William Lucking (born June 17, 1941) is an American film, television, and stage actor perhaps best known for his role as Piney Winston in the drama series Sons of Anarchy.
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| 1 | Originally his character on Sons of Anarchy (2008),: Piermont "Piney" Winston, and Ryan Hurst's character Harold "Opie" Winston weren't related. However, when filming the pilot episode of the show, seeing the two of them in their biker outfits and their towering heights of 6'5" and 6'4", respectively, they looked so much like father and son that creator Kurt Sutter re-wrote them to be father and son. |
| 2 | First wife of 30 years, Mimi, died of breast cancer. Following her death he focused on writing as well as acting and has penned several short stories, screenplays and a novel entitled "Casual Labor". |
| 3 | In 1986, he and actor Dana Elcar co-founded the Santa Paula Theater Center. As co-instructor of the company's free acting workshop he was admired for his minimalist, "it ain't brain surgery" approach; a perfect counterpoint to Elcar's methodical style. He served alongside Elcar as artistic director for five seasons and produced such plays as "The Zoo Story", "The Hothouse", "Major Barbara", "Camino Real" and "All the King's Men". |
| 4 | Stocky, roughhewn red-haired actor exploited in biker and hippie films of the late 60s and 70s. Remains an offbeat character. |
| 5 | Graduated from U.C.L.A. and the Pasadena Playhouse with degrees in literature and theatre. |
| 6 | Artistic manager and director of the Santa Paula Theatre Center in Ventura County, California, for over five years in the 80s. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Murder in the First | 2014 | TV Series | James Harbach |
| Switched at Birth | 2013 | TV Series | Bill Kennish |
| Contraband | 2012 | | Bud Farraday |
| Sons of Anarchy | 2008-2011 | TV Series | Piermont 'Piney' Winston |
| The Mentalist | 2010 | TV Series | Judge Franklin T. Hildred |
| Slipstream | 2007 | | Detective Buzz Larabee |
| Hustle | 2007 | TV Series | Harry Doyle |
| Smith | 2006-2007 | TV Series | Big Art Jackson |
| Cold Case | 2006 | TV Series | Tom McCree |
| Commander in Chief | 2006 | TV Series | Harry McHenry |
| Night Stalker | 2005 | TV Series | Gorn |
| The World's Fastest Indian | 2005 | | Rolly |
| Star Trek: Enterprise | 2005 | TV Series | Harrad-Sar |
| The Division | 2004 | TV Series | Gus Evans |
| Line of Fire | 2003 | TV Series | Clyde Parker |
| The Rundown | 2003 | | Walker |
| Red Dragon | 2002 | | Byron Metcalf |
| K-PAX | 2001 | | Sheriff |
| JAG | 1996-2000 | TV Series | Harry Drax / Sheriff 'Stu' Pope |
| Erin Brockovich | 2000 | | Bob Linwood |
| The West Wing | 1999 | TV Series | Bobby Russo |
| The Last Best Sunday | 1999 | | Sheriff Weaks |
| The Limey | 1999 | | Warehouse Foreman |
| Martial Law | 1999 | TV Series | Patrick Rafferty |
| Profiler | 1998 | TV Series | Gibson |
| Pensacola: Wings of Gold | 1998 | TV Series | Mr. Willis |
| Judas Kiss | 1998 | | Wally |
| Mike Hammer, Private Eye | 1997 | TV Series | Ilyich Bucarin |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | 1995-1997 | TV Series | Furel |
| Millennium | 1997 | TV Series | Detective Thomas |
| The Pretender | 1997 | TV Series | Lt. Chomsky |
| The Rich Man's Wife | 1996 | | Detective (uncredited) |
| The Trigger Effect | 1996 | | Pharmacist |
| ER | 1996 | TV Series | Kenny Brannigan |
| The Lazarus Man | 1996 | TV Series | |
