Matthew Cowles

The son of actor and theatre producer Chandler Cowles, he was born in New York City. ==Career==

In 1966 Cowles played the title role in Edward Albee's short-lived adaptation of James Purdy's comic novel Malcolm on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre. In 1968, he appeared with Al Pacino and John Cazale in Israel Horovitz's The Indian Wants the Bronx. In 1983, Cowles joined The Mirror Theater Ltd's Mirror Repertory Company for their first repertory season, performing in Paradise Lost, Rain, Inheritors, and The Hasty Heart. Cowles' first television part was Joe Czernak in the series NYPD in 1969. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy as Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series in 1978 and as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series in 1981, both for his part as Billy Clyde Tuggle in All My Children, a role that he created and wrote. ==Personal life==

In 1983, he married actress Christine Baranski with whom he had two daughters, Isabel (born 1984) and Lily (born 1987). In a New York Times profile of his wife, he was described as "the black sheep member of a family with ties to Cowles publishing and Drexel banking". He was an enthusiastic motorcycle rider. Cowles was a devout Catholic and taught religious education at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Connecticut. ==Death==

Matthew Cowles died from congestive heart failure on May 22, 2014. ==Filmography==

Film • Me, Natalie (1969) as Harvey Belman • The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) as Pete • The Happy Hooker (1975) as Albert Ruffleson • Slap Shot (1977) as Charlie • The World According to Garp (1982) as O. Fecteau • ''Eddie Macon's Run'' (1983) as Ray Banes • The Money Pit (1986) as Marty • Stars and Bars (1988) as Beckman Gage • White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994) as Lloyd Halverson • The Cowboy Way (1994) as Popfly • The Juror (1996) as Rodney • Nurse Betty (2000) as Merle • Shutter Island (2010) as Ferry Boat Captain Television ==Stage credits==

• Malcolm (1966) Broadway as Malcolm. • The Indian Wants the Bronx (1968), Astor Place Theatre • The Time of Your Life (1969) as Dudley • Sweet Bird of Youth (1975–1976) as Tom Junior • Dirty Jokes (1976) at the Academy Festival Theatre in Chicago, Illinois ==Bibliography==