James Robbins "Bob" Gardiner

I knew Bob in the 70s in Portland and used to visit him alot when he resided in a large apartment in a 'classic' old wooden building in Northwest Portland which housed local actors, including Terry Knox before moving to SoCal and becoming a movie star. First saw tiny clay figures in Bob's fridge there. Bob let all his friends hold Oscar at party thrown for him at beer tavern down by the tracks in old warehouse district. Just learned of Bob's passing.

I'm sorry to go on and on like this, but it's 5:30 am and I've been reading these messages to Bob from everyone, and i just keep thinking of more i want to say.
It's funny, but I can't help thinking that those of us who lived there at The Lawn Apartments alongside Bob from, say, 1973-78, got a vintage Bob Gardiner experience.
That's nonsense, of course. He gave the full but gentle blast of his personality everyone all the time.
But still, somehow, life there at The Lawn, where...

But more than anything else, Bob was the brightest creative light I'd ever known. And a fine friend to have early in the morning when I was vacuuming the halls and could hear him singing in 208.
Damian was right upstairs.
That was a special time in all our lives, and Bob was the center of it.

And his brother John will smile when I remind him that the day after Bob won the Oscar, his rent check bounced.
Terry

But more than anything else, Bob was the brightest creative light I'd ever known. And a fine friend to have early in the morning when I was vacuuming the halls and could hear him singing in 208.
Damian was right upstairs.
That was a special time in all our lives, and Bob was the center of it.

i knew bob since he was just a boy. he was of course funny, talented, and creative.what i most recall was that he was sensitive and caring toward others and so very kind. we think of him often and of course miss that smile and slapstick laugh.love you bob.

I was Bobs roommate from late 1969 to May of 1970 when he was going to The Collage of Arts and Crafts a.k.a. Farts and Laughs in Oakland,Calif.I was a candle maker at the time and he used one of my candles in the first film that he made, I believe with a friend of his named Fritz Groskuger he was a long time friend of Bobs.Bob and I shared a great distain of Richard Nixon at the time.He then moved to Portland,Ore.and I moved to Monterey,Ca.and lost touch with him until I moved to Portland in...

i was a close friend of bob's before he died. i have started a fanpage on facebook if anybody is interested, i would love to have people share stories about this beautiful, creative person.
http://www.facebook.com/?sk=messages&tid=1200011615163#!/group.php?gid=104085432958159&ref=nf

I met you just a few times. You came to our house for the Grattan-Gardiner cousins reunion and I remember your quiet creative energy, standing on the porch. When I look at your photo I am so struck. I see my grandma Katy (your aunt) and so much of a certain kind of spirit. I'm afraid it's going away, but am fiercely glad I saw it. I now live in Portland, and it is nice to think you lived here for years.