductor
On the Buses
1971
Jack Harper, Stan's Conductor
The Borderers
1970
TV Series
William Peck
Comedy Playhouse
1970
TV Series
Robert Jugg
Mrs. Wilson's Diary
1969
TV Movie
George Brown
Till Death Us Do Part
1968
Man in Pub
Z Cars
1968
TV Series
Ted Griffin
Softly Softly
1967
TV Series
Napier
Help!
1965
Cameo (uncredited)
The Plane Makers
1964
TV Series
Antique Dealer
Armchair Theatre
1964
TV Series
Ben
No Hiding Place
1963
TV Series
Alexander Mudgeon
Sparrows Can't Sing
1963
Perce
Sir Francis Drake
1962
TV Series
Clements
Quatermass and the Pit
1959
TV Mini-Series
Sightseer / Man in Crowd
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Siga min ektethoume
2001
TV Movie play
Comedy Premiere
1975
TV Series writer - 1 episode
On the Buses
TV Series written by - 6 episodes, 1973 by - 6 episodes, 1971 - 1972