Terry Ray

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 (who was Terry's cherished acting teacher), and movieline.com named Terry Ray as one of the 5 Weirdest Contestants in the history of game shows. (He was only one listed as weird in a good way). Terry's first professional writing jo