- Before becoming a producer, Bobby was involved in the film business in the fields of production financing and completion bond guarantees.
- Before entering the film business, Bobby was an attorney engaged in private practice in New York City. Some of his legal practice involved representation for producers and film studios.
- Bobby's wife, Judy, has been a teacher or guidance counselor in the New York City public school system for more than fifty years.
- Before moving back to Manhattan in the late 1970s, Bobby, his wife Judy, and son James (Jimmy) lived in Far Rockaway, Queens for almost twenty years.
- Decided to withdraw from most film production when film budgets routinely exceeded $10 million, and budgets under that amount were becoming increasingly rare. The fiasco of Heaven's Gate (1980) (which he was not involved in) was a factor in his thinking.
- Essentially retired, living with his wife, Judy, on the UWS of Manhattan, New York City. (2012)
- Graduated from Harvard Law School.
- He established Everglades Productions for additional films, producing Georgy Girl (1966) and The Bofors Gun (1968) with the company.
- After being in the movie completion bond business, he went to work for Columbia Pictures and their television production arm, Screen Gems.
- His production company was called Play-Pix Productions, so named because he intended to use the company to produce both stage plays and motion pictures. While he produced several stage plays with the company, he only produced one film, The Uncle (1966), with the company.
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