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From: Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Dabney Coleman R.I.P.
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Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 18:45:21 -0400
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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