Jerry Lacy

Gerald LeRoy "Jerry" Lacy (born March 27, 1936, in Sioux City, Iowa) is an American soap opera actor best known for playing the roles of Tony Peterson, Reverend Trask, Reverend Gregory Trask, Mr. Trask, and Lamar Trask on the cult TV serial Dark Shadows. He has also appeared on the following soap operas: The Secret Storm, As The World Turns (as Simon Gilbey), Love of Life (as Rick Latimer), and The Young and The Restless (as Jonas).

He played Humphrey Bogart in both the Broadway show and in the Woody Allen film Play It Again, Sam. During the 1970s Jerry appeared in the films, "House of Dark Shadows," "The Money" and "Blood Bath." His other film roles include "The Big G" and "Imps" as well as TV films "Pleasure Cove", "Fighting Back" and "Chiller." Jerry was offered the role of Rev. Trask in the second film based on "Dark Shadows," "Night of Dark Shadows" but at the time he was under contract with "As the World Turns" and his schedule on the show was too heavy for him to shoot the film. His character name was changed to Rev. Strack and played by veteran actor and "Dark Shadows" co-star Thayer David.

He has been married to actress Julia Duffy since 1984 and they have two children, Kerry and Dan. The couple met when they were both appearing on the CBS soap, "Love of Life." In the 1990s he appeared with his wife on the series Designing Women, as her character's, Allison Sugarbaker ex-fiance, Barry, who dumped her at the altar and in 2005, in an episode of Drake & Josh (which aired in 2006), he appeared as Duffy's character's (Alice Hayfer) husband. He also wrote one of the episodes of Julia's other comedy series, "Newhart."

In the summer of 1970, Jerry was a regular on the CBS summer replacement series, "Comedy Tonight," and later a similar show, "20th Century Follies." He has guest-starred in a number of primetime shows, including "McCloud," "Eight is Enough," "The White Shadow," "Knots Landing," "Hardball" and "Saved by the Bell."

In 2009, he returned to the role of Gregory Trask in the Dark Shadows audio drama The Wicked and the Dead. and in 2010, "Kingdom of the Dead".

In mid-2010, Jerry sat for an exclusive interview with freelance writer (and Dark Shadows fan) Rod Labbe. Entitled "Saints and Sinners," it ran in the September 2010 edition of Fangoria magazine, the world's most famous publication devoted to "horror in entertainment." Labbe and Jerry collaborated again on a lengthier interview for Scary Monsters Magazine, scheduled for publication in early 2013. Also in 2013, Jerry will reunite along with his Dark Shadows costars Lara Parker and Kathryn Leigh Scott for the feature film 'Doctor Mabuse', written and directed by Ansel Faraj; Jerry stars as the titular doctor in the film.