| The X-Files | 1996 | TV Series | Roky Crikenson |
| Her Last Chance | 1996 | TV Movie | Detective #1 |
| Pacific Blue | 1996 | TV Series | Captain Larson |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | 1996 | TV Series | Capt. Shankley |
| Renegade | 1994-1995 | TV Series | Robert 'Wide Load' McKinnon / Paul Brannen |
| Land's End | 1995 | TV Series | Otto Preminger |
| Sleepstalker | 1995 | Video | Detective Bronson Worth |
| The Marshal | 1995 | TV Series | Sheriff Junkins |
| NYPD Blue | 1995 | TV Series | Chief Sam Burns |
| Vanishing Son | 1995 | TV Series | Charlie Garbett |
| A Father for Charlie | 1995 | TV Movie | Argus |
| The River Wild | 1994 | | Frank |
| The Man Who Wouldn't Die | 1994 | TV Movie | Captain (uncredited) |
| Extreme Justice | 1993 | | Cusack |
| Murder, She Wrote | 1986-1993 | TV Series | Sheriff Leland Waterman / NOPD Lt. Charles Foret / Sheriff Barnes / ... |
| Poisoned by Love: The Kern County Murders | 1993 | TV Movie | Detective Sandy Harris |
| Rescue Me | 1992 | | Kurt |
| Duplicates | 1992 | TV Movie | |
| Silk Stalkings | 1992 | TV Series | John Stonewell |
| The Young Riders | 1991 | TV Series | |
| Babe Ruth | 1991 | TV Movie | Brother Matthias |
| The New Adam-12 | 1991 | TV Series | Detective Mangly |
| Hell Hath No Fury | 1991 | TV Movie | |
| Columbo | 1990 | TV Series | Dominic Doyle |
| In the Heat of the Night | 1990 | TV Series | George Mastin |
| Jake and the Fatman | 1990 | TV Series | Cdr. Riker |
| Parker Kane | 1990 | TV Movie | Chuck Dumby |
| False Identity | 1990 | | Frank Calovich |
| Sparks: The Price of Passion | 1990 | TV Movie | Cam Wilson |
| A Brand New Life | 1989 | TV Series | Bud McCray |
| Hunter | 1989 | TV Series | Police Lt. Jack Chance |
| The Forgotten | 1989 | TV Movie | Colonel Jack Westford |
| Naked Lie | 1989 | TV Movie | Webster |
| Ladykillers | 1988 | TV Movie | Captain Bucholtz |
| Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story | 1987 | TV Mini-Series | Sgt. Dupont |
| Outlaws | 1986-1987 | TV Series | Harland Pike |
| That Secret Sunday | 1986 | TV Movie | Detective Bernie Hodges |
| Kung Fu: The Movie | 1986 | TV Movie | Deputy Wyatt |
| J.O.E. and the Colonel | 1985 | TV Movie | Colonel H.C. 'Hard Core' Fleming |
| A Death in California | 1985 | TV Mini-Series | Dan Ward |
| Simon & Simon | 1983-1985 | TV Series | Police Det. Frank Lunden / Police Captain Tom DeSousa |
| Jessie | 1984 | TV Movie | Sergeant Mac McClellan |
| The A-Team | 1983-1984 | TV Series | Col. Lynch / Army Col. Lynch |
| Matt Houston | 1984 | TV Series | Roy Turner |
| Jessie | 1984 | TV Series | Sergeant Mac McClellan |
| Bay City Blues | 1983 | TV Series | |
| T.J. Hooker | 1983 | TV Series | Jack Clayton |
| Magnum, P.I. | 1983 | TV Series | Sam Houston Hunter |
| M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers | 1983 | TV Movie | Officer McKnight (as Bill Lucking) |
| Newhart | 1983 | TV Series | Corrections Officer |
| Knight Rider | 1982 | TV Series | Redmond |
| Tales of the Gold Monkey | 1982 | TV Series | Gandy Dancer |
| The Blue and the Gray | 1982 | TV Mini-Series | Capt. Potts |
| Voyagers! | 1982 | TV Series | Babe Ruth |
| The Quest | 1982 | TV Series | |
| Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | 1982 | TV Series | Corsini |
| M*A*S*H | 1982 | TV Series | Sgt. Marty Urbancic |
| The Greatest American Hero | 1982 | TV Series | Robert Alan Kline |
| Shannon | 1981-1982 | TV Series | Det. Norm White |
