A Look Back at the Life of Former Teen Idol Bobby Sherman ('Shindig!' and 'Here Comes the Brides')

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Bobby Sherman was introduced to the mainstream television audience on the classic TV family show, Here Come the Brides, which originally aired on ABC in the 1960s. Sherman, now 81 years old, became a teen idol music sensation and later switched careers with jobs in law enforcement and the medical field.

A Closer Look

Bobby Sherman was born Robert Cabot Sherman, Jr. on July 22, 1943.

A few decades later, Sherman would make his mark on TV on the ABC music series Shindig! That show was followed in 1968 by the one-hour family Western, Here Come the Brides, which also introduced the world to David Soul (who would later find stardom on TV's Starsky & Hutch).

Sherman also starred in ABC's short-lived 1970s sitcom, Coming Together, which was a spin-off from the network's very popular series, The Partridge Family.

However, before The Partridge Family made a music icon out of David Cassidy, Sherman was a teenage superstar on the American music charts with hit pop tunes like "La La La," "Little Woman," "Julie, Do Ya Love Me” and "Easy Come, Easy Go."

Switching Careers

Bobby Sherman later switched careers after his music and acting gigs subsided. He became a qualified EMT, and also served the Los Angeles Police Department, training police academy recruits in first aid and CPR.

Sherman trained as an EMT after learning CPR to be prepared in case one of his real-life children had an emergency and discovered that he enjoyed it.

Consequently, Sherman founded his own nonprofit volunteer EMT program, which trains police officers in emergency medicine and provides free medical care at public events, in 1989.

"There's not a better feeling in the world than when you're responsible for saving someone's life," he told Entertainment Weekly in 1994.

Here Comes the Police

In 1992, former Here Come the Brides star Bobby Sherman became a police officer and the chief medical training officer of the Los Angeles Police Department. Tulsa World reported that he didn't take a paycheck for that gig.

"It's a labor of love to be able to teach these officers how to patch people up," Sherman told The Washington Post in 1998. "There's not a better feeling in the world than knowing these people are out there, helping someone out, saving someone's life."

Conclusion

Unlike many former teen or child stars who are not as fortunate, Bobby Sherman survived the pressures of Hollywood and continues to live a long, fulfilling life.

Sherman is a father of two sons (whom he had with his first wife), both of whom have followed in their father's musical footsteps.