Theodore J. Flicker

Birth Name:

Theodore Jonas Flicker

Birth Place:

Freehold Borough, New Jersey, United States

Profession

Director, Writer, Actor

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․"

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