Van der Linden worked as a camera man as well, for instance on the first full-length movie by Wim Verstappen, "De minder gelukkige terugkeer van Joszef Kàtus naar het land van Rembrandt" (1966). As a television maker, he is best known as the colleague of Schippers, Gied Jaspars, and Ruud van Hemert, the team that made groundbreaking and controversial shows such as "Hoepla" (1967), the first show in which a naked woman (model Phil Bloom) appeared, and absurdist comedy shows such as "De Fred Haché Show" (1971) and "Barend is weer bezig". He made a few shows for German television, then moved to Los Angeles where he invented the ScriptBoy, an electronic clapperboard. He died in Miami of a heart attack.