Carl Weathers: 'Rocky' and 'The Mandalorian' actor dead at 76

Actor, director and former football player Carl Weathers has passed away. Weathers is best known for his role in Rocky Predator and Happy Gilm Your kids probably know him as the voice of Carl in Toy Story or as Greef Ca in the Star Wars series The Mand Weathers manager says he died peacefully in his home. He had recently turned 76 years Carl Weathers debuted on the sil in 1975 in the blaxploitation film Bucktown. What is keeping him up? I don’t But he became a star playing the boxing champ, Apollo Creed, in the 1976 hit Ro What

started out as a low budget sleeper won three Academy Awards including Best Picture. The whole world was going to see the real Apollo Creed Lightning and hard to catch, no plane, no drive, and just business. Weathers appeared in three Rocky sequels, playing Rocky’s nemesis manager and friend. The former linebacker with the O Raiders earned a degree in drama from San Francisco State Univers He said he was inspired to become an actor. Watching Sidney Poitier in the 1 The Defiant Ones. Years later, Weathers starred in its T Along the way, he embodied the 80 strong man

sharing the big screen with Charles Bronson and Dave Hu Make it easy on yourself. And later, Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator Look schedule. Gale Weathers also took charge on

the small screen on shows like Fortune, Dane and Tou But one role Weathers Felt gave him a chance to go deeper a was chief of police in the heat of the night. The part allowed him to grapple with tough social issues. Now you’re threatening to commit a serious crime. Mr. Buford Weathers appeared in the show’s last two seasons and said the more cerebral role was a hap from

years of backbreaking stunt An alligator bit my hand. Oh, my Weathers found comic relief in h as Adam Sandler’s alligator hati golf instructor Chubbs Peterson Gilmore in Arrested Development. He played a penny pinching actin All I know is no chewing coach. Do you want to chew it or not? In 2019, Weathers found a new yo audience in the popular Star War The Mandalorian, playing the lea of an intergalactic bounty Hunte He received an Emmy nomination for that role and directed many episodes of th It’s always such a joy to provide entertainment for people who really

enjoy what Carl Weathers, an action star who lit up screens with heft and