Burt Young, Oscar-Nominated Actor Who Played Paulie in ‘Rocky’ Films, Dies at 83

Actors Burt Young and Alex Shaffer speak onstage at AARP Magazine's 11th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Feb. 6, 2012. Mark Davis/Getty Images for AARP

LOS ANGELES—Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie, the rough-hewn, mumbling-and-grumbling best friend, corner-man and brother-in-law to Sylvester Stallone in the “Rocky” franchise, has died.

Mr. Young died Oct. 8 in Los Angeles, his daughter, Anne Morea Steingieser, told the New York Times on Wednesday. No cause was given. He was 83.