Rockets Redglare
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as Motel Clerk Big 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
Big
as Motel Clerk
After Hours
as Angry Mob Member
Down by Law
as Gig
Stranger Than Paradise
as Poker Player
Mystery Train
as Liquor Store Clerk
Desperately Seeking Susan
as Taxi Driver
Basquiat
as Rockets
Animal Factory
as Big Rand
Talk Radio
as Killer / Redneck Caller
Trees Lounge
as Stan
Shakedown
as Ira
In the Soup
as Guy
Fall
as Perfomance Priest
Cookie
as Carmine's Wiseguy
Stars & Bars
as Peter Gint
Rooftops
as Carlos
Who Killed Nancy?
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Candy Mountain
as Van Driver
Chelsea on the Rocks
as Self
What About Me
as Frank