25 Movie Talents We Lost In 2016

Tony Burton started out as a professional boxer in the late 1950s, an experience that naturally made him a perfect choice for his best-known role as Tony ‘Duke’ Evers in the Rocky movies.

In fact, alongside Sylvester Stallone, Burton is the only actor to have appeared in all six instalments of the franchise. He also appeared in John Carpenter’s action thriller Assault on Precinct 13, Stanley Kubrick’s classic horror The Shining, in an uncredited role in the Sydney Poitier directed comedy Stir Crazy and as pirate Bill Jukes in Steven Spielberg’s 1991 fantasy adventure flick Hook.