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Charles Rocket

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8/24/1949, Bangor, Maine, USA

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10/17/2005

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Charles Rocket, alias Charles Claverie, Charles Hamburger, Charles Kennedy and Charlie Rockett, spent the formulative 1970s as a television news reporter/anchorman. He jumped from station to station, not keeping ground. Finally, in 1979, he submitted a video of his news reports to Lorne Michaels, producer of Saturday Night…more

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- Shade
  Star
  2003
- New Suit
  Star
  2003
- Normal, Ohio
  Danny
  - S 1: Ep 8 Just Another Normal Christmas
    12/13/00
  - S 1: Ep 7 Working Girl
    12/6/00
  - S 1: Ep 6 Buyer's Remorse
    11/29/00
  - S 1: Ep 5 A Thanksgiving Episode
    11/22/00
  - S 1: Ep 4 Caught on Tape
    11/15/00
  - + 8 More Credits
- Murder at 1600
  Star
  1997
- The Home Court
  Judge Gil Fitzpatrick
  - S 1: Ep 20 Syd and Sensibility
    6/22/96
  - S 1: Ep 19 Love, Death & Soda
    4/20/96
  - S 1: Ep 18 Dad
    4/13/96
  - S 1: Ep 17 Mike Solomon: Unplugged
    4/6/96
  - S 1: Ep 16 Bad Boys
    3/30/96
  - + 15 More Credits
- Steal Big, Steal Little
  Star
  1995
- Dumb and Dumber
  Nicholas Andre
  1994
- Dumb and Dumber: Unrated
  Nicholas Andre
  1994
- It's Pat: The Movie
  Star
  1994
- Wild Palms
  Stitch
- Tequila and Bonetti
  Capt. Midian Knight
  - — Runt of the Litter
    11/17/92
  - S 1: Ep 11 Brooklyn and the Beast
    4/17/92
  - S 1: Ep 6 A Perfect Match
    3/13/92
  - S 1: Ep 7 Tale of the Dragon
    3/6/92
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Rose Cadillac
    1/31/92
  - + 1 More Credits
- Delirious
  Ty Hedison
  1991
- Dances with Wolves
  Lieutenant Elgin
  1990
- Murphy's Law (1988)
  Victor Beaudine
  - S 1: Ep 12 Doing It the Hard Way is Always Easier
    3/18/89
  - S 1: Ep 11 Experience is Something You Don't Get Until Just After You Need It
    3/11/89
  - S 1: Ep 10 When You're Over the Hill, You Pick Up Speed
    2/18/89
  - S 1: Ep 9 Where's There's a Will, There's a Won't
    2/11/89
  - S 1: Ep 8 Never Wear Earmuffs in a Bed of Rattlesnakes
    2/4/89
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- Earth Girls Are Easy
  Dr. Ted Gallagher
  1989
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 12 Bill Murray/Delbert McClinton
    3/7/81
  - S 6: Ep 11 Charlene Tilton/Todd Rundgren, Prince
    2/21/81
  - S 6: Ep 10 Deborah Harry/The Funky Four + One More
    2/14/81
  - S 6: Ep 9 Sally Kellerman/Jimmy Cliff
    2/7/81
  - S 6: Ep 8 Robert Hays/14 Karat Soul, Joe "King" Carrasco & The Crowns
    1/24/81
  - + 7 More Credits
- Saturday Night Live
  Various
Recurring Role (4)

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- Touched by an Angel
  Adam
  - S 9: Ep 21 I Will Walk With You (1)
    4/26/03
  - S 9: Ep 12 The Root of All Evil
    1/25/03
  - S 7: Ep 21 The Sign of the Dove
    4/22/01
  - S 4: Ep 8 My Dinner With Andrew
    11/9/97
  - S 1: Ep 9 Fear Not!
    12/25/94
  - + 5 More Credits
- Men in Black: The Series
  Agent U
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Jack O'Lantern Syndrome
    10/31/98
- Flying Blind
  Dennis
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Long Goodbye
    5/2/93
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Bride of Marsh Man 2: The Spawning
    3/28/93
  - S 1: Ep 18 Unforgiving
    3/21/93
  - S 1: Ep 17 My Dinner with Brad Schimmel
    3/14/93
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Player
    2/14/93
- Moonlighting
  Richard Addison
  - S 5: Ep 8 Those Lips, Those Lies
    4/2/89
  - S 4: Ep 12 Maddie Hayes Got Married
    3/1/88
  - S 4: Ep 1 A Trip to the Moon
    9/29/87
  - S 3: Ep 8 It's a Wonderful Job
    12/16/86
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Son Also Rises
    9/23/86
  - + 1 More Credits
Guest Star (32)

