Weathers was perhaps most closely associated with playing Apollo Creed, who made his first appearance as an undisputed heavyweight world champion in 1976’s “Rocky,” starring Sylvester Stallone. NEW ...

"Predator" is a surprisingly enduring franchise, dating back to the original 1987 action classic. Lately, it's been totally reinvented by director Dan Trachtenberg, who has taken the greatest hunter ...

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Actor Carl Weathers, who portrayed Sylvester Stallone's boxing nemesis-turned-friend and mentor Apollo Creed in four "Rocky" films, has died at age 76, his family announced Friday.

Carl Weathers, the actor who starred as boxer Apollo Creed in the Rocky series in addition to memorable roles in Predator, Happy Gilmore, and The Mandalorian, died at the age of 76. Weathers’ family ...

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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 ...