Rockets Redglare
- Born
- May 8, 1949
- Died
- May 28, 2001
- Actor
- production_department
- Archive footage
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 · 11 credits
- 2003Rockets Redglare! · Self (Self)
- 2000Animal Factory · Actor (Big Rand)
- 1999The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man · Actor
- 1993What About Me · Actor (Frank - Raping Landlord)
- 1990Force of Circumstance · Actor (The Factor)
- 1987Salvation! · Actor (Ollie)
- 1987She Must Be Seeing Things · Actor (Man on Roof)
- 1987Her Name Is Lisa · Actor
- 1986Down by Law · Actor (Gig)
- 1985The Way It Is · Actor (Rockets)
- 1984Stranger Than Paradise · Actor (Poker Player)