Biography
Rodney Harvey was an American actor and model. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was discovered by director Paul Morrissey in 1984 and appeared in Morrissey's films Mixed Blood (1985) and Spike of Bensonhurst (1988). He attended South Philadelphia High School until the eleventh grade before pursuing acting and modelling in Los Angeles.
Harvey's film roles include Five Corners (1987), Salsa (1988), My Own Private Idaho (1991) as Gary, and Guncrazy (1992). On television he played Sodapop Curtis in the series The Outsiders (1990) and appeared as Biker Scotty in the pilot of Twin Peaks (1990). His final screen role was in God's Lonely Man (1996).
Harvey died on 11 April 1998 in Los Angeles at the age of 30 from a drug overdose.
