Sons of Anarchy star William Lucking dies aged 80

William Lucking died at his home last month (Picture: Phil Mccarten/UPI/REX/Shutterstock)

Actor William Lucking has died at the age of 80, his wife has confirmed.

The Sons of Anarchy star died on October 18 at his home in Las Vegas, his widow announced in an obituary.

Sigrid Insull Lucking wrote: ‘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.’

The actor starred as biker Piney Winston for 35 episodes in the hit FX series, starting his role in 2008 until the fourth season in 2011.

The obituary was distributed by friend and actor Stephen Macht on Thursday as fans and friends reacted to the news.

Macht dubbed Bill as truly a ‘lion’, adding that ‘his memory will always be a blessing.’

Lucking starred as biker Piney Winston for 35 episodes in the hit FX series (Picture: Fx Network/ Kobal/ REX/ Shutterstock)

Remembering when he first met the star, on the set of series Big Hawaii, he wrote: ‘I asked him, “Why did you become an actor!?”

‘Bill’s answer, “Some a**hole clapped!” Bill transcended all the trappings of the ‘biz and reached a rare, splendid, powerful art of acting and will forever live in my memory.’

The actor made his on-screen debut back in 1968 in an episode of Ironside, before going on to appear on The Partridge Family, The X-Files, Mission: Impossible, and The West Wing.

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He also starred in NBC’s The A-Team from 1983 to 1984 as Army Col. Lynch and appeared in three episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

The actor is survived by his wife of 25 years and two daughters, Marjet Lucking and Juliana Ryan. His first wife, Mimi, died of cancer in 1996.

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