Matthew Laborteaux

Matthew Laborteaux (born December 8, 1966) is an American actor who has starred in television and film. He is perhaps best known for portraying the character Albert Quinn Ingalls on the hit NBC series, Little House on the Prairie, from 1976 to 1983.

Career
Matthew Laborteaux 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, Laborteaux also starred in the short-lived 1980s television series, The Red Hand Gang and Whiz Kids, in addition to several made-for-television movies.

Laborteaux's most prominent film role was in the 1986 Wes Craven feature, Deadly Friend, as Paul Conway, a young genius who resurrects a dead girl using an artificial intelligence microchip from a robot he created that had been destroyed by a malicious neighbor.

During his most active years, Laborteaux made guest appearances on numerous television shows, including The Bob Newhart Show, Lou Grant, The Love Boat, Simon and Simon, Highway to Heaven, Amazing Stories, Night Court, and Silk Stalkings.

Most recently, Laborteaux has worked as a voice actor, providing characterizations in video games and animated features, and additional dialogue recording in film and television.

Personal life
Matthew Laborteaux is the adoptive son of Ronald Labyorteaux, an interior designer, and actress Frances Marshall. He is the younger brother of Patrick Labyorteaux, himself adopted, and Jane Laborteaux, both of whom are actors in their own right. Laborteaux was born with a congenital heart defect, which eventually healed on its own, and also exhibited symptoms of a developmental disorder, most likely autism, in his early years.

In 1992, Laborteaux and his brother 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.