RIP Burt Young

[Dog8Cats]

Played the main suspect in one of the better episodes in the original Law & Order. He was a released sex offender, and Jack McCoy had Briscoe and Curtis make his life a living heck when he got out. Finally, his daughter - with whom he lives upon his release and who maintains his innocence - happens upon him raping a neighbor.

Or, as IMDB says it (better): "Mad Dog" --- A serial rapist recently granted parole against Jack's wishes is a suspect in a new rape and murder. Detectives can't get enough evidence to charge him, so Jack orders detectives to trail and harass him.

 

[SixToe]

IMO his L&O role was one of the series' best. Young played the part so well from start to finish.

 

[matt_garth]

My Bronx friends recall him owning Il Boschetto on Gun Hill Road.

In a 2006 interview, he said, "But the law gave me a headache over there. Place has been there 30 years. I came in because friends of mine
were involved in freshening it up. It's a wonderful restaurant. But for every gorilla in the Bronx, it became a waterhole. So from the attention
over all the years, I had a little headache."

 

[DanOregon]

I always found Paulie extremely irritating and really didn't understand the purpose he served in any of the Rocky movies - unless it was to serve as a "tether" to keep Rocky from getting too far away from his roots - whether by screwing with his money and making him go broke, or just be a reminder that aside from his boxing skills, Rocky is more like Paulie than he'd want to admit.

 

[garrow]

RIP to a great Italian-American. Also an accomplished visual artist.

 

[Chef2]

Never seen any of the Rocky movies.
He was awesome as Bacala Sr.

 

[Dyno]

RIP Bedbug Eddie.

 

[DanOregon]

He died 10 days ago - amazing that it didn't become public until now. Figure Stallone would have tweeted something, or someone with knowledge of his death would have let it out.

 

[Songbird]

Rocky is one the great love stories ever told and Burt Young was the best actor of all time as Paulie.

 

[SixToe]

Never seen any of the Rocky movies.
He was awesome as Bacala Sr.

None of them?

 

[MisterCreosote]

RIP, Paulie and Lou.

My two favorite Paulie moments are from Rocky IV:

— After giving the heartfelt speech to Rocky in the tunnel before the Drago fight, they get to the ring and Paulie goes, "Remember what I said about wanting to be you? Forget it!"
— "I see three of him out there!" "Hit the one in the middle!"

 

[Songbird]

Frank Sobotka always reminds me of Burt Young minus the burned out boozer part.