Biography
Terrence was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on November 5, 1934, while his father was touring with the Keith Vaudeville Circuit. The group accompanying him to the hospital included notable figures such as Phil Silvers, Gene Krupa—then the drummer for the Mal Hallett Orchestra—and double-talk artist Al Kelly. His mother, known by her stage name Marie Duke, was a dancer and choreographer who appeared on Broadway in the John Murray Anderson Extravaganza, "Winter Nights."
He honed his theatrical skills at the renowned Poet's Theater in Cambridge while attending Harvard College. After graduating, he became a resident actor at Boston's Charles Playhouse, where he worked alongside Olympia Dukakis, Charles Keating, Al Pacino, Louis Zorich, and Jill Clayburgh. Following ten years and forty productions there, he moved south to join the acting company at the prestigious Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., appearing in over 80 productions. When the resident company disbanded, he moved to New York and secured a role in the ill-fated "Annie 2." However, fortune soon smiled upon him when he was cast in the revival of "Damn Yankees," which ran for five months at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego and 19 months on Broadway, starring Bebe Neuwirth as Lola and Victor Garber as the Devil. One year into the run, the energetic Jerry Lewis joined as the Devil, impressing all 35 cast members by memorizing everyone's first names.
Alongside his theater work, he has appeared in several feature films and television shows including Homicide, The Wire, Dawson's Creek, All My Children, One Life to Live, the CBS mini-series George Washington (1984), A Woman Named Jackie, Bridges to Cross, the PBS blockbuster The Civil War, and has participated in three L.A. Theatre Works radio dramas with Ed Asner, Marcia Mason, and Fred Thompson. He recently finished filming the new Jerry Bruckheimer movie "American Treasure," scheduled for release in 2004.
