Patrick Labyorteaux (b. July 22, 1965 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. He has starred on TV and in film; his well known TV roles are on the hit NBC series Little House on the Prairie as Andrew 'Andy' Garvey from 1977-1981, and on the CBS hit series JAG as Lt. Cmdr. Bud Roberts from 1995-2005. Near the end of the series Patrick Labyorteaux's character lost his leg, leading to speculation that the actor had in fact lost his leg, but the show's spokesperson, Diane Ekeblad, stated, “I’m happy to report Patrick Labyorteaux has not suffered any injury regarding his leg. He’s just a very good actor,”
Patrick has starred in films; one of his well known roles is in the 1987 comedy film Summer School as football player Kevin Winchester. He also appeared in the 1989 cult film Heathers as mean jock Ram Sweeney.
Patrick has also done voices for cartoons like Spider-Man: The Animated Series and others.
Patrick is the brother of actor Matthew Laborteaux and actress Jane Laborteaux, and the son of Frances Marshall Laborteaux.
Patrick is married to actress Tina Albanese and they have a son together.
Some of the TV shows on which he has made guest appearances include Starsky and Hutch, 21 Jump Street, Living Single and Yes, Dear.
Brother of actor Matthew Laborteaux and Jane Laborteaux.
(11 July 2001) Patrick and Tina welcomed a son, Jeau Bennett, born at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA.
In 1992, he and his brother, actor Matthew Laborteaux, with whom he founded the Youth Rescue Fund, a charity dedicated to helping runaways, appeared before a House sub-committee to plead the case of runaways and raised $11 million for youth shelters across America.
Son of Frances Marshall.
His wife, Tina Albanese, was an associate producer of the show "JAG" (1995) and they kept their relationship a secret until it was revealed after they officially announced their engagement.
