Rockets Redglare

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.

Cast

Stranger Than Paradise

Poker Player

Basquiat

Rockets

Down by Law

Gig

Stars & Bars

Peter Gint

Animal Factory

Big Rand

Trees Lounge

Stan

After Hours

Angry Mob Member

What About Me

Frank

The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man

Unknown

Salvation!

Ollie

Police State

Detective

Rockets Redglare!

Self

The Way It Is

Rockets

Where Evil Dwells

Unknown

Talk Radio

Killer / Redneck Caller

Force of Circumstance

The Factor

Last Rights

Thomas Burke

Fall

Perfomance Priest

Desperately Seeking Susan

Taxi Driver

Little Noises

Uncle Howard

In the Soup

Guy

Sons

Man on Porch #1

The Perils of P.K

Unknown

Mystery Train

Liquor Store Clerk

Shakedown

Ira

Rooftops

Carlos

Chelsea on the Rocks

Self

Who Killed Nancy?

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Big

Motel Clerk

Her Name is Lisa

Unknown

In the Spirit

Bartender

Candy Mountain

Van Driver

Louis & Frank

Ralph

Craps

Unknown

Cookie

Carmine's Wiseguy

Dreamland

Unknown