Anthony Mabron Burton was an American actor and boxer.
19 Facts About Tony Burton
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Tony Burton was known for his role as Tony "Duke" Evers in the Rocky films.
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Tony Burton gained 820 yards rushing that year, and one of his runs was for 95 yards.
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Tony Burton was chosen as an All State honorable mention.
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Tony Burton was the team's co-captain and Most Valuable Player.
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Tony Burton led his team in yards gained and receiving yards.
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At Northern, Tony Burton was the leading baseball pitcher, pitching the team to the city championship title.
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Tony Burton won the State Golden Gloves Light Heavyweight Championship in 1957 and lost in the Chicago Tournament of Champions semi-finals.
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Tony Burton fought as a professional boxer in 1958 and 1959.
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Tony Burton appeared as Wells, one of the prisoners trapped in the besieged police station in John Carpenter's 1976 Howard Hawks-inspired action film, Assault on Precinct 13.
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Tony Burton later starred in the Rocky films as a trainer to Apollo Creed and later Rocky Balboa.
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Tony Burton appeared in an episode of Gibbsville in 1976.
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Tony Burton appeared in The Shining, House Party 2, and Hook.
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Tony Burton had guest appearances in Kojak, The Rockford Files, CHiPs, Twin Peaks, and The A-Team.
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Tony Burton guest starred as Conrad King Baylor on In the Heat of the Night in the episode "King's Ransom", which aired in January 1990.
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Tony Burton was married to Aurelain from 1980 until his death.
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Tony Burton defeated Stanley Kubrick on the set of The Shining, in which Burton played Larry Durkin, the garage owner.
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In 1993, Tony Burton was inducted into the Greater Flint Afro-American Hall of Fame.
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Tony Burton had been frequently hospitalized for the last year of his life, according to his sister.