Matthew Labyorteaux

Matthew Laboryteaux (aka Laborteaux)
Labyorteaux and Katy Kurtzman on Little House on the Prairie, 1977
Born	Matthew Charles Labyorteaux (1966-12-08) December 8, 1966 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1972–present
Known for	Role of Albert Quinn Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie

Matthew Charles Laboryteaux (born December 8, 1966) is an American film and television actor and voice artist.^[1][2] In many of his credits, his last name is spelled as "Laborteaux".^[3]

He may be best known for portraying Albert Quinn Ingalls^[4] on Little House on the Prairie from 1978-83.

Career

Labyorteaux began working in commercials at the age of seven, having been discovered while accompanying his older brother, Patrick Labyorteaux, to a casting call. He shortly thereafter landed his first dramatic role in A Woman Under the Influence, where he played one of Peter Falk and Gena Rowlands' children.

Aside from his tenure on Little House on the Prairie, Labyorteaux also starred in the short-lived television series The Red Hand Gang (1977) and Whiz Kids (1983–84), in addition to several made-for-television movies. His most prominent film role was in Wes Craven's Deadly Friend (1986), as Paul Conway, a young genius who resurrects a dead girl using an artificial intelligence microchip from a robot he created that had previously been destroyed by a malicious neighbor.

He made guest appearances on numerous television shows, including The Rookies, The Bob Newhart Show, Mulligan's Stew, Lou Grant, Here's Boomer (spin-off of The Red Hand Gang), The Love Boat, Simon & Simon (crossover episode with Whiz Kids), Highway to Heaven, Night Court, Paradise, and Silk Stalkings.

More recently, Labyorteaux has worked as a voice actor, providing characterizations in video games and animated features, additional dialogue recording in film and television, and voice-over in advertisements.

Personal life

Labyorteaux was born in Los Angeles, the adopted son of Ronald Labyorteaux (1930–1992), an interior designer and talent agent, and actress Frances Marshall (1927–2012). He is the younger brother of Patrick (also adopted and also an actor), and Jane. According to a biography about Matthew published by A&E Television Networks, "[h]e was diagnosed as being autistic, and experts told his parents that Labyorteaux might never lead a normal life."^[4] An article in People magazine from 1978 said he was thought to be fully autistic for the first five years of his life.^[5]

Labyorteaux is a skilled video game player. In October 1981 he finished in tenth place for Centipede at the Atari, Inc. world championships. In April 1982, he became the United States Pac-Man champion at a People-sponsored tournament, with a score of 1,200,000.^[6]

In 1992, Matthew and Patrick founded the Youth Rescue Fund (currently partnered with Los Angeles Youth Supportive Services), a charity organization that assists young people in crisis, and they have since engaged in fundraising for youth shelters across the U.S.

Filmography

Accolades

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Matthew Labyorteaux.

• Matthew Labyorteaux at the Internet Movie Database