Background
Lacy, Jerry was born on March 27, 1936 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Son of Francis John and Mary Ann (Faligo) Lacy.
Lacy, Jerry was born on March 27, 1936 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Son of Francis John and Mary Ann (Faligo) Lacy.
Student theatre arts, Los Angeles City College, 1959-1961.
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 film version of Woody Allen"s Play lieutenant 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 television films Pleasure Cove, Fighting Back and Chiller.
Lacy was offered the role of Review
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 Review
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 Columbia Broadcasting System soap opera Love of Life.
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 Columbia Broadcasting System 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).
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 Participant." 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 stars as the titular doctor and reprises his role in Doctor Mabuse II, to be released in 2014.
Served with United States Marine Corps, 1954-1957. M C.
Married Julia Duffy, June 21, 1984. Children: Kerry Kathleen, Daniel Duffy Lacy.