Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.karotte.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Robin Miller Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Dabney Coleman R.I.P. Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 11:18:56 -0400 Lines: 111 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net /upMNf1NEonkvH6/xDkd4gwHbEKC7l+5BBtZu8c49jFwUuzU31 Cancel-Lock: sha1:EGCog6tu8fEVP4nSphwTtKr+XmU= sha256:ktJKrvG1vTZGJD7w1rtlejw9FQt6DPboo0fGOaEcD4I= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/91.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.18.2 In-Reply-To: Bytes: 4369 Nyssa wrote: > Robin Miller wrote: > >> Nyssa wrote: >>> Robin Miller wrote: >>> >>>> Adam H. Kerman wrote: >>>>> Nyssa wrote: >>>>>> Adam H. Kerman wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> super70s wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thought he was worth a mention in here even if >>>>>>>> nobody else bothered to. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Maybe it's because he was described by the NYT as >>>>>>>> "the actor audiences loved to hate." >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Must have been because of the "9 to 5" role, I >>>>>>>> certainly never hated him. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 9 to 5 was a lousy movie. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Coleman absolutely played unsympathetic characters >>>>>>> but he was a terrific actor. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As this is a tv newsgroup, let's recall his two tv >>>>>>> series, Buffalo Bill and The Slap Maxwell story >>>>>>> (which gave the world Meaghan Gallager and her >>>>>>> glorious long hair). >>>>>> >>>>>> The first time Coleman pinged my radar was when he >>>>>> played the con-man father of a child evangelist on >>>>>> "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman." >>>>> >>>>> Good point. This was mentioned in the obits and I >>>>> forgot to include it. >>>>> >>>>>> Another sleazy character, but as always, played to >>>>>> perfection. >>>>>> >>>>>> Nyssa, who wonders whatever happened to the child >>>>>> actor who played Jimmy Joe Jeeter on that show >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> He stopped acting in 1986, when he was probably 18: >>>> >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparky_Marcus >>>> >>>> Maybe went to college? >>>> >>>> Someone with his birth name (Marcus Issoglio) appears to >>>> be a physical therapist living in Yreka, California, >>>> according to LinkedIn: >>>> >>>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-issoglio-091b3731/ >>>> >>>> >>>> --Robin >>>> >>>> >>> Thanks, Robin! Good detective work. ;) >>> >>> I was impressed with his acting chops on "Mary Hartman, >>> Mary Hartman," but never saw him in any other role. >>> >>> It sounds like he made the decision for himself and >>> landed on his feet with an in-demand career choice. >>> Good for him! >>> >>> Nyssa, who is always pleased to read about a good >>> outcome for talented child actors when they choose >>> a different career path as an adult (knowing that >>> the story doesn't always end well for many kids in >>> the business) >>> >>> >> >> And the person on LinkedIn went to high school from >> 1983-1986, which is exactly the right age for him. And >> they're both from/in California. I bet that's the same >> person. >> >> --Robin >> >> > I'm confident that you're right. The real last name isn't > a common one. > > It's very nice to know that he's having a good life and > not a drug-addled derelict living in a gutter somewhere. :) > > I thought he was a talented kid when he was on the > Mary Hartman show in a fairly difficult role (serious kid > evangelist with a problematic father he wanted to please). > It seems he has other talents too and has built a stable > life for himself away from LA-LA Land. > > Thanks again for doing the digging and research! > > Nyssa, who always likes it when a mystery is solved with > a happy ending > You're most welcome! --Robin