A native of Ohio, Terry Ray, at the age of 18 co-starred with Patricia Heaton as a singing Chinese cook masquerading as a Native American. After graduating in Theatre Arts from the University of Cincinnati & Conservatory, Terry was an acting intern at Playhouse on the Square and performed in several regional theaters before settling in Los Angeles. In over 90 plays he as appeared with stars such as Dixie Carter, Elaine Stritch and Matthew Perry. A four day stint in 1987 on the game show Scrabble led to an unleashed Ray outing himself on national television. He received bags of fan mail. AfterElton has listed his appearance as number 3 on their top 10 list of Greatest Gay Moments in the History of Game Shows, right after Paul Lynde and Charles Nelson Reilly in a series of spoofs of Dawn's classic sitcom called "She's Still on That Freakin' Island". He has a new series coming out soon called "TV Therapy" with guest stars such as Dawn Wells and Erin Murphy. Terry Ray's first work as a playwright, "Electricity", premiered in 2016 to rave reviews in Los Angeles and was held over for an 11 week run. Beginning in 2017 "Electricity" also began playing as an immersive theatre experience inside a real hotel room in Palm Springs. In 2018 will return to the stage in Columbus, Ohio's Evolution Theatre with Ray performing in the role he originated.
Terry Ray is the voice of the Gaydar Gun toy and the writer of its hundreds of Oracles of Truth. The toy was created by Terrys brother Bret Ray and is based on Terry and Larry LaFonds short film "Gaydar".
In its 2010 article "The 5 Weirdest Game Show Contestants Ever" Movieline gave Terry Ray the #5 position for his outrageous 4 day stint as a contestant on "Scrabble" back in 1987.
