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Rockets Redglare
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American actor and stand-up comedian (1949-2001)
Film & TV
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
- Who Killed Nancy? — Self - Actor (archive footage)2009
- Chelsea on the Rocks — Self2008
- Rockets Redglare! — Self2003
- Animal Factory — Big Rand2000
- The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man1999
- Louis & Frank — Ralph1998
- Fall — Perfomance Priest1997
- Dreamland1997
- Oz — Barber1997
- Basquiat — Rockets1996
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- comedian
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1949-05-08
- date of death
- 2001-05-28
- cause of death
- liver cirrhosis
- manner of death
- natural causes
- pseudonym
- Rockets Redglare
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