| CHiPs | 1981 | TV Series | Gil |
| Dallas | 1981 | TV Series | Deputy Matland |
| Stripes | 1981 | | Recruiter (as Bill Lucking) |
| Vega$ | 1980-1981 | TV Series | George Benton / Kenny |
| Lou Grant | 1981 | TV Series | Paul Geyer |
| The Incredible Hulk | 1978-1980 | TV Series | Mike Schulte / Harlen Bates |
| The Last Song | 1980 | TV Movie | Detective Colin |
| Coast to Coast | 1980 | | Jules (as Bill Lucking) |
| The Mountain Men | 1980 | | Jim Walter (as Bill Lucking) |
| Hagen | 1980 | TV Series | Coleman |
| The Ninth Configuration | 1980 | | Highway Patrolman |
| Power | 1980 | TV Movie | Sham Murphy (as Bill Lucking) |
| Captain America II: Death Too Soon | 1979 | TV Movie | Stader (as Bill Lucking) |
| The French Atlantic Affair | 1979 | TV Mini-Series | Don Crawford (as Bill Lucking) |
| Hart to Hart | 1979 | TV Series | Vince |
| 10 | 1979 | | Policeman (as Bill Lucking) |
| Happily Ever After | 1978 | TV Movie | Lewis Gordon |
| Colorado C.I. | 1978 | TV Movie | Niles |
| Dr. Scorpion | 1978 | TV Movie | Whitey Ullman |
| Big Hawaii | 1977 | TV Series | Oscar Kalahani |
| Westside Medical | 1977 | TV Series | Red Kern |
| The San Pedro Bums | 1977 | TV Movie | Turk |
| Danger in Paradise | 1977 | TV Movie | Oscar |
| Delvecchio | 1977 | TV Series | Jocko Brighten |
| Black Sheep Squadron | 1976 | TV Series | Sgt. Callahan |
| Barnaby Jones | 1976 | TV Series | Nick Harding |
| The Return of a Man Called Horse | 1976 | | Tom Gryce (as Bill Lucking) |
| Birch Interval | 1976 | | Charlie |
| Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence | 1976 | TV Movie | George (as Bill Lucking) |
| The Waltons | 1975 | TV Series | Bill Cobbs |
| The Rockford Files | 1975 | TV Series | Police Officer Pete Kolodny |
| Police Woman | 1975 | TV Series | Charlie Joe Lightfoot |
| Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze | 1975 | | Renny (as Bill Lucking) |
| Force Five | 1975 | TV Movie | Vic Bauer |
| S.W.A.T. | 1975 | TV Series | Ray West |
| Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley | 1975 | TV Movie | The Captain |
| Mannix | 1974 | TV Series | Jimmy Cousins |
| The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder | 1974 | | Harmer |
| The Rookies | 1974 | TV Series | Ed Kelch |
| Gunsmoke | 1974 | TV Series | Esau Wakefield |
| Chopper One | 1974 | TV Series | Deetzer |
| Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1974 | TV Series | Vern |
| Hog Wild | 1974 | TV Movie | Vern |
| Kodiak | 1974 | TV Series | Dave |
| Blood Sport | 1973 | TV Movie | Dennis Birdsong |
| Oklahoma Crude | 1973 | | Marion |
| Kung Fu | 1973 | TV Series | Quade |
| The Magnificent Seven Ride! | 1972 | | Walt Drummond |
| Harold and Maude | 1971 | | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You | 1971 | TV Movie | Lt. Summers |
| The Todd Killings | 1971 | | |
| Wild Rovers | 1971 | | Ruff |
| The Name of the Game | 1971 | TV Series | Gruber |
| Bonanza | 1970 | TV Series | Gabe Leroy |
| The High Chaparral | 1970 | TV Series | Gait |
| The Partridge Family | 1970 | TV Series | Sweeney |
| The Virginian | 1970 | TV Series | Sam Evans |
| Lancer | 1969 | TV Series | Tetzel / Crocker Cooper |
| Here Come the Brides | 1969 | TV Series | Stacy |
| Hell's Belles | 1969 | | Gippo |
| Mission: Impossible | 1968 | TV Series | Corporal Stohlman |
| Ironside | 1968 | TV Series | Thomas Flagg |
| Days of Our Lives | 1965 | TV Series | Harry Chaney (1981) |
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