Rockets Redglare
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.
Movie Appearances
Stranger Than Paradise
as Poker Player
1984
Basquiat
as Rockets
1996
Down by Law
as Gig
1986
Stars & Bars
as Peter Gint
1988
Animal Factory
as Big Rand
2000
Trees Lounge
as Stan
1996
After Hours
as Angry Mob Member
1985
What About Me
as Frank
1993
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
Salvation!
as Ollie
1987
Police State
as Detective
1987
Rockets Redglare!
as Self
2003
The Way It Is
as Rockets
1986
Where Evil Dwells
1985
Talk Radio
as Killer / Redneck Caller
1988
Force of Circumstance
as The Factor
1990
Last Rights
as Thomas Burke
1985
Fall
as Perfomance Priest
1997
Desperately Seeking Susan
as Taxi Driver
1985
Little Noises
as Uncle Howard
1992
