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Carl Weathers (January 14, 1948 – February 2, 2024) was an American actor, director and a former football player. His prominent roles included boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films (1976–1985), Colonel Al Dillon in Predator (1987), Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore (1996), and Combat Carl in the Toy Story franchise .
Force 10 from Navarone is a 1978 action war film loosely based on Alistair MacLean's 1968 novel of the same name.It is a sequel to the 1961 film The Guns of Navarone.The parts of Mallory and Miller are played by Robert Shaw (who died before the film was released), and Edward Fox, succeeding in the roles originally portrayed by Gregory Peck and David Niven.
In Carl Weathers’ movies, he confidently fought against stereotypes by playing human and multi-dimensional Black men from a brash boxer turned ally to a soldier to, yes, even spoofing himself ...
Carl Weathers, the actor whose memorable roles in films such as "Rocky," "Predator" and "The Mandalorian" made him a sought-after star, died Thursday. Here's where you can stream some of his ...
Carl Weathers, an Emmy-nominated actor with a screen career stemming back to the mid-1970s, has died. He was 76. ... Carl Weathers, who came to fame as Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” movies and ...
Promoted as "the biggest original movie Turner's network has attempted", [7] Assault on Devil's Island had a budget of US$4 million. [1] While produced by Berk / Schwartz / Bonann Productions, who were responsible for the Thunder in Paradise film and ensuing series, [ 8 ] it aimed to reinvent Hogan as a "more serious and gritty" character than ...
Carl Weathers was an unknown actor on a cattle call audition for a movie when he was introduced to the screenwriter — also a struggling nobody — and was told to do the scene with him. The ...
Alan "Al" Dillon (Carl Weathers) is a former teammate of Dutch and current CIA officer, sent along with Dutch's team for the mission. He and Dutch were comrades during the Vietnam War and saw heavy combat during the Battle of Huế. Having not served in the field for some time, Dillon nearly shows the team's position to the rebels while en ...