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Carl Weathers, Rocky and Mandalorian Star, Dead at 76
The actor was best known for playing Creed in the boxing franchise.
Born in New Orleans in 1948, Weathers played with the Oakland Raiders and Canada’s BC Lions before retiring from the profession to pursue acting in 1973. All the while, he began to fill out his acting résumé via a number of films and TV shows, including his first uncredited role in Magnum Force(1973), before appearing in several projects in 1975, such as blaxploitation movies Friday Foster and Bucktown and episodes of Good Times and Kung Fu. The Prince of Punch took his skills to his performance in the Arnold Schwarzenegger–led action film Predator(1987) and displayed his comedic chops on Arrested Development.
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