CARL WEATHERS

Updated 05-May-2020.

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Carl Weathers – Auteur – Ressources de la Bibliothèque nationale de France: Toutes les informations de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France sur : Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers Stats | Pro-Football-Reference.com: Carl Weathers: Pos: LB, Career: 8 G, Raiders 1970-1971, born LA 1948

Carl Weathers – IMDb: Carl Weathers, Actor: Predator. Carl Weathers was born on January 14, 1948, in New Orleans, Louisiana. A famous and successful football star at San Diego State, he played with the Oakland Raiders and retired from the sport in 1974, in order to give full attention to his goal: to be a real actor. Weathers first played small parts in two blaxploitation flicks, Friday Foster (1975)…

Carl Weathers Looks Back on Creed: Sparring With Ali, Slighting Stallone and Passing the Torch: The 67-year-old reminisces at length about one of his most memorable characters — and recalls auditioning with the ‘Rocky’ star and saying “I could do a lot better if you got me a real actor to work with.”

Apollo Creed lives again: Carl Weathers joins NFL Draft coverage on ‘Rocky’ steps: Apollo Creed may have met an untimely end in

Catching up with Carl Weathers: ROCKY’S Apollo Creed – Silver Screen Artists: Carl Weathers has had a pretty full Career! Take a look at his steps through the NFL and Hollywood! Way beyond Apollo Creed, Take a look!

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Carl Weathers (born January 14, 1948) is an american actor and former professional football player . as a football player, Weathers played for the Oakland Raiders of the nfl and the B.C. Lions as an eighth-grade student, he earned an athletic scholarship to a private high school . he was an all-around athlete, involved in boxing, football, gymnastics, judo, soccer, and wrestling after he went undrafted, Weathers signed with the Oakland Raiders as a free agent in 1970 . he then signed for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League in 1971 . during the off-seasons Weathers narrated NFL Films’ season recap of the 1999, 2000 and 2001 seasons . he had his first significant roles in two blaxploitation films . in 1976 he appeared on Barnaby Jones as escaped convict Jack Hopper . he reprised the role of Apollo Creed in the next three Rocky films . Weathers is briefly seen as an Army MP in the late 1970s and 1980s, Weathers starred in a number of action films for the small and big screen . he appeared in spoof segment on Saturday night live, urging viewers to vote for him in 2004, weathers received a career revival as a comedic actor . he appeared in three episodes of the comedy series arrested development . Weathers is a principal of red tight media, a film and video production company . he also appeared in one episode of ER as the father of an injured boxer . Stallone refused permission to use footage from earlier films . they instead used footage of a fighter who looks similar to Weathers . Weathers agreed to allow footage of him from previous films to be used throughout Creed II Weathers portrayed the father of Michael Strahan and Daryl “Chill” Mitchell’s characters on the short-lived 2009 Fox sitcom Brothers . he is currently acting as Brian “Gebo” Fitzgerald in