Sparky Marcus (born Marcus Issoglio; December 6, 1967) is an American former actor.

Early life

Marcus was born in

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Career

Marcus was well known for playing the role of the precocious child but also worked extensively as a voice actor for Hanna-Barbera throughout the 1980s. He started acting at five playing Shelby on '' Sigmund and the Sea Monsters'' (1973–1975). He also appeared on '' The Nancy Walker Show'' (1976), ''

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'' (1976–77) (Marcus played child evangelist Jimmy Joe Jeeter, who died of electrocution in the bathtub), '' Grandpa Goes to Washington'' (1978), '' The Bad News Bears'' and '' Goodtime Girls'' (1980).

Voice acting

As a voice actor for cartoons, he is probably best known for his role as Richie Rich from the Hanna Barbera series '' Richie Rich'' (1980–1982). He later had regular roles as a voice actor on '' Shirt Tales'' (1982–1984), '' Space Stars'' (1981), '' Saturday Supercade'' as the voice of Dexter on '' Space Ace'' (1984), '' Challenge of the GoBots'' (1984), ''

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'' (1983), '' The Reluctant Dragon'' (1981), '' Cabbage Patch Kids: First Christmas'' (1984), '' Banjo the Woodpile Cat'' (1979), '' CBS Library'' (1980–1982) and '' The Get Along Gang'' (1984–86).

Television guest appearances

Marcus has also made several TV guest appearances, including '' Trapper John, M.D.'', ''

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'', '' WKRP in Cincinnati'', '' What's Happening!!'', '' Maude'', ''

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'', '' The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Starsky and Hutch.''

Film roles

Marcus also appeared in the feature films '' Freaky Friday'' (1976) and ''

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'' (1977), as well as in many TV movies, including ''

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'' (1978) and '' Goldie and the Boxer'' (1979). His last movie role was a brief cameo as a bellboy in the 1983 Steve Martin comedy '' The Man with Two Brains.''

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcus, Sparky American male voice actors American male child actors American male film actors American male television actors 1967 births Living people Male actors from Hollywood, Los Angeles