Charles Adams Claverie (August 24, 1949 – October 7, 2005)—known by such stage names as Charlie Hamburger, Charlie Kennedy, and, most famously, Charles Rocket—was an American film and television actor. He was best known for his tenure as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, for his appearance as the villain Nicholas Andre in the film Dumb and Dumber, and for his appearance as Dave Dennison, the father in Disney's Hocus Pocus.
Dumb and Dumber, Dances with Wolves, Hocus Pocus, Earth Girls Are Easy, It's Pat, Delirious, Titan A.E., Tom and Huck, Down Twisted, Murder at 1600, Wagons East!, How I Got into College, Fathers' Day, Steal Big Steal Little, Killing Grounds, Charlie's Ghost: The Secret of Coronado, California Girls,...
TV Shows
Normal, Ohio, The Home Court, Wild Palms, Flying Blind, Tequila and Bonetti
Was found dead in a field near his Connecticut home on October 7, 2005, his throat had been cut. He was 56 years old. The state medical examiner later ruled the death a suicide.
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Had a son with his wife, Beth.
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He attended the Rhode Island School of Design in the late 1960s and was part of the Rhode Island underground scene in the following decade. He made several short films and fronted his band, the Fabulous Motels. He later anchored the local news at Channel 12 WPRI. He made his network debut on the popular program Saturday Night Live (1975).
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Also host of a daily afternoon show called "Super Show" which showed vintage serial television series from the 1950s.
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Acquired a certain notoriety for uttering the ultimate obscenity on live television during the final moments of the February 21, 1981, episode of Saturday Night Live (1975). Contrary to popular belief, Rocket was not immediately dismissed from the program but was fired with producer Jean Doumanian and all but four cast members (Denny Dillon, Gail Matthius, Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo were the exceptions) on March 10, 1981.
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Early in his career, he worked as an anchorman for KOAA-TV, an NBC affiliate in Pueblo, Colorado.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Men in Black: The Series
1997-1998
TV Series
The New Batman Adventures
1997-1998
TV Series
Security Guard / Rob the Mutant / Frederick Fournier / ...
The Killing Grounds
1998
Video
Mel Desordo
Cybill
1998
TV Series
Charlie Addison
Jenny
1998
TV Series
Grant
Grace Under Fire
1997
TV Series
Davis
Fathers' Day
1997
Russ Trainor
Murder at 1600
1997
Jeffrey
MGM Sing-Alongs: Being Happy
1997
Video short
Leo Lionheart
MGM Sing-Alongs: Friends
1997
Video short
Leo Lionheart
MGM Sing-Alongs: Having Fun
1997
Video short
Leo Lionheart
MGM Sing-Alongs: Searching for Your Dreams
1997
Video short
Leo Lionheart
The Pretender
1996
TV Series
Carl Bishop
The Home Court
1995-1996
TV Series
Judge Gil Fitzpatrick
Picket Fences
1996
TV Series
Chuck Dante
The Adventures of Hyperman
1996
TV Series
The Oil Slick Monster
Tom and Huck
1995
Judge Thatcher
Charlie's Ghost Story
1995
Van Leer
Steal Big Steal Little
1995
Sheriff Otis
Dumb & Dumber
1994
Nicholas Andre
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1994
TV Series
Ryan Wiley
It's Pat
1994
Kyle Jacobsen
Wagons East
1994
Gen. Larchmont
Wings
1994
TV Series
Danny
Short Cuts
1993
Wally Littleton
Hocus Pocus
1993
Dave
Wild Palms
1993
TV Mini-Series
Stitch
Flying Blind
1993
TV Series
Dennis Lake
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
1993
Video
Jones
Quantum Leap
1990-1992
TV Series
Commander Dirk Riker
Michael G. Blake
Tequila and Bonetti
1992
TV Series
Capt. Midian Knight
Delirious
1991
Ty Hedison
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
1991
TV Series
Sgt. Jake Melman
Murder, She Wrote
1990
TV Series
Lt. Stuyvesant
Doctor Doctor
1990
TV Series
Charles
Dances with Wolves
1990
Lieutenant Elgin
Thirtysomething
1990
TV Series
Ron DeLisle
Honeymoon Academy
1989
Video
DeBains
How I Got Into College
1989
Leo Whitman
Moonlighting
1985-1989
TV Series
Richard Addison
Richard Addison [Ed]
Murphy's Law
1988-1989
TV Series
Victor Beaudine
Earth Girls Are Easy
1988
Dr. Ted Gallagher
Max Headroom
1987-1988
TV Series
Grossberg
Down Twisted
1987
Reno
Miracles
1986
Michael
If Tomorrow Comes
1986
TV Mini-Series
Budge's Friend
Miami Vice
1986
TV Series
Marty Worthington
Hardcastle and McCormick
1985
TV Series
Bill Bauer
Fraternity Vacation
1985
Madman Mac
California Girls
1985
TV Movie
Barry
Remington Steele
1985
TV Series
Peter Gillespie
Hawaiian Heat
1984
TV Series
Donald
The Outlaws
1984
TV Movie
Stanley Flynn
The Investigators
1984
TV Series
Anchorman Truman Knuman (1984)
Saturday Night Live
1980-1981
TV Series
Various
Weekend Update Anchor
Saturday Night Newsline Anchor
...
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2004
TV Series
Johnny DePalma
Shade
2003
Tony D.
Touched by an Angel
1994-2003
TV Series
Adam
The King of Queens
2003
TV Series
Steve
Static Shock
2003
TV Series
Crewcut
Bleach
2002
Short
Reverend Jim
Age of Mythology
2002
Video Game
Ajax (voice)
New Suit
2002
Del Strontium
Greg the Bunny
2002
TV Series
Don Dinkins
Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter
2002
Video Game
Nym (voice)
Star Wars: Starfighter
2001
Video Game
Nym (voice)
The Zeta Project
2001
TV Series
Edwards
3rd Rock from the Sun
2001
TV Series
Gary
Star Patrol
2000
TV Movie
Captain Omega
Tex, the Passive-Aggressive Gunslinger
2000
Short
Bart
Normal, Ohio
2000
TV Series
Danny
Titan A.E.
2000
Firrikash
Slave Trader Guard (voice)
Carlo's Wake
1999
Derek Donovan
Descent 3
1999
Video Game
Additional Voices (voice, as Charlie Rockett)
Batman Beyond
1999
TV Series
Donny's Dad
Steel Angel Kurumi
1999
TV Series
Dr. Ayanokoji (English version, voice, as Charles Kennedy)