John Spacely

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Also Known As
  • Gringo
  • John Olgin

John Spacely

Biography

John Spacely (real name John Olgin), also known as Gringo, was an American musician, actor, and nightlife personality. His life was chronicled in two Lech Kowalski documentaries, Story of a Junkie and Born To Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie.


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Born to Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie Born to Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie (2001) Character: Self
Veteran documentary filmmaker and hipster Lech Kowalski creates this film about his friend and hard-partying rock god Johnny Thunders, member of legendary proto-punk band the New York Dolls. Through archive footage and interviews with such musicians as Dee Dee Ramone and Sylvain Sylvain, the film details his stint with the Dolls, the formation of his other band, the Heartbreakers; his rise to fame, particularly in Japan; his descent into heroin addiction, and the mysterious circumstances of his death.
Story of a Junkie Story of a Junkie (1985) Character: John Spaceley
Filmed in documentary-style, the film follows the character of Gringo, a young man looking for fortune in New York, only to fall into heroin addiction.
Desperately Seeking Susan Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) Character: (uncredited)
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and into a chaotic adventure of amnesia and self-discovery.
Step Across the Border Step Across the Border (1990) Character: Koan vom Klang einer Hand
An avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith.
Sid and Nancy Sid and Nancy (1986) Character: Chelsea Hotel Resident
January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental bassist Sid Vicious is forced by his band mates to travel without his troubled girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, who will meet him in New York. When the band breaks up and Sid begins his solo career in a hostile city, the turbulent couple definitely falls into the depths of drug addiction.
After Hours After Hours (1985) Character: Club Berlin Patron with Eyepatch (uncredited)
Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.



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