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  1. Jul 13, 2023 · Early Life of Charles Rocket. Born on August 28, 1949, in Bangor, Maine, United States, Charles Rocket was an American national. His parents have been identified as Sumner Abbott Claverie and Mary ...

  2. You may not know the name Charles Rocket, but you've probably seen him before in movies like Dumb and Dumber and Hocus Pocus. He was also once a cast member ...

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  3. Feb 12, 2013 · One of the few truly “dangerous” moments of the infamous Jean Doumanian SNL run from 1980-1981 came from a louche, too-handsome 30-year-old comedian named Charlie Rocket, and it caused the ...

  4. Charles Adams Claverie (born August 24, 1949-October 7, 2005), better known by his stage name Charles Rocket, was a cast member of SNL in the 1980-1981 season, and was the Weekend Update/Saturday Night NewsLine anchor. Charles was touted by then-Executive Producer Jean Doumanian as "a kind of cross between Chevy Chase and Bill Murray". He was known for a segment, The Rocket Report, in which he ...

  5. Basically, former SNL writer/cast member/Weekend Update host Charles Rocket was found dead in a field in Connecticut in 2005, his throat slit with a straight razor. It was almost immediately ruled a suicide, and doesn't appear to ever have been investigated as a possible homicide.

  6. Renowned for his deep voice and towering height, Charles Rocket (real name Charles Adams Claverie) was an American actor known for his roles in movies and TV shows such as Dumb and Dumber (1994), Moonlighting (1985–1989), and Hocus Pocus (1993). Also recognized by the stage names Charlie Hamburger and Charlie Kennedy, Rocket explored his ...

  7. Oct 18, 2005 · Charles Rocket, an actor and former "Saturday Night Live" comedian who gained notoriety almost 25 years ago for uttering an unscripted obscenity during a skit on the NBC show, has died.