Linwood Boomer
Definition
A Canadian-American television producer, writer, and actor, best known for creating the widely acclaimed sitcom 'Malcolm in the Middle'.
A former child actor notable for his role as Adam Kendall on the historical drama series 'Little House on the Prairie'.
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Linwood Boomer managed to transition from playing the blind Adam Kendall to creating a show about the chaotic, non-filtered lives of the Wilkerson family, proving that one man's traumatic prairie upbringing is another man's Emmy-winning script.
Having observed Michael Landon's rather intense behavior on the set of Little House on the Prairie, Linwood Boomer decided that if he ever ran his own show, he would keep the drama strictly on the scripted page.
It is a rare feat for a multi-millionaire producer to have a resume that bridges the gap between 1800s frontier struggles and the suburban suburban neurosis of the early 2000s, but Linwood Boomer navigated both with surprising efficiency.