Re: Dabney Coleman R.I.P.

Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Nyssa  <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net> wrote:

Adam H. Kerman wrote:
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super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
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Thought he was worth a mention in here even if nobody else
bothered to.

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Maybe it's because he was described by the NYT as "the
actor audiences loved to hate."

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Must have been because of the "9 to 5" role, I certainly
never hated him.

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9 to 5 was a lousy movie.
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Coleman absolutely played unsympathetic characters but he
was a terrific actor.
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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).

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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.
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Nyssa, who wonders whatever happened to the child actor
who played Jimmy Joe Jeeter on that show
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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