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{{short description|American former actor (born 1960)}}
{{distinguish|Mike Lookingland}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Mike Lookinland
| image = 10.1.10MikeLookinlandByLuigiNovi.jpg
| caption = Lookinland at the [[Big Apple Convention]] in [[Manhattan]], October 1, 2010.
| birthname = Michael Paul Lookinland
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|12|19}}
| birth_place = [[Mount Pleasant, Utah]], U.S.
| yearsactive = 1969–present
| known_for = [[Bobby Brady]] in ''[[The Brady Bunch]]''
| occupation = Actor
| family =
| spouse = {{marriage|Kelly Wermuth|1987}}
| children = 2
}}
'''Michael Paul Lookinland'''<ref name=filmref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/61/Mike-Lookinland.html|title= Mike Lookinland Biography (1960-)|publisher=FilmReference.com}}</ref> (born December 19, 1960)<ref name=biography.com>{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/mike-lookinland-21330059|title=Mike Lookinland: Actor, Television Actor (1960–)|work=[[Biography.com]]|publisher=[[A&E Networks]]|access-date=April 10, 2019}}</ref> is an American [[actor]]. He is best known for his role as the youngest brother, [[List of The Brady Bunch characters#Bobby Brady|Bobby Brady]], on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' from 1969 to 1974, and its many sequels and spinoffs.

== Early life ==
Lookinland was born in [[Mount Pleasant, Utah]]. His parents, Paul (principal at Steven White Junior High, Carson, California) and Karen were living in Los Angeles area and had come to visit family in nearby [[Spring City, Utah|Spring City]] over Christmas break 1960.<ref name=biography.com /> His grandfather was an administrator at [[LDS Hospital]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Utahn who was a 'Brady Bunch' star helps HGTV remodel the famous Brady house|url=https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2019/09/08/utahn-who-was-brady-bunch/|access-date=2021-09-22|website=The Salt Lake Tribune|language=en-US}}</ref> He has two siblings: sister Theresa and brother Todd,<ref name=biography.com /> who starred in ''[[The Blue Bird (1976 film)|The Blue Bird]]'' with [[Elizabeth Taylor]]. Lookinland, who grew up as a member of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], began working as an actor at age seven, and by age nine, he had appeared in numerous television commercials for such products as toys, [[Cheerios]] cereal, and [[Band-Aid]] bandages.<ref name=biography.com />

== Career ==
[[File:The Brady Bunch Mike Lookinland 1973.jpg|left|thumb|Lookinland's most famous role is as youngest son Bobby Brady on ''[[The Brady Bunch]]''.]]
Lookinland was a TV-commercial actor before he was cast in ''[[The Brady Bunch]],'' having done around thirty commercials. He had been offered two roles - Eddie on [[The Courtship of Eddie's Father]] and Bobby on The Brady Bunch; his parents chose the latter, feeling it would be healthier for him to be around other children closer to his age rather than an only child on an all-adult cast (the role of Eddie eventually went to [[Brandon Cruz]]).<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Schwartz|first1=Lloyd|title=Brady, Brady, Brady: The Complete Story of The Brady Bunch as Told by the Father/Son Team who Really Know|last2=Schwartz|first2=Sherwood|publisher=Running Press|year=2010|isbn=978-0762439621}}</ref> He has naturally sandy-colored, wavy hair. Because his hair color did not match TV-siblings [[List of The Brady Bunch characters|Peter's]] or [[List of The Brady Bunch characters|Greg's]] natural dark brown color, his was dyed dark brown and straightened. Occasionally, the lights on set were so hot that his dye would run down his face.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Brady Bunch 35th Anniversary Reunion Special: Still Brady After All These Years - (9/29/2004)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqi9lpjmDbU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/sqi9lpjmDbU |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-10-22}}{{cbignore}}</ref> During the last two seasons of ''The Brady Bunch'', his natural hair color was allowed to show.

