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Sons Of Anarchy actor William Lucking remembered as ‘elegant man with a brilliant intellect’ after his death at 80
- The actor passed away at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 18th
- In an obituary he was described as an ‘elegant man with a brilliant intellect’
- His major credits include Mission: Impossible, The Partridge Family, Gunsmoke, Columbo, Murder, She Wrote, NYPD Blue, The X-Files and The West Wing
- Lucking was born in Michigan and moved to California with his family, where he earned a degree from UCLA and later studied at the Pasadena Playhouse
- He is survived by his wife Sigrid Insull Lucking, daughters Marjet and Juliana, and granddaughters Quinlan and Lilian
Sons Of Anarchy player William Lucking has died at the age of 80.
The actor passed away at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 18th, according to an obituary posted by his wife Sigrid Insull Lucking and shared by friend Stephen Macht on Facebook.
In the tribute she described her late husband, who was known for playing the rugged type, an ‘elegant man with a brilliant intellect.’
RIP: Sons Of Anarchy player William Lucking has died at the age of 80. He’s seen in 2009 above
The obit, in part, read: ‘Although William often played toughs and strongmen, in his actual life he was an elegant man with a brilliant intellect who loved to argue about politics and current affairs, discuss philosophy and physics and assert fine-pointed opinions about art and poetry.’
Insull Lucking, a former costume designer, went on: ‘He was a giant of a man with the soul of a poet, one who “contained…a tension of sorts within his being…like a boulder teetering on a hill…or a balloon expanding towards its extreme,” as one friend put it.’
Lucking was known as the gruff biker Piney Winston on Sons Of Anarchy, which he appeared in 35 episodes of from 2008 to 2011.
His resume also includes a role as Army Col. Lynch on NBC’s The A-Team from 1983 to 84.
Additionally he played the Bajoran Furel on three episodes of the syndicated Star Trek: Deep Space Nine from 1995 to 97.
Softie: In a tribute Lucking’s wife described her late husband, who was known for playing the rugged type, an ‘elegant man with a brilliant intellect.’ He’s seen on MASH above
Tough guy: Lucking was known as the gruff biker Piney Winston on Sons Of Anarchy, which he appeared in 35 episodes of from 2008 to 2011. He’s seen with Rob Perlman above
In the film world, he played ‘roughneck’ Marion alongside Faye Dunaway and George C. Scott in Stanley Kramer’s Oklahoma Crude (1976).
Additionally, Lucking appeared in The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972), Arthur Hiller’s The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974), The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976), Curtis Hanson’s The River Wild (1994), Steven Soderbergh’s Erin Brockovich (2000), Peter Berg’s The Rundown (2003), Roger Donaldson’s The World’s Fastest Indian (2005) and Baltasar Kormákur’s Contraband (2012).
His other major credits include roles in Mission: Impossible, The Partridge Family, Gunsmoke, The Waltons, Hart to Hart, Lou Grant, Newhart, Columbo, Murder, She Wrote, NYPD Blue, The X-Files and The West Wing.
Lucking was born on June 17, 1941, in Vicksburg, Michigan.
He and his family moved to California in the early 1950s and he would later go on to attend UCLA, where he graduated from UCLA with a degree in literature.
Nurturing his interest in acting, Lucking studied theater at the Pasadena Playhouse.
He is survived by his wife, daughters Marjet and Juliana, and granddaughters Quinlan and Lilian. His first wife, Mimi, died of cancer in 1996.
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