Linwood Boomer

Linwood Boomer
Born	(1955-10-09)October 9, 1955 Vancouver, British Columbia,Canada
Occupations	Actor writer producer director
Years active	1978–present
Spouse	Tracy Katsky
Children	4

Linwood Boomer(born October 9, 1955) is a Canadian-born American film and television producer, writer, and actor. He is known for playing the role of Adam Kendall on the dramaLittle House on the Prairie,and for creating theFoxsitcomMalcolm in the Middle.

Early life

Boomer was born into a lower middle class family inVancouver, British Columbia,Canada, the third of four sons. He was enrolled in a gifted program at school. His mother is named Eileen. He was the middle child in his household. Boomer made a show based on his life story calledMalcolm in the Middle,which ran onFOXfrom January 2000 to May 2006.

Career

Boomer began his career as an actor. After playing Adam Kendall onLittle House on the Prairie,Boomer began working behind the camera in the television business.

Boomer's writing and executive producing credits includeNight Court,Flying Blind,The Boys Are Back,Townies,3rd Rock from the SunandGod, the Devil and Bob.He also created and executive produced the pilotsFamily Business,Nice Try,and the U.S. version ofRed Dwarf,and served as an executive producer underJames L. Brooksfor the pilot ofBig.He owns his own production company Satin City.

Boomer negotiated withCBSon a pilot order for a project that reunited him withGail Berman,the exec who shepherdedMalcolmduring her tenure atRegency TVand as programming chief at Fox. Boomer wrote the script and exec produced along with Berman andLloyd Braunfor theirBermanBraunshingle andUniversal Media Studios,where BermanBraun is based. DubbedThe Karenskys,the multi-camera comedy would revolve around a daughter's return to the fold of her large, eccentric, ethnic family after her husband takes a job in her hometown. It was directed byPamela Frymanand starredAnnie Potts,Desi Lydic,Jack Thompson,Mather Zickel,Sasha Alexander,Tinsley Grimes,andTodd Stashwick.

Malcolm in the Middle

Boomer based theFoxsitcomMalcolm in the Middleon his life story.The pilot episode of the seriespremiered on January 9, 2000, and was watched by 22.5 million viewers, while the second episode, "Red Dress" (premiered on January 16, 2000), was watched by 26 million viewers. Boomer wrote two episodes, starting with the pilot episode and then "Francis Escapes" and directed five episodes -- "Opera," "Stilts," "Reese vs. Stevie," "Bride of Ida," and the series finale, "Graduation." Boomer received aPrimetime Emmy AwardforOutstanding Writing for a Comedy Seriesfor the pilot episode. The series completed its six-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes.

Awards and nominations

Wins

• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in Comedy Series forMalcolm in the Middle( "Pilot" )

Nominations

• Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series forMalcolm in the Middle(2001)
• Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series forNight Court(1984)

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Suddenly, Love	Dave Busby	TV movie
1980	Hawaii Five-O	Nick Zano	episode: The Flight of the Jewels
1978–1981	Little House on the Prairie	Adam Kendall	35 episodes
1982	The Love Boat	Doug Bridges	episode: The Return of the Captain's Lady/Love Ain't Illegal/The Irresistible Man
1983	Fantasy Island	Alex Weston	episode: Eternal Flame/A Date with Burt
	Voyagers!	Dr. Thomas A. Watson	episode: Barriers of Sound
1985	The Young and the Restless	Jared Markson	Episode dated 8 April 1985
2006	Malcolm in the Middle	Loan Shark (as Enzo Stussi)	episode: Graduation
2018	Santa Clarita Diet	Mr. Whetherton	episode: The Queen of England

External links

• Linwood BoomeratIMDb
• Hollywood Reporter Interview from February 2004
• Malcolm In The Middle Voting Community - Fan Site