Bobby started in the hit television program Here Come the Brides (1968) from 1969-71. He also performed in an episode of The Partridge Family (1970) (The Partridge Family: A Knight in Shining Armor (1971)) which was used as a pilot for his spin-off series Getting Together (1971). In the ’80s, he was a regular on the short-lived Sanchez of Bel Air (1986).

Bobby was promoted to Captain on the Los Angeles Police Department, where he taught CPR and life saving techniques to incoming academy recruits. For a few years, he was also one of the members of the Teen Idol Tour, which also included Peter Noone, Davy Jones and, then later, Micky Dolenz replacing Jones. Bobby is the father of two grown sons, both of them following their famous father into the music industry.