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Anthony Mabron Burton (March 23, 1937 – February 25, 2016) was an American actor and boxer. He was known for his role as Tony "Duke" Evers in the Rocky films . [2]
Tony Burton, who is famous for playing the corner man in six "Rocky" movies, was himself, in real life, a professional heavyweight boxer. Boxing in such avenues as Palm Springs, Los Angeles, and Hollywood, California, the 6 feet 200 pound Burton knocked-out among others, Bob Smith and Denny Chaney.
Feb 26, 2016 · Tony Burton, who played a tough-talking boxing trainer in six of the “Rocky” movies with Sylvester Stallone, died on Thursday in a California hospital, his family said. He was 78. The cause was...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tony Burton, a veteran character actor best known for brief but memorable turns as a tough, no-nonsense trainer and cornerman in Sylvester Stallone's first six "Rocky" films, has died at age 78. Burton died of pneumonia Thursday at a Southern California hospital, his wife, Aurelain "Rae" Burton, said Friday. Failing health had prevented him from appearing in "Creed," the seventh "Rocky" movie and the one for which Stallone is nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar ...
Feb 26, 2016 · Tony Burton, the actor who played trainer Tony “Duke” Evers in the “Rocky” films, died Thursday, his sister Loretta Kelley said. He was 78.
Feb 26, 2016 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tony Burton, a veteran character actor best known for brief but memorable turns as a tough, no-nonsense trainer and cornerman in Sylvester Stallone’s first six “Rocky” films,...
Feb 26, 2016 · Tony Burton, an actor who starred alongside Sylvester Stallone in the Rocky movies, has reportedly died aged 78. Burton was born in Flint, Michigan and launched a light heavyweight boxing...
Feb 26, 2016 · Tony Burton, a former boxer who portrayed Apollo Creed's trainer in six of the "Rocky" movies, has died at age 78 after a long illness, according to media reports on Friday.
Feb 26, 2016 · Tony Burton, a veteran character actor best known for brief but memorable turns as a tough, no-nonsense trainer and cornerman in Sylvester Stallone’s first six “Rocky” films, died Feb. 25 at a...
Tony Burton, who is famous for playing the corner man in six "Rocky" movies, was himself, in real life, a professional heavyweight boxer. Boxing in such avenues as Palm Springs, Los Angeles, and Hollywood, California, the 6 feet 200 pound Burton knocked-out among others, Bob Smith and Denny Chaney.
