Tony Burton Biography

Fast Facts

• Was inducted into the Greater Flint Afro-American Hall of Fame in 1993
• Played football for Flint Northern High School, becoming the team's co-captain and Most Valuable Player
• Was the Flint Golden Gloves light heavyweight champion in 1955 and 1957 and boxed professionally from 1958 to 1959
• Though he only had a week-long contact to film his two short scenes in "The Shining," Stanley Kubrick kept him on for six weeks as a chess partner
• Was one of four actors who appeared in each of the six "Rocky" films
• Beat master chess player Stanley Kubrick at chess once on the set of "The Shining․"
• While in prison, he earned his high school diploma, earned a degree from the University of California and discovered his passion for theater