caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place birth_date spouse birthname image article_title name occupation death_cause
bob buses '' grant as jack harper in '' on the 8 november 2003 twyning , gloucestershire , england 1959 -- 1996 hammersmith , london , england 21 april 1932 jean -rrb- kim benwell -lrb- m. 1971 -- 2003 , his hyett death -rrb- -lrb- divorced -rrb- christine kemp -lrb- divorced robert st clair grant file : bob grant on the buses.jpg bob grant -lrb- actor -rrb-
 bob grant actor , comedian , writer suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning
bob grant -lrb- actor -rrb-

robert st clair `` bob '' grant -lrb- 21 april 1932 -- 8 november 2003 -rrb- was an english actor , comedian and writer , best known for playing jack harper in the television sitcom `` on the buses '' , as well as its film spin-offs and stage version .
he was born in hammersmith , west london , the son of albert george grant and florence grant -lrb- née burston -rrb- .
