Jerry Lacy was born in
Sioux City, Iowa. He played
Humphrey Bogart in both the
Broadway show and film version of
Woody Allen's
Play It Again, Sam. In 1967, Lacy met future
Dark Shadows co-stars
Nancy Barrett and
David Ford while working at the
Wayside Theatre. During the 1970s Lacy 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 the TV films
Pleasure Cove,
Fighting Back, and
Chiller. Lacy 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. He has been married to actress
Julia Duffy since 1984. The couple met when they were both appearing on the
CBS soap opera Love of Life. In the 1990s he appeared with his wife on the series
Designing Women, as her character Allison Sugarbaker's ex-fiancé, Barry Binsford, who dumped her at the altar; and in 2006, in an episode of
Drake & Josh, he appeared as Duffy's character Alice's husband Mr. Hayfer. He also wrote one of the episodes of Duffy's other comedy series,
Newhart. In the summer of 1970, Lacy 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. Lacy returned to the role of Gregory Trask in the
Dark Shadows audio dramas The Wicked and the Dead (2009) and
Kingdom of the Dead (2010). In mid-2010, Lacy 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. Labbe and Lacy collaborated again on a lengthier interview for
Scary Monsters Magazine. The issue, #90, was released in December 2013, and the interview is entitled "Right for the Part". Also in 2013, Lacy reunited with his
Dark Shadows costars
Lara Parker and
Kathryn Leigh Scott for the feature film
Doctor Mabuse, written and directed by Ansel Faraj. Lacy starred as the titular
Dr. Mabuse, reprising his role in
Doctor Mabuse: Etiopomar, released in 2014. ==Personal life==