Rockets Redglare
Acting
Born: 1949-05-08
Biography
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
Oz
Barber
Monsters
Swlabr (voice)
Big
Motel Clerk
After Hours
Angry Mob Member
Mystery Train
Liquor Store Clerk
Talk Radio
Killer / Redneck Caller
Desperately Seeking Susan
Taxi Driver
Basquiat
Rockets
Down by Law
Gig
In the Soup
Guy
Animal Factory
Big Rand
Stranger Than Paradise
Poker Player
Trees Lounge
Stan
Dreamland
Hotshot
Shakedown
Ira
Stars & Bars
Peter Gint
Salvation!
Ollie
Cookie
Carmine's Wiseguy
Louis & Frank
Ralph
Fall
Perfomance Priest
Rooftops
Carlos
Candy Mountain
Van Driver
Sons
Man on Porch #1
Rockets Redglare!
Self
No Poster
Craps
She Must Be Seeing Things
Man on Roof
In the Spirit
Bartender
Chelsea on the Rocks
Self
Little Noises
Uncle Howard
Who Killed Nancy?
Self - Actor (archive footage)
What About Me
Frank
The Perils of P.K
The Way It Is
Rockets
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
Force of Circumstance
The Factor
Her Name is Lisa
Where Evil Dwells
Police State
Detective