Terry Ray

Terry Ray (born February 12, 1961 (age 58)) is an American actor, screenwriter, playwright and producer. Some of his work includes Gaydar (2002) and Cost of Living (2009). 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. Terry stars in the sitcom, along with Juliet Mills, Suzanne Whang and T.J. Hoban. Ray writes and co-stars along with Dawn Wells in a series of spoofs of her classic MaryAnn 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 playing his mother. The show also stars Tilky Jones, Wendy Michaels, Debra Wilson and season 2 has added Rae Dawn Chong to the cast. 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. In the same appearance, Terry was also named as one of the 5 Weirdest Game Show Contestants Ever, by Movieline. 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. Terry is also the voice of the Gaydar Gun, a spinoff toy from the film Gaydar.