Linwood Boomer (b. October 9, 1956) is a Canadian-born television producer, writer, actor, and creator of the Fox television series Malcolm in the Middle (2000). He was the executive producer of the U.S. version of the 1992 Red Dwarf TV pilot. He was credited as Lindwood Dalton during his stint as Jared Markson (1984-1985) on The Young and the Restless. [1] Boomer is known amongst his friends as the king of the "booger joke," in which you place a booger on a co-worker/colleague in a clandestine manner. October 9 is the 282nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (283rd in leap years). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ... Malcolm in the Middle was an American situation comedy created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Red Dwarf is a British science fiction sitcom that ran for eight series, from 1988 to 1999. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... The Young and the Restless (commonly abbreviated to Y&R) is an American soap opera that takes place in Genoa City, Wisconsin (named after a vacation spot that series creators William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell visited annually). ...

Boomer first became well known to the American public in his role as Adam Kendall (1978-1981), the teacher turned husband of Mary Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Little House on the Prairie Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Little House on the Prairie Little House on the Prairie (1935) is a childrens book by Laura Ingalls Wilder. ...

He started the series playing a blind teacher, but regains his sight later in the series and goes to law school.

Early years

Boomer was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the second youngest of four children. His mother is Eileen. He was enrolled in a gifted program in school. This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ...

He is married to Tracy Katsky and is the father of Gideon, Nolan and, introducing The Boo as herself.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Linwood Boomer at the Internet Movie Database
• Linwood Boomer at TV.com
• Interview from Red Dwarf Smegazine 1992
• Interview with Kyle Sullivan
• Hollywood Reporter Interview from February 2004
• Malcolm in the Middle bio page