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