Gerald LeRoy Lacy (born March 27, 1936) 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 TV
serial Dark Shadows. He has also appeared on The Secret Storm, As the
World Turns (as Simon Gilbey), Love of Life (as Rick Latimer), and The
Young and the Restless (as Jonas).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. During the 1970s Lacy appeared in
the films House of Dark Shadows, The Money, and Blood Bath His other
film roles included 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.
The character's 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. 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'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 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.He 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).
actor best known for playing the roles of Tony Peterson, Reverend
Trask, Reverend Gregory Trask, Mr. Trask, and Lamar Trask on the TV
serial Dark Shadows. He has also appeared on The Secret Storm, As the
World Turns (as Simon Gilbey), Love of Life (as Rick Latimer), and The
Young and the Restless (as Jonas).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. During the 1970s Lacy appeared in
the films House of Dark Shadows, The Money, and Blood Bath His other
film roles included 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.
The character's 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. 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'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 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.He 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).
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