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From: Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Dabney Coleman R.I.P.
Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 23:48:49 -0400
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Nyssa wrote:
> Robin Miller wrote:
> 
>> Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>> Nyssa  <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net> wrote:
>>>> Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> 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