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- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  Donald DePalma
  - S 3: Ep 13 Pas de Deux
    2/15/04
- Greg the Bunny
  Coach Don Dinkins
  - S 1: Ep 8 Father & Son Reunion
    6/5/02
- The Zeta Project
  Edwards
  - S 1: Ep 4 Change of Heart
    2/17/01
- 3rd Rock from the Sun
  Gary Hemmings
  - S 6: Ep 11 A Dick Replacement
    1/30/01
- The X-Files
  Grant Ellis
  - S 6: Ep 20 Three of a Kind
    5/2/99
- Star Trek: Voyager
  Jippeq
  - S 5: Ep 17 The Disease
    2/24/99
- Superman: The Animated Series
  Used Car Salesman
  - S 3: Ep 8 Superman's Pal
    2/20/99
- Tracey Takes On...
  Chopper Tim
  - S 4: Ep 8 Road Rage
    2/17/99
- Batman Gotham Knights
  Security Guard
  - S 2: Ep 6 Legends of the Dark Knight
    10/10/98
- Cybill
  Charlie
  - S 4: Ep 24 Ka-Boom!
    7/13/98
  - S 4: Ep 23 Cybill in the Morning
    7/6/98
- Batman Gotham Knights
  Frederick Fournier
  - S 1: Ep 9 Mean Seasons
    4/25/98
- Grace Under Fire
  Davis
  - S 5: Ep 7 Riverboat Queen
    12/30/97
- Men in Black: The Series
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Inanimate Syndrome
    12/6/97
- Batman Gotham Knights
  Guru
  - S 1: Ep 4 Never Fear
    11/1/97
- Max Headroom
  Ned Grossberg
  - S 2: Ep 8 Baby Grobags
    4/1/97
  - S 2: Ep 5 Whackets
    10/16/87
  - S 2: Ep 3 Grossberg's Return
    10/2/87
  - S 1: Ep 1 Blipverts
    3/31/87
- The Pretender
  Carl Bishop
  - S 1: Ep 6 To Serve and Protect
    11/9/96
- Picket Fences
  Chuck Dante
  - S 4: Ep 17 Dante's Inferno
    4/22/96
- The Adventures of Hyperman
  The Oil Slick Monster
  - S 1: Ep 12 Oceans A Leavin'
    2/3/96
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
  Ryan Wiley
  - S 2: Ep 6 Operation Blackout
    10/30/94
- Wings
  Danny
  - S 5: Ep 23 Call of the Wild
    5/5/94
- Quantum Leap
  Commander Dirk Riker
  - S 4: Ep 22 A Leap for Lisa
    5/20/92
- Parker Lewis Can't Lose
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 20 Randall Without a Cause
    3/10/91
- Quantum Leap
  Michael G. Blake
  - S 3: Ep 10 A Little Miracle
    12/21/90
- Murder, She Wrote
  Lt. Stuyvesant
  - S 7: Ep 5 The Family Jewels
    11/4/90
- Doctor, Doctor
  Charles
  - S 3: Ep 5 The Terminator
    10/25/90
- thirtysomething
  Ron DeLisle
  - S 3: Ep 22 Going Limp
    5/1/90
- Miami Vice
  Marty Worthington
  - S 2: Ep 16 Florence, Italy
    2/14/86
- Hardcastle & McCormick
  Bill Bauer
  - S 3: Ep 3 The Yankee Clipper
    10/7/85
- Remington Steele
  Pete Gillespie
  - S 3: Ep 14 Have I Got a Steele For You
    1/22/85
- Hawaiian Heat
  Donald
  - S 1: Ep 11 Picture Imperfect
    12/21/84
- Murder, She Wrote
  Lt.Stuyvesant
- Jenny
  Grant
  - S 1: Ep 12 A Girl's Gotta Protect Her Assets

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- He is the seventh Saturday Night Live cast member to die.
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- One of his recurring characters on SNL was Phil Lively.
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- A more extensive tribute to Rocket came from radio personality and friend Brandon Vogt on WXCM-FM 97X. Vogt said, "Charles Rocket was a man who will be remembered for his great sense of humor and always someone of style and personality. He will be missed."
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- SNL made a tribute to Charles on the October 22nd, 2005 episode.
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- He has a grandson named Ruben.
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- He has a son named Zane.
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- He was the anchor of Weekend Update during his season on SNL.
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- Rocket was promoted as "kind of a cross between Bill Murray and Chevy Chase."
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- He made his network debut on the popular program Saturday Night Live.
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- He anchored the local news at Channel 12 WPRI.
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- Rocket attended the Rhode Island School of Design in the late 1960s.
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- Rocket committed suicide on October, 17, 2005.
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- Rocket appeared on the 3/7/81 telecast of SNL despite his cursing incident on 2/21/81. He was fired shortly thereafter.
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