Kirk Diedrich

Kirk Diedrich began his acting career at an early age, when he was cast as Patent Clerk #2 in his elementary school production of "Thomas Edison: The Electric Light Man." His teacher was so impressed with his ability to remember lines and not screw them up in front of parents, she cast him as John McHenry, the Ed Sullivan/Ed McMahonesque host of "That's Entertainment!" the following year. But, his rise to success was halted quickly when, the following year, he was not picked as one of the irascibly cute Von Trapp children for a local community theater's production of The Sound of Music. Stunned that they didn't recognize his brilliance, he retreated from the limelight and consoled himself with books and doodling. Alas, the call of the stage was constant and he was unable to resist the roar of the greasepaint and the smell of the crowd. In high school, he was drafted by his singing teacher into a production of Li'l Abner where he played one of the "before" husbands. After abandoned att