William Lucking
Born: 1941-06-17 in Vicksburg, Michigan, USA
Died: 2021-10-18
Known For: Acting
Biography
William Lucking (June 17, 1941 – October 18, 2021) was an American film, television, and stage actor best known for his role as Piney Winston in the FX series "Sons of Anarchy" and for portraying Col. Lynch in the 1980s TV show "The A-Team". His long career included playing tough bikers, cowboys, and military or police officers in films such as "The Magnificent Seven Ride!," "Stripes," "The Limey," "Erin Brockovich," and "The Rundown". He appeared in numerous TV shows including "Mission: Impossible," "The Waltons," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," "The X-Files," and "West Wing". A UCLA and Pasadena Playhouse graduate, Lucking co-founded the Santa Paula Theater Center where he served as artistic director and produced various stage works. He was married twice and passed away at the age of 80 in Las Vegas.
Filmography
2012
- Contraband as Bud Farraday
2011
- Switched at Birth as Bill Kennish
2008
- The Mentalist as Judge Hildred
- Sons of Anarchy as Piermont 'Piney' Winston
- Dreaming Slipstream Dream as Self
2006
2005
- Commander in Chief as Harry McHenry
- Night Stalker as Gorn
- The World's Fastest Indian as Rolly Free
2004
- Hustle as Harry Doyle
2003
- Cold Case as Tom McCree
- The Rundown as Walker
2002
- Red Dragon as Byron Metcalf
2001
- Star Trek: Enterprise as Harrad-Sar
- The Division as Gus Evans
- K-PAX as Sheriff
2000
- Erin Brockovich as Bob Linwood
1999
- The West Wing as Bobby Russo
- The Limey as Warehouse Foreman
- The Last Best Sunday as Sheriff Weaks
1998
- Martial Law as Patrick Rafferty
- The Christmas Path as Santa Claus
- Judas Kiss as Wally
1996
- Millennium as Detective Thomas
- Pacific Blue as Larson
- The Pretender as Lt. Chomsky
- Profiler as Gibson
- The Trigger Effect as Pharmacist
- The Rich Man's Wife as Detective (uncredited)
- Her Last Chance as Detective #1
1995
- JAG as Harry Drax
- Sleepstalker as Detective Bronson Worth
- A Father for Charlie as Argus
1994
- ER as Kenny Brannigan
- Vanishing Son as Charlie Garbett
- The River Wild as Frank
- The Man Who Wouldn't Die as Captain (uncredited)
1993
- The X-Files as Roky Crikenson
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Furel
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Capt. Shankley
- Extreme Justice as Cusak
- Murder So Sweet as Detective Sandy Harris
1991
- Silk Stalkings
- Babe Ruth as Brother Matthias
- Hell Hath No Fury
1990
- Parker Kane as Chuck Dumby
- False Identity as Frank Calovich
- Sparks: The Price of Passion as Cam Wilson
1989
- Naked Lie as Webster
- The Forgotten as Colonel Jack Westford
1988
- Ladykillers as Capt. Bucholtz
1987
1986
- Outlaws as Harland Pike
- Kung Fu: The Movie as Deputy Wyatt
- That Secret Sunday
1985
- J.O.E. and the Colonel as Colonel H.C. 'Hard Core' Fleming
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Bo Dixon
- Hunter as Jack Chance
1983
- The A-Team as Col. Lynch
- M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers as Officer McKnight
1982
- Knight Rider as Redmond
- Newhart as Corrections Officer
- T. J. Hooker as Jack Clayton
- Matt Houston
- Voyagers!
- Tales of the Gold Monkey
- The Blue and the Gray as Captain Potts
1981
- Simon & Simon as Police Det. Frank Lunden
- The Greatest American Hero as Robert Alan Kline
- Stripes as Recruiter
- Shannon as Det. Norm White
1980
- Magnum, P.I. as Sam Hunter
- Power as Sham Murphy
- The Mountain Men as Jim Walter
- Hagen
- The Ninth Configuration as Highway Patrolman
- Coast to Coast as Jules
- The Last Song as Det. Colin
1979
- Hart to Hart as Vince
- The French Atlantic Affair as Don Crawford
- 10 as Policeman
- Captain America II: Death Too Soon as Stader
1978
- Vega$
- Happily Ever After as Lewis Gordon
- Colorado C.I. as Niles
- Dr. Scorpion as Whitey Ullman
1977
- The Incredible Hulk
- Lou Grant
- CHiPs
- How the West Was Won as Kenyon
- Big Hawaii as Oscar Kalahani
- The San Pedro Bums as Turk
- Danger in Paradise as Oscar
1976
- The Return of a Man Called Horse as Tom Gryce
- Birch Interval as Charlie
- Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence as George
1975
- S.W.A.T.
- Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze as Col. John 'Renny' Renwick
- Force Five as Vic Bauer
- Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley as The Captain
1974
- The Rockford Files as Pete Kolodny
- Police Woman as Charlie Joe Lightfoot
- Kodiak as Dave
- Chopper One as Deetzer
- Hog Wild as Vern
- The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder as Harmer
1973
- Oklahoma Crude as Marion
- Blood Sport as Dennis Birdsong
1972
- The Waltons
- M*A*S*H as Urbancic
- The Rookies
- The Magnificent Seven Ride! as Walt Drummond
- Kung Fu as Quade
1971
- Columbo as Dominic Doyle
- Wild Rovers as Ruff
- The Todd Killings
- Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You as Lt. Summers
1970
- The Partridge Family as Sweeney
1969
- Hell's Belles as Gippo
1968
- The Name of the Game as Gruber
- Lancer
1967
- Mannix as Jimmy Cousins
- Ironside as Thomas Flagg
- The High Chaparral as Gait
- The Second Hundred Years as Workman #2
1955
- Gunsmoke as Esau Wakefield
1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Vern