![]() ![]() Labyorteaux also appears on The Red Hand Gang for 12 episodes in 1977 and on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman for 23 episodes that same year. He had a pretty busy schedule the following few years, appearing on shows like NBC Special Treat, The Practice, Doc, The Bob Newhart Show, Most Wanted, and Mulligan’s Stew from 1976 to 1977. He followed that up with a guest spot on shows The Rookies and Phyllis in 1975. His first big role came in 1974 when he played Angelo Longhetti in the Academy Award-winning drama film A Woman Under the Influence. Not too bad for a kid still in the single digits in age. Thankfully, by the time he was seven, he was walking and talking just fine, and was ready to start his acting career.Īt the young age of seven Matthew started going to commercial casting calls with his brother Patrick. Not only did he survive being born with a hole in his heart, but had an early autism diagnosis due to not walking until he was three years old or talking until he was five years old. Let’s see what Matthew has been doing since his time in the old Midwest.īorn in Los Angeles, California, on December 8, 1966, Matthew Charles Labyorteaux was adopted by actress Frances Marshall and talent agent Ronald Labyorteaux. Playing one of the children on the hit show must have been a dream come true for the kid, but his time on the prairie was done before he was even twenty years old. The show had plenty of child actors on board, and newcomer Matthew Labyorteaux was one to watch. The show had star power with old pros Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle. The American drama about Midwest life in the late 1800s was loved by audiences, so much so that three TV movies followed in later years. Not many shows can say they lasted a decade and over 200 episodes, but the TV adaption of the book Little House on the Prairie is one of them. ![]()
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