His brother, Todd Lookinland, appeared in a ''Brady Bunch'' episode that served as the pilot for a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] series, ''[[Kelly's Kids]]'', about a husband and wife with three boys: one white, one black, and one Asian. The series was not bought.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Brady Bunch Book|first1=Andrew J.|last1=Edelstein| first2=Frank|last2=Lovece|author-link2=Frank Lovece|year=1990|location=New York|publisher=[[Warner Books]]|isbn=0-446-39137-9|pages=231–232}}</ref>

Lookinland provided the voice of Oblio in the 1971 [[animated]] film ''[[The Point!]].'' Shortly after the final season of ''The Brady Bunch'' wrapped filming, he appeared alongside [[Jennifer Jones]] and [[Paul Newman]] in the 1974 disaster film blockbuster ''[[The Towering Inferno]]'' and on the 1970s TV show ''[[The Secrets of Isis]].''

Lookinland continued to reprise his role as Bobby Brady in the show's many sequels and spin-offs. In 1976, he was uninterested in participating in ''[[The Brady Bunch Hour]]'', so he asked for double the offered salary in hopes his role would be recast, however, instead his request was accepted and resulted in increased salaries for all cast members.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Nichelson|first=Ted|title=Love to Love You Bradys: The Bizarre Story of the Brady Bunch Variety Hour|publisher=ECW Press|year=2009|isbn=978-1-55022-888-5}}</ref> He also reprised his role in the 1981 TV movie ''[[The Brady Girls Get Married]]'', the 1988 Christmas special ''[[A Very Brady Christmas]]'' and again in the 1990 sequel series ''[[The Bradys]]'', in which Bobby Brady was involved in a racing-car accident, which made him a wheelchair user throughout the series. Lookinland spent several years as a television camera operator and made an uncredited appearance in the 2000 TV movie ''[[Growing Up Brady (film)|Growing Up Brady]]'' as a camera operator filming an episode of ''The Brady Bunch''.<ref name=biography.com /> He also joined with the other ''Brady Bunch'' cast in the 2019 television series ''[[A Very Brady Renovation]]'' on [[HGTV]].<ref name=Sun2019>{{cite news|author=Lee, Luaine|title=Bradys go 'home' again for HGTV|work=[[Baltimore Sun]]|date=September 8, 2019|page=A&E 4}}</ref>

Having left show business, Lookinland operates a business (as of 2019) that makes decorative concrete in [[Salt Lake City]], Utah.<ref name=Sun2019 /><ref>{{cite news |first=Joe |last=Nasvik |work=Concrete Construction |title=Paul Lundy and Mike Lookinland; Concrete in Counters, Santa Clara, Utah Just Add Water, Salt Lake City, Utah |url=http://www.concreteconstruction.net/concrete-construction/paul-lundy-and-mike-lookinland.aspx |date=April 8, 2009 |access-date=December 27, 2014}}</ref> In 2021, Lookinland returned to the world of acting by starring in the [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] Christmas movie, ''Blending Christmas'', alongside his ''Brady Bunch'' co-stars [[Barry Williams (actor)|Barry Williams]], [[Christopher Knight (actor)|Christopher Knight]], [[Susan Olsen]], and [[Robbie Rist]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Marcus|date=2021-05-19|title=Lifetime reunites High School Musical, Brady Bunch stars for holiday movies|url=https://ew.com/tv/lifetime-holiday-movies-reunite-high-school-musical-brady-bunch-stars/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-22|website=Entertainment Weekly|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Lookinland graduated from [[Chadwick School]] in 1978, an [[independent school]] located in [[Palos Verdes Peninsula]] in [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Chadwick Community School Yearbook 1974|year=1974|location=California}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nndb.com/edu/345/000118988/|title=Chadwick School|website=www.nndb.com|access-date=2019-09-25}}</ref> During the Brady Bunch years, he also attended [[Hollywood Professional School]] alongside his TV siblings [[Maureen McCormick]], [[Christopher Knight (actor)|Christopher Knight]] and [[Susan Olsen]]. After graduating from high school, Lookinland wanted to leave Los Angeles, so he moved to [[Salt Lake City, Utah]] to attend the [[University of Utah]], but dropped out in order to pursue a career as a production assistant and camera operator.<ref name=biography.com /><ref name=":0" />

