Carl Weathers Dead: Rocky's Apollo Creed, Star Wars, Predator Actor Was 76

Carl Weathers, who starred as Apollo Creed in the first four "Rocky" films opposite Sylvester Stallone, died Thursday, his manager Matt Luber confirmed to Variety. He was 76.

Weathers also starred in 1987’s "Predator" and had a memorable role in Adam Sandler's "Happy Gilmore." He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his work in the "Star Wars" series "The Mandalorian."

He voiced Combat Carl in "Toy Story 4" and played a fictionalized version of himself in a recurring role on "Arrested Development." His other credits include the TV series "Street Justice," "Colony," “The Shield,” "Chicago Justice" and "Brothers," and the films "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Death Hunt" and "The Comebacks."

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I don't watch many movies or tv, so my primary recollection is Apollo Creed in Rocky.

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Great actor, RIP.

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“Sundog/George Washington Lincoln Brown: They didn't want to let me in the Majors and you know why.
- Sergeant Edgar Millen: Damn right, I know why. I musta heard that story six hundred times...
- Vanessa: Why?
- Sundog: I was too good, that's why. I'd a pitched that ball down Ty Cobb's throat and made George Sisler look like an electric fan.”

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Couldn't stomach the Rocky movies, so I have no recollection of him in those films. I do remember him in Predator and Force 10 from Navarone. Sad loss. RIP.

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Great actor. He was a good addition to any movie. He will be missed.

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This was a rumor a few months ago. He was just in a Superbowl commercial with Rob Gronzkowski. Are we sure it’s true ?

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FanDuel to "adjust".

FanDuel to 'adjust' Carl Weathers, Rob Gronkowski Super Bowl LVIII commercial after 'Rocky' actor's death

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If they want to show class, and get their name out there, too, they would have Gronk come out and say, "We were gonna show a commercial about a field goal. Instead we are going to remember Mr. Carl Weathers."

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I thought he was a pretty good actor.

RIP Mr. Weathers.

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We will have to wait and see what FanDuel's 'adjustment' will be.

I'll "bet" they split the uprights with it.

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I liked his work in the TV show "In the Heat of the Night".

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Yeah, he was one of the 'good guys'. Sorry to see him go. And only 76.

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"He was kinda funny lookin'"

RIP. I loved him in Force 10 from Navarone. Sgt. Weaver of the US Army Medical Corps.

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Packing his GI switchblade.

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Because of the metric system?

I knew he was having a bad day when the Predator sliced his arm off holding a barking MP5. RIP. Joe

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Sorry to learn that a fellow San Diego State alum has passed away too soon. During the 1968 football season, Carl played linebacker alongside Fred Dryer, who, after a long NFL career, also had a successful acting career, primarily as the star of the TV show, Hunter. They must have been pretty good linebackers, as the Aztecs, coached by the late, great Don Coryell, were undefeated that year and were voted as small college national champions.
R.I.P., Carl.

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