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From: Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net>
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Subject: Re: Dabney Coleman R.I.P.
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Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 21:18:01 -0400
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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)