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WEATHERS: (As Derick Peterson) They wouldn't let me play on the pro tour anymore. WEATHERS: (As Derick Peterson) Back in 1965, Sports Illustrated said I was going to be the next Arnold Palmer. WEATHERS: (As Derick Peterson) You have no idea who I am, do you?ĪDAM SANDLER: (As Happy Gilmore) No, I don't. In the sports comedy "Happy Gilmore," the actor plays a golf legend opposite Adam Sandler. Adept as a dramatic actor, Weathers could also be funny. VELTMAN: Weathers went on to appear in "Predator" and "The Mandalorian," along with more than 75 other films and TV shows. WEATHERS: Well, I didn't know that the writer and the star of the movie were one and the same. VELTMAN: He didn't realize the actor he was reading with was Sylvester Stallone. WEATHERS: And I turned to them and just blurted out, you know, if you get me a real actor, I could do a much better job. But he told Terry Gross he felt like it wasn't going well. VELTMAN: He landed roles in a couple of blaxploitation movies as well as bit parts on TV shows like "Good Times" and "Starsky And Hutch." Like a lot of Hollywood actors, it wasn't clear if he would break through, and then came the "Rocky" audition. WEATHERS: You know, I get to do what I've always wanted to do since I was a kid, which was be a professional actor. He went on to play pro football for the Oakland Raiders for a couple of seasons until 1974, but Weathers told Gross that acting was his first love. He earned an athletic scholarship to a private high school and San Diego State University. VELTMAN: Born in New Orleans in 1948, the son of a day laborer, Weathers grew up playing sports.
VELTMAN: In one memorable sequence, the actor chases a taxicab before overtaking it and flinging himself on the top of the vehicle. His abilities can clearly be seen in movies like "Action Jackson," where Weathers starred as the titular Detroit police detective investigating a corrupt auto magnate. VELTMAN: Turned out Weathers was as natural an athlete as he was an actor. VELTMAN: But Weathers told Terry Gross on WHYY's Fresh Air in 1988 he knew nothing about boxing when he auditioned for the role. So they're making excuses so they don't have to be the chump to get whipped in front of the whole civilized world. Hell, they knew everybody in the world is going to see this fight, and none of them got a prayer whipping me. His character was all swagger.ĬARL WEATHERS: (As Apollo Creed) They're afraid. NPR's Chloe Veltman reports that Weathers was best-known for his roles in "The Mandalorian," "Happy Gilmore" and his star turn in the first four "Rocky" films.ĬHLOE VELTMAN, BYLINE: As heavyweight champion of the world Apollo Creed, Carl Weathers projected pure power in the ring against Sylvester Stallone. The actor Carl Weathers died yesterday in Los Angeles.