Terry Ray (actor)

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Terry Ray
Born
Terry Wayne Ray

(1961-02-12) February 12, 1961 (age 62)
Occupation(s)actor, writer, producer, director
Years active1988—present
Website www.terryray.tv

Terry Ray (born February 12, 1961) is an American actor, screenwriter, playwright and producer. Some of his work includes Gaydar (2002) and the long-running play Electricity (2016). [1] [2] Gaydar appeared in over 120 film festivals around the world, winning numerous awards and was recently named by California Independent Film Festival as one of the Best Short Comedy Films of the Decade. Ray is the creator and writer of Here TV s sitcom From Here on OUT , the first original gay sitcom created by a gay network.[ citation needed ] Terry stars in the sitcom, along with Juliet Mills, Suzanne Whang and T.J. Hoban. Ray wrote and co-starred along with Dawn Wells in a series of spoofs of her classic Mary Ann character from Gilligan's Island called She's Still on That Freakin' Island. Terry is also the co-writer and stars in the series My Sister Is So Gay with Loni Anderson who plays his mother. [3] The show also stars Tilky Jones, Wendy Michaels, Debra Wilson and Rae Dawn Chong.

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Terry Ray is the playwright of the hit play Electricity which Ray has been starring in since 2016 and touring the country to rave reviews. Electricity has become the longest running play in Palm Springs.

Terry Ray's 1987 appearance on Scrabble is noted as number 3 in the 10 Great Gay Moments in Game Show History, after Charles Nelson Reilly and Paul Lynde. [4] In the same appearance, Terry was also named as one of the 5 Weirdest Game Show Contestants Ever, by Movieline. [5]

Terry’s first professional writing job was the stage performance “Hollywood Goes Classical" at the venerable Dorothy Chandler Pavilion starring Mickey Rooney, Michael York, Dean Jones, Rhonda Fleming and several other classic film stars. He wrote and starred in two more shows at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, one co-starring Amanda Bynes and the other Hilary Duff.

Each episode of Ray's series TV Therapy features a different classic TV character played once again by the original actor in therapy today with all the issues that character would have now. Guest stars include Erin Murphy as Tabitha from Bewitched, Dawn Wells as Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island, Ted Lange as Isaac from The Love Boat, Kathy Garver as Cissy from Family Affair, Juliet Mills as Nanny in Nanny and the Professor, Bob Bergen as Porky Pig, Wesley Eure and Kathy Coleman as Will and Holly from Land of the Lost, Butch Patrick as Eddie from The Munsters, Alexandra Paul as Stephanie from Baywatch, Johnny Whitaker as Johnny in Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, and Jon Provost as Timmy from Lassie. [6]

Terry is also the voice of the Gaydar Gun, a spinoff toy from the film Gaydar. [7]

Ray has acted in over 100 plays in theaters across the country, sharing the stage with stars such as Elaine Stritch, Dixie Carter, Patricia Heaton and Matthew Perry.

Filmography

YearTitleRole
2019-CurrentTV TherapyDr. Stephen Nielsen (writer / producer)
2021Gays Without CagesGavin (director)
2012-2019Child of the '70sJames Hunter
2016-2019My Sister Is So GaySeth (writer / producer)
2017Love Unplugged(screenwriter)
2015-2017She's Still on that Freakin' IslandActor (writer)
2015 Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser Mr. Yauch
Modd Couples(co-creator & writer)
It Had to Be Youwriter (story by)
2014MentorWalter
2014 From Here on OUT Jimmy Randall (creator & writer)
2012 A.N.T. Farm Samuel French
The End of Our LivesKenneth
2011 The Rosie Show Bruce the Elf
2009 SpongeBob SquarePants Craig Ferguson's Assistant
Cost of LivingBuck (writer & producer)
2007 Drake & Josh Wedding Coordinator
2005 Passions Tom Stevens
ReceiverJoe McCormick
2004Men's Mix 1Randy (Gaydar Segment)
The Mullets Greeter
2003Titillating StevenHotel Desk Clerk
2002 Gaydar Randy (writer & producer)
Waiting RoomNurse
Teddy Bears' Picnic Can-Can Dancer
All That Dad with toupee
2001 The Amanda Show Waiter
2000 7th Heaven Theater Manager
Kenan & Kel Peppy Employee
7-Teen SipsJimmy McDonald
1999 Days of Our Lives French Waiter
1998 The Godson Waiter
1997 The Good Bad Guy Milo
1996Clown TVNosy (writer)
1995Angel's TideBank Teller
1994Confessions of a Marriage JunkieThayer Threadgill
In Living Color Man with Shish Kebab
1989 Road House Dancing Barfly (uncredited)
1988 Elvira: Mistress of the Dark Nerdy Townsperson (uncredited)
Die Hard S.W.A.T. (uncredited)
Midnight Run Deplaning Passenger (uncredited)
Night WarsP.O.W.
Hell Comes to Frogtown Frog Guard

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