Patrick Labyorteaux

Labyorteaux was born on July 22, 1965, in Los Angeles, California to unknown biological parents.Beck, Marilyn. "'Unadoptable' child bright, new star of 'Prairie.'" The Tucson Arizona Daily Star. June 9, 1978. He was adopted at the age of nine months by Ronald "Ron" Labyorteaux (1930–1992), a talent agent, and Frances Mae "Frankie" Labyorteaux (1927–2012), an actress who used the stage name Frances Marshall.{{Cite web|url=http://littlehouseontheprairie.com/about-patrick-laborteaux-and-matthew-laborteaux/|title=About Patrick Laborteaux and Matthew Laborteaux|website=littlehouseontheprairie.com|date=July 22, 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=November 15, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/actress-frances-labyorteaux-dies-at-286955|title=Actress Frances Labyorteaux Dies at 85|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=November 15, 2018|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ladailynews/obituary.aspx?n=frances-mae-labyorteaux&pid=155738855|title=Frances Mae Labyorteaux Obituary|date=February 2, 2012|website=Legacy.com}} Little is known of his personal life before he was adopted, though his adoptive mother commented that when they first met Labyorteaux, he was suffering from malnutrition and had been labeled "unadoptable" by social workers.People, [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20071697,00.html "Landon's Little Kids"], September 11, 1978.Reilly, Sue. "Michael Landon's Amazing Kids." People Weekly. September 11, 1978 His brother, Matthew Labyorteaux, was adopted by Ronald and Frances in 1967, when he was 10 months old, and his sister, Jane Labyorteaux, at an unknown date.

Labyorteaux, also credited as Patrick Laborteaux in his early career, starred on television and in film. His well-known TV roles are on the hit NBC series Little House on the Prairie as Andrew "Andy" Garvey from 1977 to 1981, and on the CBS hit series JAG as Lt. Cmdr. Bud Roberts from 1995 to 2005, a role he reprised in three episodes of JAG's spin-off, NCIS. Other TV shows on which he has made guest appearances include Starsky & Hutch; 21 Jump Street; Living Single; Yes, Dear; Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman; The Love Boat; Ghost Whisperer; and iCarly.

He acted in films as well. He played Peter (Patrick's son), great nephew of Lucille Ball's character in the 1974 film Mame.{{cite news |title=Her nephew's son |date=July 28, 1973 |newspaper=Nanaimo Daily News}} One of his well-known roles is in the 1987 comedy film Summer School as football player Kevin Winchester alongside future JAG/NCIS costar Mark Harmon.{{cite news |title=Paramount announces Summer School |date=July 16, 1987 |newspaper=The Germantown News}} He appeared in the 1988 cult film Heathers as Ram Sweeney.{{cite news |last=Benson |first=Sheila |date=March 31, 1989 |title=Heathers gets lost in a moral thicket |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times}} He voices cartoons such as Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Godzilla: The Series and others.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}{{cite magazine |last=Couch |first=Aaron |date=November 1, 2014 |title=Spider-Man: The Animated Series cast reunites and reveals new project |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/spider-man-animated-series-cast-745604 |access-date=May 17, 2019}} In 2001 he co-wrote and starred in the feature film Hollywood Palms with his Summer School and Ski School co-star Dean Cameron.

Labyorteaux has been married to Tina Albanese, a TV producer, since 1998. They have one child, a son named Jeau Bennett Labyorteaux (b. 2001).{{Cite news |url=https://variety.com/2001/scene/people-news/jeau-bennett-labyorteaux-1117851454/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116001209/https://variety.com/2001/scene/people-news/jeau-bennett-labyorteaux-1117851454/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |title=Jeau Bennett Labyorteaux |date=August 20, 2001 |work=Variety |access-date=November 15, 2018 |language=en-US}}

In December 2024 on the YouTube channel Working Actors School, Labyorteaux claimed that while enrolled at a school geared towards child actors, his former Little House co-star Jason Bateman would throw garbage at him and bully him. Labyorteaux went on to say his friendship with Todd Bridges allowed them to team up one day against Bateman and throw him in a garbage can.

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