How much is Mike Lookinland worth?
| Net Worth: | $1.5 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Actor |
| Date of Birth: | December 19, 1960 (age 62) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 5 ft 7 in (1.72 m) |
About Mike Lookinland
Mike Lookinland, whose full name is Michael Paul Lookinland, is an American actor, director, and writer. He rose to international popularity in the late 1960s when he joined the main cast of the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch. Throughout the next few years, he continued to reprise the leading role of Bobby Brady in a number of sequels, spin-offs, and documentaries that focused on that sitcom.
The actor became famous when he began acting on The Brady Show. Michael was born on December 19, 1960, in Mount Pleasant, Utah. He’s the son of Paul and Karen Lookinland. His father was a principal at the Steven White Junior High School in Carson, California, while his mother was a homemaker. He has two siblings, a brother named Todd and a sister named Theresa. Michale grew up as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah.
He wanted to become an actor at a very young age. Driven by his love for the film industry, he convinced his parents to sign him up for commercials and ads that can help him start off. The child actor began working at the age of 7 and just two years later, he was already given a lot more roles on commercials and television. Among some of the most popular commercials that he took part in were for Cheerios cereal, Band-Aid bandages, and child toys of various companies.
Apart from the fan-favorite sitcom from the late 1960s, the talented Mike Lookinland became rich from his many other roles on films and television series. His start in the film industry came at the age of nine when he auditioned for the widely-popular sitcom The Brady Bunch. At the age of nine, he was able to defeat hundreds of kids and win the role of Bobby Brady. He reprised the beloved character for five consecutive years and appeared in all 5 seasons and 117 episodes of the show.
Besides earning national popularity from the main role, Lookinland also made a lot of money from the show. He earned from his performance in the well-liked sitcom and also established himself which had his cast in the many more roles that followed. Despite the quantity of his appearances, it is estimated that Lookinland’s were quite low. He may have only earned an inflation adjusted $1 million from all of his early appearances up until he became a film actor.
Lookinland made his film debut in the 1974 disaster film The Towering Inferno. Over the course of his career, he only performed in three other films – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael (where he served as a production assistant) and Dickie Roberts: A Former Child Star. He was also supposed to be included in the 1995 The Brady Bunch Movie, however, the scenes involving him were deleted and didn’t make the cut.
Lookinland earned most of his money from his appearances in The Brady Bunch franchise. He appeared in The Brady Kids from 1972-73, The Brady Bunch Hour from 1976-77, The Brady Girls Get Married from 1981, The Brady Brides also from 1981, A Very Brady Christmas from 1988, and The Bradys from 1990.
Mike was an occasional director, producer, and additional crew during his successful career in the show business. His directing and producing debut came in the short sports film The Tallest Waves, which he wrote and created because of his passion for snowboarding. Towards the late 1990s and early 2000s, he became an acting camera (and electrical) assistant for multiple projects such as the mini-series The Stand, and the films The Rage, Little Secrets, Just a Dream, and Dark Matter.
Lookinland’s Total Net Worth
Mike Lookinland only has 24 acting credits to his name, although his role and association with The Brady Bunch franchise earned him a substantial sum. Perhaps all told, an inflation adjusted $3 million. That is including fees earned from appearances as himself on various others hows relating to Brady Bunch. He has likely earned another $400,000 from his appearances not relating to the show.
He married his wife, Kelly Wermuth, in 1987 and they have stayed together. His net worth has stayed intact and likely grown over the years, although he would have incurred lifestyle costs and so on over the last five decades of his career. As well as a tax rate in the highest bracket for his highest earning years in the 70s, for example.
Lookinland was involved in a car accident while more than three times over Utah’s legal drinking limit. He underwent court-ordered rehabilitation for alcohol. Overall, and all things considered, it is estimated that Lookinland likely has a net worth hovering around $1.5 million.
Being an actor, director, and writer, as well as part of the camera and electrical department, has helped the television star become so successful. After the original sitcom had ended, mainly because of the success it had in syndication, there were many sequels, spin-offs, and television reunion films documented.
Summing-Up
Mike Lookinland is best known for his participation in The Brady Bunch franchise – the original series and all of its other projects. His very first appearance on the show was at the age of nine, in 1969, which also marked his television debut. Impressing the directors and producers of the show with his fantastic acting abilities helped him land a leading role in the series and that truly changed his career. Since then, the film actor has ventured into other roles in the film industry and quickly became a familiar face on television.
