Rockets Redglare

Rockets Redglare

Deceased · Born: May 8, 1949 · Died: May 28, 2001

Personal Details

Born May 8, 1949

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.

Career

2000
Animal Factory
Animal Factory as Big Rand
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1999
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1996
Trees Lounge
Trees Lounge as Stan
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1993
What About Me
What About Me as Frank
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1990
Sons
Sons as Man on Porch #1
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1989
Monsters
Monsters
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1987
She Must Be Seeing Things
She Must Be Seeing Things as Man on Roof
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Salvation!
Salvation! as Ollie
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Her Name Is Lisa
Her Name Is Lisa
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1986
The Perils of P.K.
Down by Law
Down by Law as Gig
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The Way It Is
The Way It Is as Rockets
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1984
Stranger Than Paradise
Stranger Than Paradise as Poker player
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2008
Chelsea on the Rocks
2003
Rockets Redglare!
Rockets Redglare!
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