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Linwood Boomer
Age: 54
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Birth Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Born: Oct. 9th, 1955
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BIOGRAPHY: Linwood was the second youngest of four sons. He grew up with a strict mother, Eileen, and was enrolled in a gifted program at school. Linwood's first behind-the-scenes work was as writer and producer on the NBC series "Silver Spoons" (1982) (1985-86) and "Night Court" (1984) (1986-88). After developing an adaptation of the popular British sci-fi comedy "Red Dwarf" for American television that disappointingly didn't get past the pilot stage, Boomer moved on to the relatively short-lived sitcoms "Flying Blind" (1992) (Fox, 1992-93) and "The Boys Are Back" (1994) (CBS, 1994-95), writing episodes for both and serving as executive consultant of the former and co-executive producer of the latter. In 1996, he was one of the executive producers of the hit NBC sitcom "3rd Rock from the Sun" (1996) and the failed ABC entry "Townies" (1996). While he also served in the same capacity for the edgy but controversial animated series "God, the Devil and Bob" (2000) (NBC, 2000), he found immediate success with the envelope-pushing Fox family comedy "Malcolm in the Middle" (2000) (2000- ). A mid-season replacement, "Malcolm" quickly won an audience with its boldly realistic yet off-kilter comedy focused on a struggling middle-class family of six: high-strung disciplinarian mother Lois (Jane Kaczmarek); dim but well-meaning father Hal (Bryan Cranston); smart aleck eldest son Francis (Christopher Masterson) consigned to military school; bullying second-eldest son Reese (Justin Berfield), reluctant boy genius Malcolm (Frankie Muniz); and just plain weird youngest child Dewey (Erik Per Sullivan. The series steered clear of the traditional sitcom trappings as it was shot in a single-camera style, with no laugh track and with frequent fourth wall-breaking commentary by the title hero. "Malcolm in the Middle" (2000) set itself apart from its competitors with a fresh and consistently funny perspective and the remarkable performances by the entire cast. Perhaps this was in part because the show was loosely autobiographical for Boomer. Linwood continues to work behind the scenes on several TV show projects. He resides in Los Angeles.
TRIVIA:
- He was credited as "Lindwood Dalton" during his stint on the soap _"The Young and the Restless" (1973)_ (qv).
- Created the TV show _"Malcolm in the Middle" (2000)_ (qv) using his real-life family experiences.
- Although he has been working behind the scenes writing, and is the creator of the highly popular series _"Malcolm in the Middle" (2000)_ (qv), Linwood is best known as playing "Adam Kendall", 'Melissa Sue Anderson' (qv)'s blind husband on _"Little House on the Prairie" (1974)_ (qv).
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