Robert McRay

Robert McRay (born 1962, Wausau, Wisconsin) is an American television actor, sculptor, and personal trainer.

McRay's first experience in front of the camera was at the age of 5, on Romper Room. Backstage he was introduced to Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. This meeting led to his becoming a professional ventriloquist by the age of 12 in Vancouver, Washington, where he was primarily raised on the hippie communes of the Pacific Northwest during the mid-1970s. At the age of 17 he joined the United States Navy. He graduated from broadcasting school in Washington State in 1983.

Moving to Southern California, he has attained success in a wide range of artistic careers. He has been a television and movie trailer producer for Disney/Touchstone. He has been a casting director for many projects, as well as a produced writer for both television and feature films. He has been an actor, starring in several motion pictures, including Legend of the Phantom Rider, The Mob, and Double Crossed. His television credits include many television appearances and he was also a series regular, playing a sidekick loyal to Conan, named Zzeben, On the Television series, Conan the Adventurer. Zzeben is a MUTE, and Robert devised a vocabulary of signs for the character to use in communicating.

His physical achievements include being one of the top personal trainers in the entertainment industry. A spokesman against the [...] and supplement industry and a fitness consultant, he has formulated programs and strategies for fitness centers and corporations.

His contributions to the arts have gained him the reputation of being one of the world's best mechanical sculptors, and his works are coveted by art collectors and by some of the world's top performers. His larger-scale sculptures can be seen as both landmarks and commercial displays, including a 25-foot-tall Bigfoot sculpture in the Canadian Town of Creston.

Sources

  • Oregonian newspaper. November 15th, 1975
  • Vancouver sesquicentennial records.
  • Ron Baillie School of Broadcast.
  • Television archives, IMDB database and actual records for television spots and theatrical trailers.
  • Letters of recommendation found on website; www.robertmcray.net
  • United States Navy records.