Carl Weathers, who has died aged 76, played Sylvester Stallone’s boxing rival Apollo Creed in the triple Oscar-winning film Rocky (1976); he also had a famous handshake with Arnold Schwarzenegger in ...

Carl Weathers never won an Academy Award for acting. Actors Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young and Burgess Meredith were all nominated for “Rocky” in 1976. All were shut out. That included ...

CARL WEATHERS: (As Apollo Creed) We don't even have a choice. See; we're born with a killer instinct that you can't just turn off and on like some radio. We have to be right in the middle of the ...

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 Schwarzenegger in ...

Movie fans across the country received some devastating news on Friday afternoon, as actor Carl Weathers passed away on Thursday at the age of 76, his family announced. Weathers is perhaps most famous ...