Driscoll began using the name "Robert Driscoll" to distance himself from his youthful roles as "Bobby" (since 1951, he had been known to friends and family as "Bob", and in "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" – Early Space Conquerors, 1952, was credited as "Bob Driscoll"). He landed two final screen roles: with Cornel Wilde in "The Scarlet Coat" (1955) and opposite Mark Damon, Connie Stevens, and Frances Farmer in "The Party Crashers" (1958). In 1957, he appeared in an episode of the television series "The Silent Service" (S01 E15 "The Ordeal of the S-38").