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Roy Lee "Rocky" Dennis (December 4, 1961 – October 4, 1978) was an American teenager who had craniodiaphyseal dysplasia, an extremely rare sclerotic bone disorder. The condition usually results in neurological disorders and death during childhood or teenage years. His life was the basis for the 1985 drama film Mask.
In 1978 Azusa, California, Rocky Dennis, a teenage boy with the extremely rare genetic disorder known as craniodiaphyseal dysplasia, is accepted without question by his freewheeling biker mother's boyfriend Gar, who is a father figure to him, his "extended motorcycle family," and his maternal grandparents who share his passion of baseball card collecting; but is treated with fear, pity ...
The character Gar, played by Sam Elliott in the 1985 film Mask, is based on Bernie. [12] After Rocky's death, Tullis moved to San Francisco and took up Buddhism. [9] At one point in her life, Tullis resumed the name Mason. [4] [9] In 1985, Tullis' elder son, Joshua, became a writer based in San Francisco. [9] A year later, he was diagnosed with ...
Carl Weathers, the versatile actor who is best remembered as Apollo Creed in the "Rocky" franchise, has died. He was 76. Weathers died peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, Feb. 1, his family ...
Eric Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is an American actor, director and producer. He played Rocky Dennis in the biographical drama film Mask (1985), which earned him the nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.
Balboa hit his commercial peak with 1985's Rocky IV, which remains the franchise's highest-grossing entry and also helped pave the way for his return in the Creed movies three decades later.
In films, he played Dozer, a biker with a severe speech impediment who befriends Rocky Dennis and his mother in the movie Mask. Burkley appeared in the drug culture drama Rush in 1991, the Chevy Chase comedy Fletch Lives, and Sylvester Stallone's Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot. He appeared in the Kevin Costner golf comedy Tin Cup.
Burt Young. Burt Young, the actor best known for his Academy Award-nominated role in Rocky, has died.He was 83. His daughter, Anne Morea Steingieser, told The New York Times on Wednesday, Oct. 18 ...