Theodore J. Flicker Biography

Fast Facts

• Served in the United States Army during the early 1950s
• Was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Original Screenplay for "The President's Analyst" in 1968
• Attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he first met actress Joan Collins, whom he would later direct in the film "Up in the Cellar" in 1970
• Suffered from hypersensitivity pneumonitis, or "hot tub lung," as a result of his years of working with clay as a sculptor
• Began his career as an actor in improv groups and theater shows and later founded The Premise Theater in New York
• Started out as a writer and director on the film "The Troublemaker" in 1964
• Quote: "Making sculpture is one of the most satisfying and important aspects of my long, creative life․"
• Quote: "(On his first exposure to theater): "It was the fastest addiction in human history․ I loved that clapping of the hands․ And it carried me through to making a career․""
• Best known as the creator of "Barney Miller" and as the writer and director of "The President's Analyst․"
• During his later years, he wrote one of the first novels to be published and marketed on the internet, titled "The Good American․"