Tony Burton
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Anthony "Tony" Burton (March 23, 1937 – February 25, 2016) was an American actor, boxer, and football player. He was known for his role as Tony "Duke" Evers in the Rocky franchise. He, Sylvester Stallone and Burt Young are the only actors who have appeared in every Rocky installment (not counting Creed). Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Burton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Mar 23, 1937 In Flint, Michigan, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 51
- First Appeared:
- In the series Sanford and Son 1972-01-14
- Latest Project:
- Movie 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic 2020-06-09
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic | Self (archive footage) | 2020-06-09 |
| Movie | The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance | Self | 2011-12-27 |
| Movie | Hack! | Sheriff Stoker | 2007-07-20 |
| Movie | Rocky Balboa | Tony 'Duke' Evers | 2006-12-20 |
| Movie | Shade | Fedora | 2003-05-18 |
| Movie | Exorcism | Bishop Harris | 2003-08-23 |
| Movie | Knockout | Sergeant Hawkins | 2000-02-04 |
| Movie | Flipping | Chuckie, 2-2 Card Club Manager | 1997-03-07 |
| Movie | Black Rose of Harlem | Turner | 1996-03-01 |
| Movie | Twisted Fate | Columbus | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Private Obsession | Sergeant Jim Lytel | 1995-03-07 |
| Movie | CyberTracker 2 | Swain | 1995-11-08 |
| Series | Chicago Hope | Unknown | 1994-09-18 |
| Movie | Absent Without Leave | Constable | 1993-02-20 |
| Movie | Mission of Justice | Cedric Williams | 1992-12-02 |
| Movie | Hook | Bill Jukes | 1991-04-10 |
| Movie | House Party 2 | Mr. Lee | 1991-10-23 |
| Movie | Side Out | Louie | 1990-03-30 |
| Movie | You Ruined My Life | Moustache | 1987-02-01 |
| Movie | Armed and Dangerous | Cappy | 1986-08-15 |
| Movie | Oceans of Fire | Clay | 1986-09-16 |
| Movie | Rocky IV | Tony "Duke" Evers | 1985-11-21 |
| Movie | Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story | Grif | 1985-05-01 |
| Series | The A-Team | Unknown | 1983-01-23 |
| Movie | Happy | Lt. J.L. Stevens | 1983-10-26 |
| Series | T. J. Hooker | Unknown | 1982-03-13 |
| Movie | Rocky III | Tony 'Duke' Evers | 1982-05-28 |
| Series | The Fall Guy | Unknown | 1981-11-04 |
| Series | Tenspeed and Brown Shoe | Unknown | 1980-01-27 |
| Movie | White Mama | Black Fighter | 1980-03-05 |
| Movie | The Shining | Durkin | 1980-05-23 |
| Movie | Inside Moves | Lucius | 1980-12-19 |
| Movie | Stir Crazy | Guy who Punches Big Mean (uncredited) | 1980-12-12 |
| Movie | The Hunter | Garbageman #2 | 1980-08-01 |
| Movie | Rocky II | Tony 'Duke' Evers | 1979-06-15 |
| Movie | Blackjack | Charles | 1978-11-01 |
| Movie | Heroes | Chef | 1977-11-04 |
| Movie | Beyond Reason | Dangerman | 1977-01-01 |
| Series | The Incredible Hulk | Unknown | 1977-11-04 |
| Movie | Future Cop | Second Terrorist | 1976-05-01 |
| Series | Gemini Man | Unknown | 1976-05-10 |
| Movie | The River Niger | Black Policeman | 1976-04-14 |
| Movie | Rocky | Tony "Duke" Evers | 1976-11-21 |
| Movie | Assault on Precinct 13 | Wells | 1976-10-08 |
| Movie | The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings | Issac | 1976-07-16 |
| Series | Baretta | Unknown | 1975-01-17 |
| Series | Switch | Unknown | 1975-09-09 |
| Series | Good Times | Unknown | 1974-02-08 |
| Movie | The Black Godfather | Sonny Spyder Brown | 1974-09-03 |
| Series | Kojak | Unknown | 1973-10-24 |
| Series | Sanford and Son | Unknown | 1972-01-14 |