{"id":60784,"date":"2023-10-21T14:16:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T18:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=60784"},"modified":"2023-10-21T14:16:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T18:16:42","slug":"burt-young-oscar-nominated-actor-who-played-paulie-in-rocky-films-dies-at-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/21\/burt-young-oscar-nominated-actor-who-played-paulie-in-rocky-films-dies-at-83\/","title":{"rendered":"Burt Young, Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie in \u2018Rocky\u2019 films, dies at 83"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60748\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/burt-young.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/burt-young.jpg 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/burt-young-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>Burt Young, a one-time prizefighter from Queens who played multifaceted tough guys in dozens of movies and television shows, becoming a fixture of the <em>Rocky<\/em> franchise with his Oscar-nominated portrayal of Paulie Pennino, Rocky Balboa\u2019s best friend turned cornerman. He was 83. Young died on October 8, 2023 in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Born Gerald Tommaso DeLouise in New York City&#8217;s Queens borough, the burly performer served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the 1950s and later studied at Lee Strasberg&#8217;s Actors Studio. He went on to build a career playing mostly tough-guy and Italian-American characters on television and film.<\/p><div id=\"morty-4287745328\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>He was best remembered for his role in the original 1976 <em>Rocky<\/em> film, playing Paulie Pennino, the alcoholic butcher, and pal to Stallone&#8217;s lead character, Rocky Balboa, who made punching slaps of meat in the storage locker where Paulie worked part of his regular training routine as an aspiring boxer.<\/p>\n<p>Young appeared in such films as <em>Chinatown<\/em> (1974), <em>The Gambler<\/em> (1974), <em>The Killer Elite<\/em> (1975), <em>Convoy<\/em> (1978), <em>Uncle Joe Shannon<\/em> (1978),<em> Once Upon a Time in America<\/em>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burt_Young\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More About Burt Young\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burt Young, a one-time prizefighter from Queens who played multifaceted tough guys in dozens of movies and television shows, becoming a fixture of the Rocky franchise with his Oscar-nominated portrayal of Paulie Pennino, Rocky Balboa\u2019s best friend turned cornerman. 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