Directors Guild Foundation Renames Fundraiser As Carl Weathers Memorial Golf Tournament
deadline.comActor Carl Weathers is being remembered for his service to The Directors Guild Foundation (DGF), with the organization renaming their premier annual fundraising event in his honor.
Going forward, the organization’s annual golf tournament will be known as the Directors Guild Foundation Carl Weathers Memorial Golf Tournament.
Weathers starred as Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films and appeared in Predator, The Mandalorian, Happy Gilmore, Action Jackson, Arrested Development and dozens of other films and TV shows.
He died in February at 76. “Carl Weathers was the embodiment of dedication to the Directors Guild and the Foundation,” said Director and DGF Chairman Todd Holland. “For over two decades, he devoted himself to serving the DGA, including as an officer of the Foundation since 2012.
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