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