Rockets Redglare
Born: 1949-05-08
Died: 2001-05-28
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2009
- Who Killed Nancy? as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2008
- Chelsea on the Rocks as Self
2003
- Rockets Redglare! as Self
2000
- Animal Factory as Big Rand
1998
- Louis & Frank as Ralph
1996
- Basquiat as Rockets
- Trees Lounge as Stan
1993
- What About Me as Frank
1992
- Little Noises as Uncle Howard
- In the Soup as Guy
1991
1990
- Sons as Man on Porch #1
- Force of Circumstance as The Factor
- In the Spirit as Bartender
1989
- Mystery Train as Liquor Store Clerk
- Rooftops as Carlos
- Cookie as Carmine's Wiseguy
1988
- Big as Motel Clerk
- Monsters
- Shakedown as Ira
- Talk Radio as Killer / Redneck Caller
- Candy Mountain as Van Driver
- Stars & Bars as Peter Gint
1987
- Salvation! as Ollie
- Police State as Detective
- Her Name is Lisa
1986
- Down by Law as Gig
- The Way It Is as Rockets
- The Perils of P.K
1985
- After Hours as Angry Mob Member
- Last Rights as Thomas Burke
- Desperately Seeking Susan as Taxi Driver
- Where Evil Dwells
1984
- Stranger Than Paradise as Poker Player