As we celebrate Sylvester Stallone’s 78th birthday today, Rocky II is back on TV screens tomorrow, featuring Apollo Creed. The Master of Disaster was probably Rocky’s greatest opponent, not only for their lengthy antagonism in the ring, but also for the impact they had on each other’s lives. When actor Carl Weathers died in February … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” movies, facing off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Predator” and teaching golf in “Happy Gilmore,” has died. He was 76. Matt Luber, his manager, said Weathers died Thursday. His family … Read more
Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies, facing off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator and teaching golf in Happy Gilmore, has died. He was 76. Matt Luber, his manager, said Weathers died Thursday. His family issued a statement saying … Read more
Sylvester Stallone took to social media Friday to join a number of actors mourning the death of Carl Weathers, who starred as Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” films. Weathers, a former NFL linebacker, appeared in roles such as Col. Al Dillon in “Predator,” Combat Carl in the “Toy Story” franchise and Derick “Chubbs” Peterson in … Read more
