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Robert Eric "Bobby" Brady was the youngest boy (and second youngest child) of the Brady Family who appears on The Brady Bunch TV series. The part of Bobby is played on both the TV series and the subsequent made-for-TV films, specials, and spinoff series (with the execption of the 2002 FOX TV movie The Brady Bunch in the White House where he's played by Blake Foster) by Mike Lookinland.
Mike Lookinland's natural hair color was strawberry blonde, so for the role of Bobby Brady (up until "The Brady Brides") he had Clairol #43 applied to his hair.
Bobby Brady in early episode of "The Brady Bunch", with darker hair
About Bobby
Bobby, the second youngest Brady child, is very close to his sister Cindy, though they often fight; they love and stick up for each other. The two youngest Brady kids bonded early on while lost in the Grand Canyon and became inseparable after their attempt at beating the teeter-totter record. He's close to his older brothers too, though because of the age difference, Greg and Peter sometimes mock him for his "immature and childish" ways.
Bobby's life has been steered by his insecurities. He's sensitive about his short height and is always in competition with one of his older brothers -- though he can certainly hold his own. He is better at doing chin-ups than Greg, and is quick enough on his toes to save Peter from being knocked out by a falling flower pot. Bobby's complexes often get the better of him, making him a bit of a trouble maker. He wants to win so badly, whether it's being the best pool player or hall monitor, that he often sabotages himself. He dreams of racing cars and lies to his friends about knowing Joe Namath.
Bobby's personality is usually easy going, fun-loving, and mischievous. He spent much of his time daydreaming about adventurous careers such as being an astronaut, a skiing champion and even a cowboy. In a spin off series (the Brady’s) he did become a racing driver but crashed and ended up paralysed from the waist down and in a wheelchair.
As an adult, on the CBS-TV melodrama/comedy series The Bradys, Bobby aspired to become a professional race car driver, which led to a crash in a race, which resulted in Bobby's temporary paralysis in one episode. Bobby is going through rehabilitative therapy when he marries his girlfriend, Tracy (played by Martha Quinn). Bobby — who had dropped out of business school to pursue his dream of racing cars — resumes his originally intended career path, joining Peter in a business venture.
In 2012, a Brady Bunch reimagination by Vince Vaughn called for Bobby Brady being an adult divorcee with children, who married another divorcee also with children of her own, yet they would also have a child together.
