Rockets Redglare(1949-2001)

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Rockets Redglare

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Rockets Redglare was born on 8 May 1949 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Big (1988), Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) and Mystery Train (1989). He died on 28 May 2001 in New York City, New York, USA.

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Known for

Tom Hanks in Big (1988)

7.3

Motel Clerk

1988

Madonna and Rosanna Arquette in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)

Desperately Seeking Susan

6.1

Taxi Driver

1985

Nicoletta Braschi, Yûki Kudô, and Masatoshi Nagase in Mystery Train (1989)

7.5

Liquor Store Clerk (segment "Lost in Space")

1989

Steve Buscemi in Trees Lounge (1996)

7.1

Stan

1996

Credits

Actor

Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd
Video
- 2001
Animal Factory
6.6
- Big Rand
- 2000
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
7.4
- 1999
Oz
8.7
TV Series
- Barber
- 1999
Louis & Frank
3.5
- Ralph
- 1998
Dreamland
- 1997
Fall
5.8
- Performance Priest
- 1997
Musical Shorts with Debi Mazar
5.4
TV Movie
- Club Owner
- 1996
New York Undercover
7.9
TV Series
- Fat Roscoe
- 1996
Basquiat
6.9
- Rockets
- 1996
Trees Lounge
7.1
- Stan
- 1996
What About Me
6.2
- Frank - Raping Landlord
- 1993
In the Soup
7.1
- Guy
- 1992
Craps
Short
- 1991
Force of Circumstance
6.1
- The Factor
- 1990

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Videos3

Down by Law

Down by Law: The Criterion Collection [Blu-Ray]

Down by Law: The Criterion Collection [Blu-Ray]

Monsters: Mr. Swlabr

Monsters: Mr. Swlabr

Personal details

Alternative names
- Rockets Red Glare
Born
- May 8, 1949
- New York City, New York, USA
Died
- May 28, 2001
- New York City, New York, USA(complications from kidney failure, liver failure, cirrhosis and hepatitis C)
Publicity listings
- 1 Biographical Movie
- 1 Article

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Trivia
Two authors have claimed in their books that the actual murderer of Nancy Spungeon at the Hotel Chelsea in NYC in October 1978 was Rockets Redglare, according to the book This Ain't No Holiday Inn: Down And Out At The Chelsea Hotel 1980-1995 by James Lough. Sid Vicious, the punk musician and Nancy's partner, had been charged with this crime but died prior to trial. In his book Pretty Vacant: A History Of Punk, Phil Strongman also accuses Redglare of the murder.

Quotes
"As long as you owe someone money you know they are always thinking of you".

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