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
Mystery Train (1989)
as Liquor Store Clerk
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
as Taxi Driver
Down by Law (1986)
as Gig
Hotshot (1987)
Actor
Animal Factory (2000)
as Big Rand
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
as Poker Player
Basquiat (1996)
as Rockets
Talk Radio (1988)
as Killer / Redneck Caller
Trees Lounge (1996)
as Stan
Salvation! (1987)
as Ollie
Shakedown (1988)
as Ira
Cookie (1989)
as Carmine's Wiseguy
Rooftops (1989)
as Carlos
Fall (1997)
as Perfomance Priest
In the Soup (1992)
as Guy
Stars & Bars (1988)
as Peter Gint
Dreamland (1997)
Actor
Chelsea on the Rocks (2008)
as Self
The Perils of P.K (1986)
Actor
She Must Be Seeing Things (1988)
as Man on Roof
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man (1999)
Actor
Sons (1990)
as Man on Porch #1
Who Killed Nancy? (2009)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Candy Mountain (1988)
as Van Driver
The Way It Is (1986)
as Rockets
Her Name is Lisa (1987)
Actor
In the Spirit (1990)
as Bartender
What About Me (1993)
as Frank
Little Noises (1992)
as Uncle Howard
Louis & Frank (1998)
as Ralph
Rockets Redglare! (2003)
as Self
Police State (1987)
as Detective
Force of Circumstance (1990)
as The Factor
Where Evil Dwells (1985)
Actor
Craps (1991)
Actor
Last Rights (1985)
as Thomas Burke