He wed on May 1, 1987, Kelly Wermuth (born 1962), an occasional actress. Together, they have two children, sons Scott Michael Lookinland (born July 6, 1990), who portrayed him in ''[[Growing Up Brady (film)|Growing Up Brady]]'' (2000), and Joseph Kelly "Joe" Lookinland (born August 6, 1993), both born in [[Utah]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/photos/27535/the-brady-bunch-cast-then-and-now/922771|title=Mike Lookinland as Bobby Brady from The Brady Bunch Cast: Then and Now|website=E! Online|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-25}}</ref><ref name="biography.com" /><ref name="myheritage">{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/kelly_wermuth|title=Kelly Wermuth|publisher=[[MyHeritage.com]]|access-date=April 10, 2019}}</ref><ref name="filmref" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/scott_michael_lookinland|title=Scott Michael Lookinland - Rotten Tomatoes|website=www.rottentomatoes.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-25}}</ref> The two worked together, with Lookinland as a production assistant and Wermuth as an [[Extra (acting)|extra]] on ''[[Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers]]'' and ''[[Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers]]''.<ref>{{Citation|title=Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) KILL COUNT|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT0gJbZDvL4|language=en|access-date=2019-09-25}}</ref>

Lookinland is a self-described [[Deadhead]], having attended more than 100 [[Grateful Dead]] concerts and shows.<ref>[http://wgnradio.com/2016/08/19/mike-lookinland-aka-bobby-brady-the-bunch-grateful-dead-and-appearance-in-wheaton-this-weekend/ "Mike Lookinland AKA Bobby Brady: The Bunch, Grateful Dead and His Appearance in Wheaton this Weekend"], [[WGN Radio]], August 19, 2016.</ref> In 1989, the California [[skate rock]] band Wonderful Broken Thing recorded their debut full-length album "Looking For Mike Lookinland"; several songs from this album were featured on the [[H-Street]] video "Hokus Pokus."<ref>[https://getsongbpm.com/artist/wonderful-broken-thing/16rmj Artist: Wonderful Broken Thing]</ref>

