Bill Luckett: actor, bartender, lawyer, politicianBILL LUCKETT was already in his 60s when his acting career took off. He was mooching around film sets and premières, and the parts began rolling in. He has played a judge, a chef, a restaurateur and a newscaster, and has forthcoming roles as a pick-up driver and a homeless man. His melodious southern accent may help. So might the fact that, as a professional trial lawyer, “I’ve been an actor a long time.”
Mr Luckett was introduced to the film business by his friend Morgan Freeman. They met 20-odd years ago when Mr Freeman was building a house in the Mississippi Delta, and Mr Luckett helped with both the paperwork and the construction: as well as a lawyer, he is an army-trained civil engineer (he was an officer in the Mississippi National Guard). The poorest part of America’s poorest state, the Delta is a place where many people multi-task to get by; but, even here, Mr Luckett’s versatility stands out. He is also a property developer, “two-bit contractor”, “frustrated architect”, sometime housepainter, landlord, handyman, motorcyclist and...Continue reading
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