The Rocky series had many antagonists for Stallone to square off against in the ring. But Stallone once felt that Carl Weathers’ Apollo Creed might have stood out from the others. He credited Weathers ...

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 ...

Actor Carl Weathers, known for playing Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” franchise and appearing in “Happy Gilmore,” “Predator” and Disney’s “The Mandalorian,” died Thursday at the age of 76. Weathers died ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carl Weathers, who starred as Apollo Creed in the first four “Rocky” films opposite Sylvester Stallone, died Thursday, his manager ...

Carl Weathers, the actor who traded blows with Sylvester Stallone in the “Rocky” franchise and starred in films “Predator,” “Action Jackson” and the TV series “The Mandalorian,” has died. He was 76.