{"id":112322,"date":"2023-10-19T14:32:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T14:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/19\/rocky-actor-burt-young-dies-aged-83\/"},"modified":"2023-10-19T14:32:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T14:32:33","slug":"rocky-actor-burt-young-dies-aged-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/19\/rocky-actor-burt-young-dies-aged-83\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Rocky’ actor Burt Young dies aged 83"},"content":{"rendered":"

Young appeared in six Rocky films with Sylvester Stallone\nMOVIESTORE\/SHUTTERSTOCK<\/p>

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Actor Burt Young, best known for playing Paulie Pennino in the Rocky films, has died at the age of 83.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Young received an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor in 1977 for his role as the friend and future brother-in-law of boxer Rocky, played by Sylvester Stallone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stallone paid tribute to Young on social media, calling him an “incredible man and artist”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added: “I and the world will miss you very much.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Burt Young pictured in 2017GETTY IMAGES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Born Gerald Tommaso DeLouise in Queens, New York, the Italian-American was in the US Marine Corps in the 1950s, and went on to study acting and build a career playing tough guys in TV shows and films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The actor was remembered\u00a0by Variety’s Carmel Dagan\u00a0as “exceptionally prolific”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“[He] was never much to look at, making him the perfect character actor – [he] had a way of taking a thug or a goon or a mug and giving him more personality, more sympathy, somehow, than the role deserved,” Dagan wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Young appeared in the first Rocky film in 1976 as a friend of Stallone’s character, before becoming Rocky’s brother-in-law in Rocky II when the fighter married his sister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Young appeared in six Rocky films with Sylvester StalloneMOVIESTORE\/SHUTTERSTOCK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

He played Paulie in all six original Rocky films but did not return in 2015 spin-off film Creed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rocky was his best-known work and a huge cinema hit, receiving 10 Oscar nominations and three awards in total, including best picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Young also appeared in Once Upon a Time in America, Last Exit to Brooklyn and Mickey Blue Eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He featured in television series such as The Sopranos, Law & Order, The Rockford Files and M*A*S*H.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his life after acting, Young made his name as a painter and exhibited his work at galleries around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His death was confirmed by his manager on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n \n

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