Comfortable flexing his muscles on the big screen in “Action Jackson” as he was joking around on the small screen in such shows as “Arrested Development,” Weathers was perhaps most closely associated ...

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 ...

Carl Weathers, the beloved actor, athlete and storyteller whose presence defined some of cinema's most enduring characters, ...

Due to his star turn in the 1976 classic "Rocky,'' Sylvester Stallone will always be inextricably tied to Philadelphia, the title character's hometown. And therefore, Carl Weathers - who just passed ...

NEW YORK — 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 ...