Rockets Redglare
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Rockets Redglare (May 8, 1949 – May 28, 2001) was an American character actor and stand-up comedian. As well as his career as an entertainer, he worked as a roadie for a band called The Hassles (with a young Billy Joel), and as a bodyguard and drug supplier to punk rock bassist Sid Vicious and artist-musician Jean Michel Basquiat.
Known for
Credits
Big (1988)
as Motel Clerk
After Hours (1985)
as Angry Mob Member
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
as Taxi Driver
Mystery Train (1989)
as Liquor Store Clerk
Basquiat (1996)
as Rockets
Down by Law (1986)
as Gig
In the Soup (1992)
as Guy
Animal Factory (2000)
as Big Rand
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
as Poker Player
Trees Lounge (1996)
as Stan
Talk Radio (1988)
as Killer / Redneck Caller
Shakedown (1988)
as Ira
Stars & Bars (1988)
as Peter Gint
Dreamland (1997)
Actor
Salvation! (1987)
as Ollie
Cookie (1989)
as Carmine's Wiseguy
Fall (1997)
as Perfomance Priest
Rooftops (1989)
as Carlos
Hotshot (1987)
Actor
Louis & Frank (1998)
as Ralph
Candy Mountain (1988)
as Van Driver
Chelsea on the Rocks (2008)
as Self
Little Noises (1992)
as Uncle Howard
In the Spirit (1990)
as Bartender
Sons (1990)
as Man on Porch #1
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man (1999)
Actor
Rockets Redglare! (2003)
as Self
The Perils of P.K (1986)
Actor
The Way It Is (1986)
as Rockets
Force of Circumstance (1990)
as The Factor
She Must Be Seeing Things (1988)
as Man on Roof
Craps (1991)
Actor
Who Killed Nancy? (2009)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Her Name is Lisa (1987)
Actor
Where Evil Dwells (1985)
Actor
Last Rights (1985)
as Thomas Burke
What About Me (1993)
as Frank
Police State (1987)
as Detective