William Lucking

Infobox actor


caption =
birthdate = Birth date and age|1941|6|17|mf=y
birthplace = Vicksburg, Michigan

William Lucking (born June 17 1941) is an American film, television, and stage actor.

Biography

Film and television

Lucking's imposing figure and rough-hewn features lent themselves well to roles as tough bikers ("Hell's Belles", "Wild Rovers", "Sons of Anarchy"), craggy cowboys ("The Magnificent Seven Ride!", "The Return of a Man Called Horse"), and determined military and police officers ("", "K-PAX"). His film work also includes appearances in "10", "Stripes", "Ladykillers", "The River Wild", "The Limey", "Erin Brockovich", "Red Dragon", and "The Rundown".

On television he has had starring or featured roles in "Outlaws" as Harland Pike and "The A-Team" as Colonel Lynch. He has been a mainstay on episodic TV for three decades, appearing in such classics as ', "The Partridge Family", "Bonanza", "Kung Fu", "Gunsmoke", "The Rockford Files", "The Waltons", "The Incredible Hulk", "M*A*S*H", "Knight Rider", "Magnum, P.I.", and "Murder, She Wrote". He has also appeared in such shows as "NYPD Blue", ', "JAG", "Walker, Texas Ranger", "The X Files", "ER", "The Pretender", "Profiler", "The West Wing", and "Tales of the Gold Monkey".

Theater

Lucking graduated from UCLA and the Pasadena Playhouse with degrees in both literature and theater. In 1986, with fellow actor and Michigan native Dana Elcar, he 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. He was Producer of projects including Edward Albee's "The Zoo Story", Harold Pinter's "The Hothouse", George Bernard Shaw's "Major Barbara", Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real", and Robert Penn Warren's "All the King's Men". Lucking's most recent stage roles include Blue in the CTG/Ahmanson production of "Conversations with My Father" at the Doolittle Theater in Los Angeles and Dr. Sloper in the Ensemble Theater Company of Santa Barbara's production of "The Heiress".

Personal life

Lucking was born in Vicksburg, Michigan. He moved to Santa Paula, California in 1971. He currently resides in Pasadena. Since losing his wife Mimi to breast cancer, he has sought solace as a writer. While continuing as a busy character actor he has created several short stories, screenplays, and a novel, "Casual Labor".

External links

*imdb name|id=0524747|name=William Lucking
* [http://www.industrycentral.net/content/actors/lucking.html The Working Actor]