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From: Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Dabney Coleman R.I.P.
Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 11:18:56 -0400
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Nyssa wrote:
> Robin Miller wrote:
> 
>> 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
>>
>>
> 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