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Rockets Redglare
Actor
Born May 8, 1949Died May 28, 2001 (52 years)
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
| 2012 | The Killing Games · as Detective 'police State' |
| 2000 | Animal Factory · as Big Rand |
| 1998 | Louis & Frank · as Ralph |
| 1997 | Oz (TV Series) · as Barber |
| 1997 | |
| 1996 | Trees Lounge · as Stan |
| 1996 | Basquiat · as Rockets |
| 1996 | Musical Shorts with Debi Mazar · as Club Owner |
| 1994 | New York Undercover (TV Series) · as Fat Roscoe |
| 1993 | What About Me · as Frank |
| 1992 | In the Soup · as Guy |
| 1991 | Little Noises · as Uncle Howard |
| 1990 | In the Spirit · as Bartender |
| 1989 | Sons · as Man On Porch #1 |
| 1989 | Mystery Train · as Liquor Store Clerk |
| 1989 | Cookie · as Carmine's Wiseguy |
| 1989 | |
| 1988 | Talk Radio · as Killer / Redneck Caller |
| 1988 | Monsters (TV Series) |
| 1988 | Big · as Motel Clerk |
| 1988 | Shakedown · as Ira |
| 1988 | Stars and Bars · as Peter Gint |
| 1987 | Candy Mountain · as Van Driver |
| 1987 | Salvation! · as Ollie |
| 1987 | Police State · as Detective |
| 1987 | She Must Be Seeing Things · as Man On Roof |
| 1986 | |
| 1986 | Down by Law · as Gig |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | The Way It Is · as Rockets |
| 1985 | After Hours · as Angry Mob Member |
| 1985 | Desperately Seeking Susan · as Taxi Driver |
| 1984 | Stranger Than Paradise · as Poker Player |
| 1983 | Talking Heads: Burning Down the House · as Alternate Jerry Harrison |