MUMBAI: Burt Young, who was best known for playing the role of Paulie in 6 of the Rocky movies starring Sylvester Stallone, passed away in Los Angeles. His daughter Anne Morea Steingieser confirmed the veteran actor’s death to the New York Times. He was 83 years old.
Burt was born and brought up in New York’s Queens. He was part of the Marine Corps before trying his hand at boxing and later joining the film industry. He very often played Italian-American roles as a gang boss, a street-smart detective or a middle-class man.
His iconic role of Rocky Balboa's friend and brother-in-law Paulie in 1976 film Rocky gave him immense popularity. He received an Oscar nomination for the role as Best Supporting Actor for the film.
Apart from Sylvester Stallone, Stu Nahan and Tony Burton, Burt was the only actor to star in all six Rocky movies of the franchise. Apart from this, Burt was part of more than 160 film and television shows. Some of his other popular films include Chinatown (1974), The Gambler (1974), The Killer Elite (1975), Convoy (1978), Uncle Joe Shannon (1978), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984), A Summer to Remember (1985), Back to School (1986), Last Exit to Brooklyn (1990), Mickey Blue Eyes (1999), Transamerica (2005), Win Win (2011), and Bottom of the 9th (2019).
On Tv he was seen in shows like The Rockford Files, Baretta, Law & Order, Walker, Texas Ranger, All In The Family, M*A*S*H, Miami Vice, Roomies among others.
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