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Linwood M. 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 drama Little House on the Prairie, and for creating the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle.
Early life
Boomer was born into a lower-middle-class family in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the third of four sons. He was enrolled in
a gifted program at school. His mother is named Eileen. Boomer made a show
based on his life story called Malcolm in the Middle, which ran on FOX from
January 2000 to May 2006.
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Career
Boomer began his career as an actor. After playing Adam
Kendall on Little House on the Prairie, Boomer began working behind the camera
in the television business.
Boomer's writing and executive producing credits include
Night Court, Flying Blind, The Boys Are Back, Townies, 3rd Rock from the Sun, and God, the Devil and Bob. He also created and executive produced the pilots
Family Business, Nice Try, and the American version of Red Dwarf, and served as
an executive producer under James L. Brooks for the pilot of Big. He owns his
own production company, Satin City.
Boomer negotiated with CBS on a pilot order for a project
that reunited him with Gail Berman, the exec who shepherded Malcolm during her
tenure at Regency TV and as programming chief at Fox. Boomer wrote the script
and exec produced along with Berman and Lloyd Braun for their BermanBraun
shingle and Universal Media Studios, where BermanBraun is based. Dubbed The
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 by Pamela Fryman and starred Annie Potts, Desi
Lydic, Jack Thompson, Mather Zickel, Sasha Alexander, Tinsley Grimes, and Todd
Stashwick.
Malcolm in the Middle
Boomer based the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle on his
life story. The pilot episode of the series premiered on January 9, 2000, and
was watched by 22.5 million viewers, while the second episode, "Red Dress" (which 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 a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for
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 for Malcolm in the Middle ("Pilot")
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series for
Malcolm in the Middle (2001)
Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series for
Night Court (1984)
Filmography (as an
actor)
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
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