Burt Young (Paulie Pennino in Rocky I-IV) dead at 83

[famicommander]

He will always be best remembered as Paulie, and he earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the first movie.

A truncated list of his other work via Wikipedia:
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)

 

[deviljin102]

Wow, RIP. I often watch the Rocky movies with IV being my favorite.

 

[famicommander]

Rocky > Rocky Balboa > Rocky II > Creed III > Creed > Creed II > Rocky III > Rocky IV >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rocky V

Burt Young's performance is pretty much the only good part of Rocky V.

 

[wyo]

 

[mainman]

RIP

Sad Drago might be close behind him as Lundgren has/had terminal cancer

 

[wyo]

Ah man that's fucked

 

[BIG BEAR]

Wow, RIP. I often watch the Rocky movies with IV being my favorite.

Rocky V is probably the most realistic one ever made imo before that area where the last fight scene took place turned into zombie land.
BB

 

[BIG BEAR]

RIP

Sad Drago might be close behind him as Lundgren has/had terminal cancer

Damn.Hard to believe Lundgren is 65...
Man the eighties was a great decade!
BB

 

[famicommander]

Rocky IV is probably the most realistic one ever made imo before that area where the last fight scene took place turned into zombie land.
BB

Realistic? What part was realistic? Paulie's robot servant wife? A former heavyweight champion being beaten to death on live television right after an elaborate James Brown performance?

 

[BIG BEAR]

My bad..ROCKY V IS the one I was referring to.
The only realistic part to IV was the doping imo.
BB

 

[Dr Shroom]

Realistic? What part was realistic? Paulie's robot servant wife? A former heavyweight champion being beaten to death on live television right after an elaborate James Brown performance?

dude thinks wrestling is real but paulie's robot and james brown doing a performance before in ring murder are too unrealistic

 

[LoneSage]

what did wyo post

Swear to mao better not be that Family Guy bit

 

[theMot]

Honestly, I thought this guy died about 10 years ago…

 

[Heinz]

Probably should get around to watching the Rocky movies huh.

 

[StevenK]

Probably should get around to watching the Rocky movies huh.

meh

 

[GutsDozer]

Super sad. I love Paulie.

 

[Hattori Hanzo]

I rooted for Ivan Drago in every Rocky movie even the spinoffs.

 

[roker]

Today I learned that the actor who played Paulie was still alive in 2023 at some point.

RIP

Besides the Rocky series, he had a great part in Back-to-School:

 

[terry.330]

Today I learned that the actor who played Paulie was still alive in 2023 at some point.

RIP

Besides the Rocky series, he had a great part in Back-to-School:

That's what I remember him from the most.

I also thought he had kicked it at least a decade ago.

 

[Tw3ek]

what did wyo post

Swear to mao better not be that Family Guy bit

Surprisingly, it’s actually not

 

[famicommander]

I think a lot of people assumed he was dead because they killed his Paulie character off-screen in between Rocky Balboa and Creed.

 

[StevenK]

I think a lot of people assumed he was dead because they killed his Paulie character off-screen in between Rocky Balboa and Creed.

Also he was one of those people who has always looked old. He was in his 30s in the first rocky, wtf?

 

[Fygee]

Wait...you're telling me Burt Young was 36 when he filmed Rocky?

 

[famicommander]

Wait...you're telling me Burt Young was 36 when he filmed Rocky?

Makes sense, he was playing the older sibling to the early-30s Adrian, and Sylvester Stallone and Talia Shire are both 6 years younger than Burt in real life.

Like Steve said, he just looked old.

 

[Fygee]

Seems like many people looked a lot older back then in their mid/late 30s. Either that or our perception is just skewed now that we've reached that age range (or beyond).