American football player and actor (born 1948)

Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers was an American actor, director and gridiron football player. His prominent roles included boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films (1976–1985), Colonel Al Dillon in Predator (1987), Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore (1996), and Combat Carl in the Toy Story franchise. He also starred in the 1988 film Action Jackson and portrayed Det. Beaudreaux in the television series Street Justice (1991–1993) and a fictionalized version of himself in the comedy series Arrested Development, and voiced Omnitraxus Prime in Star vs.

Born

1948

January 14

Died

2024

Era

1940s

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1948 Born
2024 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

1236 King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
1301 Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1761 The Third Battle of Panipat, the largest battle of the 18th century, is fought in India between the Afghan Durrani Empire under Ahmad Shah Durrani, and the Maratha Empire under Sadashivrao Bhau.
1784 American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States: Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.

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The world in 1948

When Carl arrived

april 1 Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
april 1 Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.
april 13 In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.
april 16 The Organization of European Economic Co-operation is formed.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on January 14

Albert Schweitzer 1875–1965 French-German physician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965) Byron Leftwich 1980– American football player and coach Cecil Beaton 1904–1980 English photographer, painter, and costume designer (died 1980) Hugo Steinhaus 1887– Polish mathematician and academic (died 1972) Johan Rudolph Thorbecke 1798–1872 Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 1872) Jordan Ladd 1975– American actress Ken Sailors 1921– American basketball player (died 2016) Kevin Durand 1974– Canadian actor Moscelyne Larkin 1925–2012 American ballerina and educator (born 1925)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1948

Art Spiegelman 1948– Swedish-American cartoonist and critic Buck Martinez 1948– American baseball player and manager Carlos Salinas de Gortari 1948– Mexican economist and politician, 53rd President of Mexico Christopher Guest 1948– British-American actor and director Claude Jade 1948–2006 French actress (born 1948) Cliff Thorburn 1948– Canadian snooker player Davíð Oddsson 1948– Icelandic politician, 21st Prime Minister of Iceland (died 2026) Dayle Haddon 1948– Canadian model and actress (died 2024) East Bay Ray 1948– American guitarist

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