# Burt Young (Rocky) dies at 83 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies, celebrity-death\ **Created:** [October 19, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burt-young-rocky-dies-at-83/991775 "2023-10-19T03:48:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burt-young-rocky-dies-at-83/991775/1 "2023-10-19T03:48:57Z")
Burt played Paulie and was a important part of the Rocky movie franchise. I had forgotten Burt was nominated for an Academy Award. I always enjoyed seeing him in various roles. He had a very long and successful career in many movies. RIP > **[Burt Young, Sylvester Stallone's brother-in-law Paulie from 'Rocky' films,...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/10/18/burt-young-paulie-from-rocky-dead/71235837007/)** > > Young has more than 160 TV and film credits to his name, including 1974's "Chinatown." In 1977, he was nominated for an Oscar for "Rocky." > [@](#): > > Young has more than 160 TV and film credits to his name, [according to IMDB](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949350/), including 1974’s “Chinatown” and 2018’s “The Amityville Murders.” In 1977, Young was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his performance in “Rocky.” He was up against “Rocky” costar Burgess Meredith, who played Mickey. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burt-young-rocky-dies-at-83/991775/2 "2023-10-19T03:57:54Z")
Man, he’s one of those guys I thought was already dead. He looked ancient in his episodes of the Sopranos and that was 20 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burt-young-rocky-dies-at-83/991775/3 "2023-10-19T04:07:57Z")
Burt was in Amityville II (1982) and The Amityville Murders (2018) but played different characters. I remember his role in Convoy (1978) with Kris Kristofferson and Ernie Borgnine. I watched it again last year. Its lots of fun and celebrated the CB radio craze. I had one in my car. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burt-young-rocky-dies-at-83/991775/4 "2023-10-19T04:11:29Z")
He was the fuckin’ Terminator. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burt-young-rocky-dies-at-83/991775/5 "2023-10-19T06:45:54Z")
I thought so too. Put him down as another “Abe Vigoda” type. RIP, Burt. I enjoyed you in everything I saw you in. The “Can I have a glass of water?” scene in _ **The Sopranos** _ was a classic! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burt-young-rocky-dies-at-83/991775/6 "2023-10-19T06:45:58Z")
Burt Young was a Marine. And a decent boxer in his day. Semper Fidelis, Burt Young. Rest well my brother. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burt-young-rocky-dies-at-83/991775/7 "2023-10-19T07:16:42Z")
I always picture him as Mac, the tough but sensitive merc driver/gunman sidekick to James Caan in the original Killer Elite (kind of a cult favorite of mine for its over-the-top violent, but semi-straight-faced nuttiness with the likes of ninjas against machine guns fighting on the [old mothball fleet in Suisun Bay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suisun_Bay_Reserve_Fleet)). Quite the career. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burt-young-rocky-dies-at-83/991775/8 "2023-10-19T12:18:24Z")
Stallone comments were very kind. It’s been over 30 years since they worked together on Rocky V. > **[Sylvester Stallone Remembers His Late Friend, Burt Young: “I And The World...](https://deadline.com/2023/10/sylvester-stallone-burt-young-tribute-rocky-1235577730/)** > > Sylvester Stallone has posted an Instagram tribute to his Rocky sidekick, Burt Young, who died Oct. 8, but whose death just became public today. Young played the tough-talking butcher and brother o… ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burt-young-rocky-dies-at-83/991775/9 "2023-10-19T12:34:52Z")
Opening line in my favorite movie ever. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burt-young-rocky-dies-at-83/991775/10 "2023-10-19T14:53:28Z")
Had a smallish part in Once Upon a Time in America that was absolutely inspired. A genius in small character actor roles. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burt-young-rocky-dies-at-83/991775/11 "2023-10-19T15:07:08Z")
he was great as a starship pilot in an episode of the 90’s Outer Limits ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burt-young-rocky-dies-at-83/991775/12 "2023-10-19T15:20:45Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_GsnIMERdfU/hqdefault.jpg "Got a problem? - Rodney Dangerfield Back to School") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GsnIMERdfU&t=16) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burt-young-rocky-dies-at-83/991775/13 "2023-10-19T16:38:25Z")
I didn’t realize he was the real deal. I doubt Cus D’Amato would waste his time on _a no talent bum_. (quoting Rocky) Studying with Lee Strasburg is impressive too. It explains why Burt’s characters in movies were so memorable. > [@](#): > > Burt Young (an adopted name as an actor) was born on April 30, 1940, in Queens, N.Y as Gerald Tommaso DeLouise. He began boxing when he was in the Marine Corps, and trained under legendary manager Cus D’Amato. He had a record of 17-1. > > Moving on from that, he set up a meeting for a woman at a bar who wanted to meet Lee Strasbeg, the famed acting teacher. Young found a spark, and wound up studying with Strasberg for two years. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burt-young-rocky-dies-at-83/991775/14 "2023-10-19T18:07:12Z")
Always good to see him in a film, “ **Hey Burt Young / Paulie** ” and he didn’t play too many bad guys but even when he did - like “Bed Bug Eddie” in “The Pope of Greenwich Village” it was a good part for him (and Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts were _badder_)