<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> Actor (1978--1985, 2002) writer, producer, director (1986 - present) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Tracy Boomer (4 children) </Td> </Tr> <P> Linwood Boomer (born October 9, 1955) is a Canadian - American television producer, writer, and former actor . He is well 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 . </P> <P> Boomer was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the third of four children . He was enrolled in a gifted program at school . His mother is named Eileen . </P>

Who played adam on little house on the prairie