Jack Harper, Bob Grant

He went to Drama School and trained at Rada for 2 years and then went into Repotary work around the main cities of England.
During breaks he also worked as a frozen food salesman and a Bus Driver Bob was a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery.

He wrote and starred in Instant Marriage. Other West End appearances include Sparrers Can't Sing. Mrs Wilson's House Diary,House By The Green Door and played in Pyjama Tops for a run of 2 years. He first leading role was in a Musical called Blitz that had a run in the West End.

In 1968 he landed the role that to was make him famous around the world, Jack in On The Buses.

At Bob Grants wedding in 1971 hundreds of fans turned out and roads around Caxton Hall become blocked. Beside the Rolls Royce at the wedding a Double Decker bus used in On The Buses was to be used to transport the guests to the reception. But such was the crowds that the wedding guests had to walk.

Bob Grant appeared with David Jason (of Fools and Horses fame) at Grand Theatre Wolverhampton on 24 March 1975, in a play called Darling Mr London. The play was by Bob Grant and Anthony Marriot

In 1976 & 1977 he appeared in pantomime at the Cliffs Pavilion in South End. (You will see adverts for Cliffs Pavilion on the side of buses in episodes of On The Buses)

To read an Obituarieon Bob Grant see links or click on the picture below

You can read some of the obituaries that appeared in the press by following these links. Also thanks to all who signed the guest book.
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/story.jspstory=465736

http://www.arts.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtmlview=DETAILS&grid=&targetRule=10&xml=/news/2003/11/19/db1903.xml

http://www.news.scotsman.com/obituaries.cfmid=1280582003

Paul Burton is a writer, film-maker and film and TV historian. His next book, The Morecambe & Wise Quiz Book, will be published in October. In his blog, Paul will be documenting the making of his new short film, Grace, at Elstree Studios as well as the history of film and TV production in the area.

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CAREER DETAILS

BOB GRANT ACTOR AND WRITER
BORN 14th April 1932 Hammersmith, London, England, UK

1960 'Macbird' at the Theatre Royal, Stratford starring Bob Grant and Stephen Lewis from 'On The Buses', Jimmy Perry, Brian Murphy from 'George & Mildred' and Toni Palmer. The show was produced by Joan Littlewood

1961 BIG SOFT NELLIE Theatre Royal London

With Bob Grant, Roy Kinnear, Bryan Pringle, Griffith Davies, June Barry and Ivor Salter
1962 BLITZ Adelphi
1963 SPARRERS CANT SING
1964 INSTANT MARRIAGE Piccadilly Theatre
1965 TWANG Shaftesbury
1967 MRS WILSONS DIARY Criterion
Original London cast: Bill Wallis, Myvanwy Jenn, Stephen Lewis, Peter Reeves, Bob Grant,
1969 MRS WILSONS DIARY Criterion
1969 TILL DEATH US DO PART Movie of the series
1969-1973 ON THE BUSES The series
1971 ON THE BUSES Movie
1972 MUTINY ON THE BUSES Movie
1972 WHATS UP NURSE Windmill Theatre
1973 HOLIDAY ON THEN BUSES Prestatyn
1973 NO SEX PLEASE WERE BRITISH Australia

1973 BUSMANS HOLIDAY Torbay (June) with Stephen Lewis/Ann Karen

1975 ONE FOR THE POT AT THE GRAND THEATRE LEEDS . DAVID BARRY'THE FENN ST. GANG' AND PAMELA VEZEY'BILLY LIAR'.

1975 JACK AND THE BEANSTALK Lewisham Concert Hall
1975 DARLING MR. LONDON
1976 PYJAMA TOPS New Theatre Hull
1976 KISS ME KATE Birmingham Rep
1977 DICK WHITINGTON Cliffs Pavilion
1978 KISS ME KATE Birmingham Rep
1978/79 DICK WHITINGTON Churchill Theatre Bromley (with Jack Douglas)

19 79 TOMMY

Queen's Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue, opened on Tuesday February 6th Starring Allan Love in the lead role as Tommy, Sue Bond as the Nurse/Dancer, Peter Straker as the Narrator, Steve Deveraux as the Lover and Bob Grant as Uncle Ernie/The Doctor

1983 CINDERELLA Alexandra Theatre Birmingham
1984 TREASURE ISLAND Birmingham Rep
1984 TOAD OF TOAD HALL Birmingham Rep

1988 - GUYS & DOLLS Leicester Haymarket Theatre

1991 - SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS Leicester Haymarket Theatre

1991 - WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR TROUSERS Leicester Haymarket Theatre

1996 HOBSONS CHOICE Lyric Theatre

1977 MOTHER COURAGE
at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Birmingham opened for 17 NIGHTS ONLY from 27th October - 12th November .
BOB GRANT, PEGGY MOUNT, JANE BERTISH COLIN BENNETT, MACLCOM SINCLAIR, PAUL HALEY, PHILIP MADOC, PAUL WEBSTER, ROGER HUME, JOHN MAIN, SHEILA KELLEY.

1995 Hobson's Choice" at the Lyric Theatre London UK. Opened 11th October 1995. The members of the Cast were:-

Bob GRANT, David KINCAID,Diana MORRISON, Felicity BRANGAN.
Graham POUTNEY, Graham TURNER, Hugh LLOYD, Leo McKERN.
Lisa HOLLANDER, Margaretta SCOTT, Nichola McAULIFFE, Simon SHAW.

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Others years unknown

1970s 'Stop It Nurse!' 'The Windmill Theatre', Great Yarmouth it also featured Anna Karen, Stephen Lewis and Anna's real life husband Terry Duggan!

PACKAGE HONEYMOON Eastbourne
CINDERELLA Aldershot
MILKO Pilot TV show

CHEQUERS by John Wells starred Keith Ladd, Bob Grant, David Howe, Roland Macleod, Sally Sanders, Janet Hargreaves, MICHAEL KEATING, Hugh Sullivan etc.

Peterborough's Key Theatre.

OH! CALCUTTA! starred Bob Grant, Peter fleetwood, Paul Mills, Maggie Bourgein, Suzi Willis etc.

WRITER
(More to be added)
Plays
Home Is Where Your Clothes Are. Comedy. Anthony Marriott and Bob Grant

When his wife runs off with another man, the Major solves his debt problem by letting the basement of his wife's house-to
two different tenants simultaneously! Jill only uses the flat at weekends, while Philip lives there during the week, and the
Major swaps their belongings at the beginning and end of each week. But then Jill unexpectedly gets a week off work and a
whole set of complications, wild confusion and awkward confrontations follows!

No Room for Love. Farce. By Anthony Marriott and Bob Grant

Dr Garfeld arrives at the somewhat seedy Lawns Hotel in the hope of spending an enjoyable, if discreet, visit with his attractive
receptionist, Michele. Unfortunately his wife is the harpist in an orchestra also visiting the hotel, which makes his excuse
of a golfing excursion difficult to sustain. Further, the hotel's poor room registration system results in a wild confusion
of mistaken identities, furious confrontations and hectic misunderstandings.

ON THE BUSES (SOME OF THE LATER EPISODES)