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