Burt Young - "Paulie" passes away at 83
- October 19, 2023
- 12:26 AM
Burt Young, the veteran actor, famously known as ‘Paulie’- the character of Rocky’s best friend, brother-in-law and handler in the “Rocky” movie series starring Sylvester Stallone, passed away at the age of 83, on October 8th in Los Angeles. The cause of death has not been confirmed yet.
Burt has worked in around 160 Hollywood movies and TV shows, few of his movies being – “Chinatown”, “Once Upon a time in America”, and the most famous “Rocy”, for which he got an Academy Award nomination.
Burt is survived by his daughter Anne Morea Steingieser. His wife, Gloria had passed away in 1974, after a marriage of 13 years.
Burt Young - His Background
Burt was born and brought up in Queens, New York, he served the Marine Corps, and also worked as a professional boxer, apart from working as a carpet layer. Burt was also known as Richard Morea and John Harris.. Before coming into acting, Burt was a marine and also pursued boxing as a career, where he was trained by Cus D’Amato, who also trained Floyd Patterson and Mike Tyson. Burt’s father was initially sheet metal worker, and later worked as high-school teacher and dean.
Burt Young - About his role in "Rocky" movie
Sylvester Stallone paid homage to the Oscar nominated co-actor, by posting an emotional message on his Instagram. have a look at the post below.
Burt Young - Few of his movies in Hollywood
- Chinatown (1974)
- The Gambler (1974)
- The Killer Elite (1975)
- Rocky (1976)
- Convoy (1978)
- Uncle Joe Shannon (1978)
- Rocky-II (1979)
- Rocky-III (1982)
- Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
- The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
- A Summer to Remember (1985)
- Rocky IV (1985)
- Back to School (1986)
- Last Exit to Brooklyn (1990)
- Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
- Transamerica (2005)
- Win Win (2011)
- Bottom of the 9th (2019)
Also Read : Burt Young — The Movie Database (TMDB) (themoviedb.org)
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