On November 9, 1997, shortly after 7:30 p.m., after leaving the set of [[Promised Land (1996 TV series)|Promised Land]] in [[St. George, Utah]], where he worked as first assistant cameraman, Lookinland was driving in his 1990 [[Ford Bronco#Fourth generation (1987)|Ford Bronco]] on [[Utah State Route 18]], 35 miles north of St. George, when he looked down to adjust the radio as he was approached a curve and drifted onto the left shoulder, he then overcorrected when trying to steer back onto the pavement and rolled at least two times off the right side of the road. His [[blood alcohol content]] was 0.258, more than three times over Utah's legal limit of 0.08. After being treated for cuts and bruises at [[Dixie Regional Medical Center]], he was booked into [[Purgatory Correctional Facility|Washington County Jail]], but released on a $1,550 bail.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1997-11-12|title='Brady Bunch' star faces DUI charge after rollover|url=https://www.deseret.com/1997/11/12/19345205/brady-bunch-star-faces-dui-charge-after-rollover|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-22|website=Deseret News|language=en}}</ref> In December, he completed court-ordered [[Drug rehabilitation|rehabilitation]] service and on May 27, 1998, was sentenced to 24 hours of community service and fined $1,500.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=June 11, 1998|title=CARY GRANT AT FIRST SIGHT|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1998-06-11-9806100402-story.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-22|website=Sun-Sentinel.com|language=en-US}}</ref> He cited this incident as having inspired him to stop drinking.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Dam|first1=Julie K.L.|last2=Miller|first2=Samantha|date=1999-12-13|title=The Family Still Matters|url=https://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20130034,00.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017103929/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20130034,00.html|archive-date=2008-10-17|access-date=2021-09-22|website=People}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-09-18|title=WATCH: This 'Brady Bunch' Star's Surprising New Career|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-lookinland-brady-bunch-career_n_3942350|access-date=2021-09-22|website=HuffPost|language=en}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1974
|''{{sortname|The|Towering Inferno}}''
|Phillip Allbright
|
|-
|1988
|''[[Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers]]''
|N/a
|Production assistant<ref>{{Citation|title=Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) KILL COUNT|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT0gJbZDvL4|language=en|access-date=2019-09-25}}</ref>
|-
|1995
|''{{sortname|The|Brady Bunch Movie}}''
|Cop #3
|Scenes deleted
|-
|2003
|''[[Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star]]''
|Mike Lookinland
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1969–1974
|''{{sortname|The|Brady Bunch}}''
|[[List of The Brady Bunch characters#Bobby Brady|Robert 'Bobby' Brady]]
|Main role
|-
|1971
|''[[The_Point!#Animated_television_film|The Point]]''
|Oblio/Son (voice)
|TV film
|-
|1971
|''{{sortname|The|Boy from Dead Man's Bayou|nolink=1}}''
|Claude
|Disney TV film
|-
|1971
|''[[Funny Face (TV series)|Funny Face]]''
|Richie
|"A Crush on Sandy"
|-
|1971
|''Dead Men Tell No Tales''
|Bud Riley
|TV film
|-
|1972
|''{{sortname|The|ABC Saturday Superstar Movie}}''
|Bobby Brady (voice)
|"The Brady Kids on Mysterious Island"
|-
|1972–73
|''{{sortname|The|Brady Kids}}''
|Bobby Brady (voice)
|Main role
|-
|1975
|''[[Isis (TV series)|Isis]]''
|Tom Anderson
|"How to Find a Friend"
|-
|1976–77
|''{{sortname|The|Brady Bunch Hour}}''
|Bobby Brady
|Main role
|-
|1977
|''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]''
|Patrick
|"Times of Change"
|-
|1981
|''{{sortname|The|Brady Girls Get Married|The_Brady_Bunch#The_Brady_Girls_Get_Married_.2F_The_Brady_Brides}}''
|Bobby Brady
|TV film
|-
|1988
|''{{sortname|A|Very Brady Christmas}}''
|Bobby Brady
|TV film
|-
|1989
|''[[Day by Day (American TV series)|Day by Day]]''
|Bobby Brady
|"A Very Brady Episode"
|-
|1990
|''{{sortname|The|Bradys}}''
|Bobby Brady
|Main role
|-
|1994
|''{{sortname|The|Stand|The Stand (1994 miniseries)}}''
|Sentry #1
|"The Stand"
|-
|1994
|''[[The Gambler (film series)#Gambler V: Playing for Keeps .281994.29|Gambler V: Playing for Keeps]]''
|Bosun
|TV film
|-
|2000
|''[[Growing Up Brady (film)|Growing Up Brady]]''
|Camera Man
|TV film
|-
|2019
|''[[A Very Brady Renovation]]''
|Mike Lookinland
|TV series
|-
|2021
|''[[Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/reviews/drag-race-brady-bunch-crossover-episode-tv-review-1235007421/crossover-episode-tv-review-1235007421/|title = 'Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch' Delivers a Satisfying Twist on a Beloved Sitcom: TV Review|date = 30 June 2021}}</ref>
|Bobby Brady
|[[Paramount Plus]] TV special
|-
|2021
|''Blending Christmas''
|Andrew
|TV film
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0519654}}
* [http://www.justaddwater.us/ Just Add Water Custom Concrete]
* [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/celebrity/television/mike-lookinland The Smoking Gun: Mike Lookinland Arrested]

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