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.
Known for
- Oz (1997)
- Monsters (1988)
- Big (1988)
- After Hours (1985)
- Mystery Train (1989)
- Trees Lounge (1996)
- Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
- Animal Factory (2000)
- Down by Law (1986)
- Basquiat (1996)
- Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
- Talk Radio (1988)
- Shakedown (1988)
- Salvation! (1987)
- Chelsea on the Rocks (2008)
- Stars & Bars (1988)
- In the Soup (1992)
- Cookie (1989)
- Hotshot (1987)
- The Perils of P.K (1986)