Paul Eiding

Eiding was inspired to become an actor by his experience serving in the United States Army's 3rd Infantry Division in Würzburg, Germany. During this time, he joined a performing group named the Marne Glee Club. Although he was one of the youngest G.I.s in the group, he was soon promoted to a directing position due to his music background. The group performed across Germany, Belgium, Denmark, and northern France for soldiers and civilian audiences.{{cite web |url=https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/interview/45546/hearing_is_believing__paul_eiding |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103124904/https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/interview/45546/hearing_is_believing__paul_eiding#.VFd5zB_P09E |title=Hearing is believing |last=Reljic |first=Teodor |website=Malta Today |publisher=Media Today |date=October 29, 2014 |archive-date=November 3, 2014 |access-date=February 27, 2023 |url-status=live}}

During the 1970s, Eiding was a prolific commercial actor, appearing in advertisements for snowmobiles, granola bars, department stores, and clothing.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119568769/actor-thrives-on-theater-of-today/ |title=Actor thrives on theater of today |first=Barbara |last=Lundquist |newspaper=Wausau Daily Herald |location=Wausau, Wisconsin |date=September 9, 1977 |page=24}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104185428/paul-eiding-in-the-charmings/ |title=Features: Town & Country |last=Williams |first=Joanne |newspaper=Wausau Daily Herald |location=Wausau, Wisconsin |date=January 10, 1988 |page=37}} He also worked for theater groups across the Midwest, including Dudley Riggs's Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104187760/what-the-butler-saw-auditions/ |title=What the Butler Saw auditions |newspaper=Wausau Daily Herald |location=Wausau, Wisconsin |date=May 23, 1980 |page=19}} Eiding found the Brave New Workshop's improvisational approach exhausting, elaborating that "You have to take time off to think of new ideas. At Dudley Riggs we were doing nine shows a week". Before coming to Wausau, Wisconsin, Eiding played a small part aside Sylvester Stallone in the Norman Jewison film F.I.S.T., which was shot in Iowa. In Wausau, he led a number of workshops, and was a guest director for its community theater's production of the comedy-mystery What the Butler Saw in 1980. He was a director and actor for the Chanhassen Dinner Theater of Minneapolis, portraying Max Detweiler in its 1981 production of The Sound of Music.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104191219/chanhassen-sound-of-music/ |title=Artistic war of wills ends in Sound of Music |last=Vaughan |first=Peter |newspaper=The Minneapolis Star |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota |date=March 20, 1981 |page=27}} On February 2, 1981, Eiding hosted the Twin Cities' first award ceremony for distinguished achievement in local theater, which was held at the Children's Theatre Company.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119572791/childrens-theatres-500-hats-is-big/ |title=Children's Theatre's 500 Hats is big Kudos winner |last=Vaughan |first=Peter |newspaper=The Minneapolis Star |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota |date=February 3, 1981 |page=15}}

In 1983, Eiding starred in a dual role as Joshua and Cathy in Don Amendolia's Los Angeles production of Caryl Churchill's Cloud 9.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119572094/flying-high-on-cloud-nine/ |title=Flying High on Cloud Nine |first=Dan |last=Sullivan |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles, California |date=May 29, 1983 |page=228}} In the late 1980s, Eiding appeared in the short-lived ABC sitcom The Charmings as the neighbor Don Miller.

• F.I.S.T. (1978)
• The Personals (1982) as David
• Madhouse (1990) as Stark
• American Zombie (2007) as Hank Baker
• The Submarine Kid (2015) as Thunder Lake Mayor

• Adventures in Odyssey – Michael Horden
• Adam's Rib (radio adaptation)
• American Appetites (radio adaptation)
• Dinah Was (radio adaptation)

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