Sparky Marcus (real name Marcus Issoglio) is an American actor born December 6 1967 in Hollywood, California. He had a prolific career as a child actor.
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), Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976-77), Grandpa Goes to Washington (1978), The Bad News Bears and Goodtime Girls (1980).
As a voice actor for cartoons he is probably best known for his role as Richie Rich on The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Hour animated series (1980-1982). He later had regular roles as a voice actor on Space-Stars (1981), Saturday Supercade as the voice of Dexter on Space Ace, Challenge of the GoBots, The Puppy's New Adventures (1984) and The Get-Along Gang. (1984-86). TV guest appearances include Trapper John, M.D., Happy Days, WKRP in Cincinnati, What's Happening!!, Maude, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, The Bob Newhart Show, Eight Is Enough and Starsky and Hutch. Marcus also appeared in the feature films Freaky Friday (1976) and The Pinballs (1977), as well as in many TV movies, including The Stableboy's Christmas (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.
