Rocket hosting Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update segment.
Charles Rocket (born Charles Adams Claverie; August 28, 1949- October 7, 2005) was an American actor, comedian, musician, and tv news reporter. He was a cast member for season 6 of Saturday Night Live (1980-81) and went on to enjoy a long career as a character actor, with roles in such films as Dumb and Dumber and Hocus Pocus.
He was married Beth Crellin and they had one child.
Rocket sadly took his own life in 2005 at the age of 56.
Film Roles
- Fraternity Vacation as Madman Mac
- The Steel Collar Man as D5B (TV Movie)
- Miracles as Michael
- Down Twisted as Reno
- Earth Girls Are Easy as Ted
- How I Got Into College as Leo Whitman
- Honeymoon Academy as Desbains
- Dances with Wolves as Lt. Elgin
- Delirious as Ty Hedison
- Brain Smasher Love Story as Jones
- Hocus Pocus as Dave
- Short Cuts as Wally Littleton
- It's Pat! as Kyle
- Wagons East! as Gen. Larchmont
- Dumb and Dumber as Nicholas Andre
- Steal Big Steal Little as Sheriff Otis
- Charlies Ghost Story as Van Leer
- Tom and Huck as Judge Thatcher
- Murder at 1600 as Jeffrey
- Fathers' Day (1997) as Russ Trainor
- The Killing Grounds as Mel Desordo
- Carlos Wake as Derek Donovan
- Titan A.E. as Firrikash/Slave Trader Guard
- New Suit as Del Strontium
- Shade (2003) as Tony D.
- Fly Me to the Moon as Mission Control 1961
Television Roles
- Saturday Night Live as various (12 episodes)
- Hawaiian Heat as Donald (1 episode)
- Remington Steele as Peter Gillespie (1 episode)
- Miami Vice as Marty Worthington (1 episode)
- If Tomorrow Comes as Budge's Friend (1 episode)
- Max Headroom as Grossberg (4 episodes)
- Murphys Law as Victor Beaudine (3 episodes)
- Moonlighting as Richard Addison (6 episodes)
- thirtysomething as Ron DeLisle (1 episode)
- Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Stuyvesant (1 episode)
- Parker Lewis Can't Lose as Sgt. Jake Melman (1 episode)
- Quantum Leap as Commander Dirk Riker/Michael G. Blake (2 episodes)
- Tequila And Bonetti as Capt. Midian Knight
- Flying Blind as Dennis Lake (5 episodes)
- Wings as Danny (1 episode)
- Lois & Clark as Ryan Wiley (1 episode)
- Picket Fences as Chuck Dante (1 episode)
- The Pretender as Carl Bishop (1 episode)
- Grace Under Fire as Davis (1 episode)
- Jenny as Grant (1 episode)
- Cybill as Charlie Addison (2 episodes)
- The New Batman Adventures as various (3 episodes)
- Men in Black: The Series (3 episodes)
- Tracey Takes On... as Chopper Tim (1 episode)
- Superman: The Animated Series as Used Car Salesman (1 episode)
- Star Trek: Voyager as Jippeq (1 episode)
- The X-Files as Grant Ellis (1 episode)
- Steel Angel Kurumi as Dr. Ayanokoji
- Batman Beyond as Donny (1 episode)
- Normal Ohio as Danny
- 3rd Rock from the Sun as Gary Hemmings (1 episode)
- The Zeta Project as Edwards (1 episode)
- Greg the Bunny as Don Dinkins (1 episode)
- Static Shock as Crewcut (1 episode)
- The King of Queens as Steve (1 episode)
- Touched by an Angel as Adam (12 episodes)
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Johnny DePalma (1 episode)
Video Game Roles
- Descent 3 as various
- Star Wars Starfighter as Nym
- Star Wars Jedi Fighter as Nym
- Age of Mythology as Ajax
