Bobby Eilbacher

Robert Charles "Bobby" Eilbacher (born 1963 or 1964) is an American former child actor, best known as one of the earliest in the long list of actors portraying Days of Our Lives character Mike Horton.Long regarded as literally the first to do so,

Early life and career A native of Los Angeles, California, Eilbacher is the fourth of five children born to Beverly (née McCann) and Robert Charles Eilbacher. He is the younger brother of former actresses Lisa and Cindy Eilbacher. ). Regarding his performance, Variety's Morry Roth wrote that "Eilbacher [...] as a battered child proved W. C. Fields' admonitions on the dangers of competing with kids on camera."

Following an uncredited and negligible role in the CBS made-for-TV western horror film Black Noon and a minor one in the CBS series Emergency!, Eilbacher had one last high-profile appearance, made on his second Emergency appearance, on the episode entitled "Zero". Portraying Tommy Mannering, he is rescued from an apartment ledge while seemingly on the verge of suicide, a supposition angrily disputed by the boy's mother, portrayed by a young Mariette Hartley. ). Eilbacher plays Sigma, an escapee from a children-only community led by well-intentioned but dictatorial and bullying teenager Alpha. Attempts by some of the travelers to aid Sigma soon lead to their collective recapture and, eventually, threatened execution. Repeated efforts to reason with Alpha, followed by a seemingly futile physical challenge issued by 13-year-old, Scott Jordan Ike Eisenmann—eventually echoed by the like-aged Sigma and then an avalanche of similarly discontented youngsters—ultimately lead to a much more equitable status quo and a satisfying outcome for all concerned.

Filmography Days of Our Lives (7 episodes, 1970-1971) (TV) The Virginian (TV) Ep. 9.1 "The West vs. Colonel MacKenzie" (1970) – as Petey Gunsmoke (TV) Ep. 16.16 "Captain Sligo" (1971) – Tim Burney The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV) Ep 6.1 "Broken Melody" (1971) – Johnny Wilson Black Noon (1971) (TV movie) – Boy Emergency! (TV) Ep. 1.3 "Cook's Tour" (1972) – kid in handcuffs Ep. 3.10 "Zero" (1973) – Tommy Mannering Frankenstein (1973) (TV movie) – Boy Female Artillery (1973) (TV movie) – John Townsend The Lie (1973) (TV movie) – Henry ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1 episode, 1973) (TV) After School Special (1 episode, 1974) (TV) The Hanged Man (1974) (TV movie) – Benjamin Gault Series ep. 80 "What's It All About, Albert" (1975) – David Petrocelli (TV) Ep. "A Lonely Victim" (1975) – Billy Thorpe Hugo the Hippo (1975) – Additional English-version voice The Fantastic Journey (TV) Ep. 1.4 "Children of the Gods" (1977) – Sigma