William Lucking
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.
Born: June 17, 1941
Place of Birth: Vicksburg, Michigan, USA
Known For
Sons of Anarchy
The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) are an outlaw motorcycle club with many charters in the United States and overseas. The show focused on the original and founding charter, Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original, often referred to by the acronym SAMCRO, Sam Crow, or simply Redwood Charter. The charter operates both legal and illegal businesses in the small town of Charming, California. They combine gun-running and a garage, and involvement in porn film industry. Clay, the charter president, likes it old school and violent; while Jax, his stepson and the club's VP, has thoughts about changing the way things are done. Their conflict has effects on both the club and their personal relationship, especially when Jax goes on a personal quest to cleanse the SAMCRO name and image.
The X-Files
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
The Mentalist
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
Blood Sport
A searing commentary on the "win at all costs" mentality of American high school sports. David Lee Birdsong is the smalltown quarterback hoping to escape with a college scholarship and a pro career. David's father is the overbearing taskmaster vicariously living through his son. The third side of the triangle is Coach Marshall, a hypercritical and cruel man who sees David as the key to his future success. David's lockstep commitment to his father and coach is altered when he witnesses a teammate die after a grueling practice.
The West Wing
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
Columbo
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
Detective Ellery Queen has to solve a series of murders where the victims were killed in numerically descending ages, the male victims were strangled with blue cords and the female victims with pink ones.
M*A*S*H
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.
ER
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
Filmography
as Bud Farraday
as Bill Kennish
as Judge Hildred
as Piermont 'Piney' Winston
as Rolly Free
as Harry McHenry
as Harry Doyle
as Tom McCree
as Walker
as Byron Metcalf
as Sheriff
as Harrad-Sar
as Gus Evans
as Bob Linwood
as Warehouse Foreman
as Bobby Russo
as Sheriff Weaks
as Patrick Rafferty
as Wally
as Detective Thomas
as Gibson
as Lt. Chomsky
as Detective (uncredited)
as Pharmacist
as Detective #1
as Larson
as Harry Drax
as Stu Pope
as Detective Bronson Worth
as Argus
as Frank
as Kenny Brannigan
as Captain (uncredited)
as Charlie Garbett
as Roky Crikenson
as Cusak
as Capt. Shankley
as Detective Sandy Harris
as Furel
as Kurt
as Brother Matthias
as Chuck Dumby
as Frank Calovich
as Cam Wilson
as Colonel Jack Westford
as Webster
as Capt. Bucholtz
as Deputy Wyatt
as Colonel H.C. 'Hard Core' Fleming
as Bo Dixon
as Lt. Roy Quinlan
as Sheriff Barnes
as NOPD Lt. Charles Foret
as Sheriff Leland Waterman
as Jack Chance
as Officer McKnight
as Col. Lynch
as Captain Potts
as Corrections Officer
as Redmond
as Jack Clayton
as Police Det. Frank Lunden
as Recruiter
as Det. Norm White
as Robert Alan Kline
as Sam Hunter
as Det. Colin
as Jules
as Jim Walter
as Highway Patrolman
as Sham Murphy
as Stader
as Don Crawford
as Vince
as Whitey Ullman
as Harlen Bates
as Oscar Kalahani
as Turk
as Oscar
as Kenyon
as Tom Gryce
as Charlie
as George
as Col. John 'Renny' Renwick
as Vic Bauer
as The Captain
as Harmer
as Pete Kolodny
as Charlie Joe Lightfoot
as Dave
as Vern
as Deetzer
as Dennis Birdsong
as Marion
as Quade
as Urbancic
as Walt Drummond
as Lt. Summers
as Dominic Doyle
as Ruff
as Sweeney
as Gippo
as Gruber
as Jimmy Cousins
as Gait
as Workman #2
as Thomas Flagg
as Esau Wakefield