Matthew Cowles obit

Matthew Cowles, Actor and Husband of Christine Baranski, Dies Matthew Cowles, a soap opera star and the husband of actress Christine Baranski, died at age 69 on May 22.

He was not on the list.

Mr. Cowles played Billy Clyde Tuggle on the daytime soap "All My Children" for many years. He was twice nominated for Daytime Emmys for his work, in 1978 and 1981.

Other daytime drama gigs included "Loving" and "The Bold and the Beautiful."

On the big screen Mr. Cowles had roles in "Nurse Betty," "Shutter Island," "The Juror" and "The Cowboy Way."

On the stage, he played the title role in Malcolm, Edward Albee's short-lived 1965 Broadway adaptation of James Purdy's novel. He subsequently appeared in Broadway revivals of Sweet Bird of Youth and The Time of Your Life.

Off-Broadway, he was in the original production of Israel Horovitz's The Indian Wants the Bronx, acting alongside Al Pacino and John Cazale. His most recent New York stage appearance was in The Taming of the Shrew, a Theatre For a New Audience production at the Duke on 42nd Street in 2012.

He was nominated for a 1976 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for Dirty Jokes, at the Academy Festival Theatre in Chicago.

Matthew Cowles was born on Sept. 28, 1944, in New York City, NY, as Matthew Chandler Cowles.

He married Baranski in 1983, and the two have two children together. Baranski survives him. He was previously married to the actress Kathleen Dezina.

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

 

    All My Children (1977–1980, 1984, 1989–1990, 2011) as Billy Clyde Tuggle

    As the World Turns (1983) as Lonnie

    Love on the Run (1985) as Yancy

    Loving (1986–1987) as Eban Japes

    Lonesome Dove (1989) as Monkey John

    Asylum, a 1991 episode of Law & Order as Christian 'Lemonhead' Tatum

    The Bold and the Beautiful (1997) as Curtis Love

    Oz (2003) as Willy Brandt

    Life on Mars (2008–2009) as Cowboy Dan

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2007 Season 9 episode 15) as Cyrus Wert

 

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

Plays

 

    Mexican Standoff at Fat Squaw Springs

    Our Daily Bread

    Noblesse Oblige