Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Nyssa Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Dabney Coleman R.I.P. Followup-To: rec.arts.tv Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 18:45:21 -0400 Organization: At River's End Lines: 103 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Injection-Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 00:45:18 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="dba2d83b92d1c351b30caadec1e0db08"; logging-data="3790677"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19BiCqIbE5pc9l7oaUERhiT" User-Agent: KNode/4.3.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:EEQKU04iEpdsbK6v9dI2Eeb+BII= Bytes: 4236 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