William Lucking, Sons of Anarchy actor and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine guest star, has passed away at 80

William Lucking as Bajoran leader Furel in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

NOVEMBER 4, 2021 - William Lucking, who guest-starred on both Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Enterprise, has died at the age of 80, as reported on Facebook by family friend and fellow Trek veteran Stephen Macht. Lucking’s role as Bajoran resistance leader Furel in three DS9 episodes helped to fill in the backstory of Kira Nerys and Bajoran resistance efforts during the Cardassian occupation. On Enterprise he played Orion privateer Harrad-Sar, who attempted to capture Captain Archer in the fourth season episode “Bound.”

Lucking’s Hollywood career began in 1968 on the TV show Ironside, and he worked steadily for over 40 years. His television credits include classic shows like Mission: Impossible, Gunsmoke, The Incredible Hulk, The X-Files, and William Shatner’s police drama T.J. Hooker. His film credits included The River Wild, Red Dragon, and the Bill Murray comedy Stripes. In 2008 he landed a role in hit crime drama Sons of Anarchy on FX, a featured role he continued until departing the show in its fourth season.

Macht’s Facebook post included an obituary written by Lucking’s wife Sigrid, in which she 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. He was a giant of a man with the soul of a poet.” 

Please join all of us at Daily Star Trek News in sending our best thoughts and wishes to William Lucking’s family and friends as they grieve his passing.