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