Rockets Redglare
Acting
- Born:
- 1949-05-08
- Died:
- 2001-05-28
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
Filmography
Who Killed Nancy?
Chelsea on the Rocks
Rockets Redglare!
Animal Factory
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
Louis & Frank
Oz
Fall
Dreamland
Basquiat
Trees Lounge
What About Me
In the Soup
Little Noises
Craps
Force of Circumstance
In the Spirit
Sons
Mystery Train
Cookie
Rooftops
Talk Radio
Monsters
Big
Shakedown
She Must Be Seeing Things
Stars & Bars
Candy Mountain
Police State
Salvation!
Hotshot
Her Name is Lisa
Down by Law
The Perils of P.K
The Way It Is
Where Evil Dwells
After Hours
Desperately Seeking Susan
Last Rights
Stranger Than Paradise