Burt Young starred as Paulie in six Rocky films
Rocky star Burt Young has died aged 83. The Oscar-nominated actor played Paulie, the corner man and brother-in-law to Sylvester Stallone throughout the iconic film franchise.
READ MORE: Email claiming there was 'suspicious package' on flight sees police block Manchester Airport runway with 'airfield closed'Young had roles in acclaimed films and television shows including Chinatown, Once Upon a Time in America and The Sopranos but was always best known for playing Paulie Pennino in six Rocky movies.
He berates the shy, meek Adrian for refusing at first to go on a Thanksgiving-night date with his buddy and co-worker Rocky Balboa and destroys a turkey she has in the oven. Rocky was nominated for 10 Oscars, including best supporting actor for Young. It won three, including best picture. Young and co-star Burgess Meredith, who was also nominated, lost to Jason Robards in All the President’s Men.
“It was a great ride, and it brought me to the audience in a great way,” Young said in a 2020 interview with Celebrity Parents magazine. “I made him a rough guy with a sensitivity. He’s really a marshmallow even though he yells a lot.” In a short-but-memorable scene in 1974’s Chinatown, he plays a fisherman who throws a fit when Jack Nicholson’s private detective Jake Gittes shows him pictures proving his wife is cheating on him.
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