Young also had roles in acclaimed films and television shows including Chinatown, Once Upon a Time in America and The Sopranos
Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie, the rough-hewn, corner man and brother-in-law to Sylvester Stallone in the Rocky franchise, has died aged 83.
The short, paunchy, balding Young was the sort of actor who always seemed to play middle-aged no matter his age. When Paulie first appears in 1976’s Rocky, he is an angry, foul-mouthed meat packer who is abusive to his sister Adrian , with whom he shares a small apartment in Philadelphia. As the movies went on, Young’s Paulie softened, as the sequels themselves did, and he became their comic relief. Paulie was an eternal pessimist who was constantly convinced that Rocky was going to get clobbered by his increasingly daunting opponents. His surprise at Rocky’s resilience brought big laughs.
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