Saturday, 4 November 2023

Burt Young Autographed Hat Rocky Balboa Paulie Pennino

 

Burt Young Autographed Hat Rocky Balboa Paulie Pennino

Authentic Burt Young Autographed Hat Rocky Balboa Paulie Pennino. Signed in black marker, obtained in person 12th October 2019.

 


Burt Young Autographed Hat Rocky Balboa Paulie Pennino





Gerald Tommaso DeLouise (born April 30, 1940), known professionally as Burt Young, is an American actor, author and painter. Played Rocky Balboa’s brother-in-law and best friend Paulie Pennino in the Rocky film series. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the first film.

He has also appeared in 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), Bottom of the 9th (2019), Beckman (2020) and the documentary film Stallone: Frank, That Is (2021) and had a guest appearance on The Sopranos in 2001.

 

Genuine signed Burt Young hat

Additionally, Burt Young signed memorabilia served a tour of duty in the United States Marine Corps from 1957 to 1959. While in the Marine Corps, he won 32 of 34 boxing bouts. He later became a professional boxer and compiled a 17–0 record under three aliases. His manager was Cus D’Amato.

 

Autograph of Burt Young

Furthermore, Burt Young autographs made his name playing rough-edged working class Italian-American characters, the best-known example being his signature role as Rocky Balboa’s friend (and future brother-in-law) Paulie in Rocky (1976), for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He is one of four actors (the other three being Sylvester Stallone; Stu Nahan and Tony Burton) who have appeared in all of the first six Rocky films (although Talia Shire, who appears in the first five films, makes a flashback appearance in the sixth). Young did not reprise his role in the 2015 film Creed; the character described as having died in 2012.

 

Signed Rocky memorabilia

He has played similar roles in ChinatownConvoyBack to SchoolThe Pope of Greenwich VillageOnce Upon a Time in AmericaLast Exit to BrooklynDowntown: A Street Tale, and even a brutal and darker role in Amityville II: The Possession. Young has also appeared in many television programs, including The Rockford FilesBarettaLaw & OrderWalker, Texas RangerM*A*S*H. He guest-starred in a Miami Vice episode, and made an appearance on The Sopranos (“Another Toothpick”) as Bobby Baccalieri’s father, who is dying of cancer and comes out of retirement to execute a hit on his godson, “Mustang Sally” Intile, as punishment for Intile having brutally beaten a family friend simply for chatting with Intile’s girlfriend.

 

Paulie from Rocky Balboa

In a nod to his having served in the U.S. Marine Corps, he played a retired drill instructor in the short-lived 1987 ABC series, Roomies; where his character decides to go to college after his retirement.

 

 

Burt Young signing these hats

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