Rockets Redglare
Acting
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.
Known For · 38 titles
Oz
Monsters
Big
After Hours
Mystery Train
Desperately Seeking Susan
Basquiat
Animal Factory
Stranger Than Paradise
Down by Law
Trees Lounge
Talk Radio
In the Soup
Salvation!
Shakedown
Dreamland
Chelsea on the Rocks
Cookie
Fall
Stars & Bars
Candy Mountain
Rooftops
Rockets Redglare!
Force of Circumstance
In the Spirit
Louis & Frank
Little Noises
Craps
Sons
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
Her Name is Lisa
The Perils of P.K
Who Killed Nancy?
What About Me
The Way It Is
Where Evil Dwells
Last Rights
Police State