Tony Burton

Anthony Mabron "Tony" Burton (born 23 March 1937 in Flint, Michigan, USA; died 25 February 2016 in Menifee, California, USA) was an American actor, boxer, and football player. I knew him for his role as Tony "Duke" Evers in the first six Rocky films (1976-2006).

He also had parts in a number of other notable films including John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980), Stir Crazy (1980), The Toy (1982), Armed and Dangerous (1986), House Party 2 (1991), Spielberg's Hook (1991) and the Stallone film Shade (2003).

Mr Burton passed away at the age of 78 from complications of pneumonia. Only one or two months prior I had purchased his autograph from The Philadelphia Connection Store.

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