Eddie Sallia

Eddie was born in December of 1949 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Charles and Carroll Sallia. He has two younger brothers, Dan and Bill and a sister, Susan. When Eddie was 2 years old the family moved to Saratoga, California and later moved to the Los Angeles area. He went to various schools around Southern California and attended High School at Grover Cleveland in Reseda. While in High School Eddie was involved in gymnastics and was also a member of the speach and debate team where he came in first in Los Angeles and seventh in the state in Dramatic Interpretation. Eddie's first roll as an actor was Huckleberry Finn in a musical adaptation of "Tom Sawyer" which opened on his 14th birthday in 1964 at the Oxford Theatre in Hollywood, California. The production was directed by Tony Monaco. He later played roles as "Boy" in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot performed at the Valyermo Festival, directed by Tony Franke, Puck in Shakespear's Midsummer Nights Dream performed at summer stock at San Fernando Valley State College, William Croarkin, Director, the part of Tom in Ray Bradbury's "Device Out of Time" performed at the Coronet Theatre in Hollywood, Charles Rome Smith, Director, and as the Messenger in the Los Angeles Repertory Company production of "Tiger At The Gate", directed by Robert Ellenstein. His film credits include the part of Harry in the Disney production of Follow Me, Boys, Norman Tokar, director, as Willie in the TV series The Monroes, "Teach The Tigers" episode directed by Norman Foster, and as Paul in an episode of My Three Sons titled "Computer Picnic". After serving 6 years in the U.S. Navy at the end of the Vietnam War, Eddie re-entered civilian life as a husband with two lovely daughters. At that time he chose not to re-enter show business and has worked at various jobs and lived in various places over the years. He has owned two businesses. He currently calls Dundee, Oregon his home where he resides with his wife, Jo Anne on a one acre parcel surrounded by forest and vineyards.