
William Lucking
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2012 · Contraband as Bud Farraday
- 2011 · Switched at Birth as Bill Kennish
- 2008 · The Mentalist as Judge Hildred
- 2008 · Sons of Anarchy as Piney Winston
- 2008 · Sons of Anarchy as Piermont 'Piney' Winston
- 2006 · Smith as
- 2005 · The World's Fastest Indian as Rolly Free
- 2005 · Night Stalker as
- 2005 · Commander in Chief as Harry McHenry
- 2004 · Hustle as Harry Doyle
- 2003 · Cold Case as Tom McCree
- 2003 · The Rundown as Walker
- 2002 · Red Dragon as Byron Metcalf
- 2001 · K-PAX as Sheriff
- 2001 · Star Trek: Enterprise as Harrad-Sar
- 2001 · The Division as Gus Evans
- 2000 · Erin Brockovich as Bob Linwood
- 1999 · The Limey as Warehouse Foreman
- 1999 · The West Wing as Bobby Russo
- 1999 · The Last Best Sunday as Sheriff Weaks
- 1998 · Judas Kiss as Wally
- 1997 · Mike Hammer, Private Eye as
- 1996 · Millennium as Detective Thomas
- 1996 · Profiler as
- 1996 · The Pretender as Lt. Chomsky
- 1996 · The Rich Man's Wife as Detective (uncredited)
- 1996 · The Trigger Effect as Pharmacist
- 1996 · Her Last Chance as Detective #1
- 1996 · Pacific Blue as Larson
- 1995 · JAG as Harry Drax
- 1995 · JAG as Stu Pope
- 1995 · Sleepstalker as Detective Bronson Worth
- 1995 · A Father for Charlie as Argus
- 1994 · The River Wild as Frank
- 1994 · ER as Kenny Brannigan
- 1994 · The Man Who Wouldn't Die as Captain (uncredited)
- 1994 · Vanishing Son as Charlie Garbett
- 1993 · The X-Files as Roky Crikenson
- 1993 · Extreme Justice as Cusak
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Capt. Shankley
- 1993 · Murder So Sweet as Detective Sandy Harris
- 1993 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Furel
- 1992 · Renegade as
- 1992 · Rescue Me as Kurt
- 1991 · Silk Stalkings as
- 1991 · Babe Ruth as Brother Matthias
- 1991 · Hell Hath No Fury as
- 1990 · Parker Kane as Chuck Dumby
- 1990 · False Identity as Frank Calovich
- 1990 · Sparks: The Price of Passion as Cam Wilson
- 1989 · The Forgotten as Colonel Jack Westford
- 1989 · Naked Lie as Webster
- 1988 · Ladykillers as Capt. Bucholtz
- 1987 · Jake and the Fatman as
- 1986 · Outlaws as
- 1986 · That Secret Sunday as
- 1986 · Kung Fu: The Movie as Deputy Wyatt
- 1985 · J.O.E. and the Colonel as Colonel H.C. 'Hard Core' Fleming
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Bo Dixon
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Roy Quinlan
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Sheriff Barnes
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as NOPD Lt. Charles Foret
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Sheriff Leland Waterman
- 1984 · Hunter as Jack Chance
- 1983 · M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers as Officer McKnight
- 1983 · The A-Team as Col. Lynch
- 1982 · The Blue and the Gray as Captain Potts
- 1982 · Voyagers! as
- 1982 · Newhart as Corrections Officer
- 1982 · Knight Rider as Redmond
- 1982 · Matt Houston as
- 1982 · Tales of the Gold Monkey as
- 1982 · T. J. Hooker as Jack Clayton
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as Police Det. Frank Lunden
- 1981 · Stripes as Recruiter
- 1981 · The Greatest American Hero as Robert Alan Kline
- 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as Sam Hunter
- 1980 · The Last Song as Det. Colin
- 1980 · Coast to Coast as Jules
- 1980 · The Mountain Men as Jim Walter
- 1980 · Hagen as
- 1980 · The Ninth Configuration as Highway Patrolman
- 1980 · Power as Sham Murphy
- 1979 · Captain America II: Death Too Soon as Stader
- 1979 · The French Atlantic Affair as Don Crawford
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as Vince
- 1978 · Vega$ as
- 1978 · Happily Ever After as Lewis Gordon
- 1978 · Colorado C.I. as Niles
- 1978 · Dr. Scorpion as Whitey Ullman
- 1977 · The Incredible Hulk as
- 1977 · The Incredible Hulk as Harlen Bates
- 1977 · Big Hawaii as Oscar Kalahani
- 1977 · Lou Grant as
- 1977 · CHiPs as
- 1977 · The San Pedro Bums as Turk
- 1977 · Danger in Paradise as Oscar
- 1977 · How the West Was Won as Kenyon
- 1976 · The Return of a Man Called Horse as Tom Gryce
- 1976 · Birch Interval as Charlie
- 1976 · Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence as George
- 1975 · Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze as Col. John 'Renny' Renwick
- 1975 · Force Five as Vic Bauer
- 1975 · S.W.A.T. as
- 1975 · Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley as The Captain
- 1974 · The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder as Harmer
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as Pete Kolodny
- 1974 · Police Woman as Charlie Joe Lightfoot
- 1974 · Kodiak as Dave
- 1974 · Hog Wild as Vern
- 1974 · Chopper One as Deetzer
- 1973 · Blood Sport as Dennis Birdsong
- 1973 · Oklahoma Crude as Marion
- 1972 · Kung Fu as Quade
- 1972 · M*A*S*H as Urbancic
- 1972 · The Waltons as
- 1972 · The Rookies as
- 1972 · The Magnificent Seven Ride! as Walt Drummond
- 1971 · Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You as Lt. Summers
- 1971 · The Todd Killings as
- 1971 · Columbo as Dominic Doyle
- 1971 · Wild Rovers as Ruff
- 1970 · The Partridge Family as Sweeney (
- 1969 · Hell's Belles as Gippo
- 1968 · Lancer as
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Gruber
- 1967 · Mannix as Jimmy Cousins
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Gait
- 1967 · The Second Hundred Years as Workman #2
- 1967 · Ironside as Thomas Flagg
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Esau Wakefield
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Vern