Matthew Cowles
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Cowles and Jennifer West in the play Malcolm in 1966.
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| Born |
September 28, 1944 New York City, New York |
| Died | May 22, 2014 (aged 69) New York City, New York |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1969–2014 |
| Spouse(s) |
Kathleen Dezina (1980-?; divorce) Christine Baranski (1983-2014; his death) |
| Children | 2 |
Kathleen Dezina (1980-?; divorce)
Matthew Cowles (September 28, 1944 – May 22, 2014) was an American actor and playwright.
The son of actor and theatre producer Chandler Cowles, he was born in New York City.
In 1980, he married actress Kathleen Dezina, his All My Children co-star.
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 banking and the Cowles Publishing Company. He was an enthusiastic motorcycle rider. Matthew Cowles died from congestive heart failure on May 22, 2014.
Cowles taught religious education at the Church of the Nativity.
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 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.
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