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