Steve Railsback
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 16, 1945 (age 80)
- Birthplace
- Dallas, Texas, USA
Biography
Steve Railsback (born November 16, 1945, in Dallas, Texas) is an American theatre, film, and television actor. He is best known for his performances in the films The Stunt Man and Lifeforce, and his portrayal of Charles Manson in the 1976 television mini-series Helter Skelter. Railsback was a student of Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio and in the late 1960s and early 1970s spent 10 years working in theatre in New York City. He once said that he found Strasberg extremely difficult to work with. He made his film debut in The Visitors, directed by Elia Kazan. He portrayed two notorious murderers, appearing as Charles Manson in the 1976 television miniseries Helter Skelter and as Ed Gein in the 2000 film In the Light of the Moon. He also served as executive producer of the latter film. Other notable roles include the part of Cameron in The Stunt Man with Peter O'Toole, the astronaut Tom Carlsen in Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce, Duane Barry in two episodes of The X-Files, and Joseph Welch in the pilot episode of Supernatural. In 2008, he appeared in the science fiction/horror movie film Plaguers.
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Filmography
Best Served Cold: How a Revenge Film was Buried for Decades
Movie · as Himself
Unspeakable: Beyond The Wall of Sleep
Movie
Night Caller
Movie · as Andrew Lubitz
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
Movie · as (archive footage)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Movie · as (archive footage)
Gone Are the Days
Movie · as Jaden
Wild in Blue
Movie · as Charlie's Father
Infiltrators
Movie · as Sebastian Koenig
Decker
TV · as Fictional General Cotter · 1 ep
Femme Fatales
TV · as Dr. Daniel Duryea · 3 eps
Plaguers
Movie · as Tarver
Once Fallen
Movie · as Aryan Boss
Ready or Not
Movie · as Pilot
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
Movie · as Alumnus Guy #5
Follow the Prophet
Movie · as Senator Stanton
Rest Stop: Don't Look Back
Movie · as The Owner
Not Quite Hollywood
Movie · as Self
The Mentalist
TV · as Fred Kittel · 1 ep
The Devil's Rejects
Movie · as Sheriff Ken Dwyer
Intermedio
Movie · as Old Man
Neo Ned
Movie · as Mr. Day
King of the Lost World
Movie · as Larry
Supernatural
TV · as Joseph Welch
UnConventional
Movie · as Self
The Box
Movie · as Jake Ragna
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
Movie · as Deputy Jessup (uncredited)
Slash
Movie · as Jeremiah
Storytelling
Movie · as Mr. Kirk
Zigs
Movie · as Charlie
Ed Gein
Movie · as Ed Gein
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
Movie
Made Men
Movie · as Kyle
Me and Will
Movie · as Rob
Family Law
TV · as Gary Peres · 1 ep
Disturbing Behavior
Movie · as Officer Cox
Termination Man
Movie · as Dylan Pope
Charmed
TV · as Litvack · 1 ep
Stranger in the House
Movie · as Jack Derby
Vanishing Point
Movie · as Sergeant Preston
Pressure Point
Movie · as Arno Taylor
The Visitor
TV · as Colonel James Vise · 13 eps
The Practice
TV · as Walter Dawson · 1 ep
Barb Wire
Movie · as Colonel Pryzer
Street Corner Justice
Movie · as Sergeant Ryan Freeborn
Final Mission
Movie · as Colonel Glen Anderson
Save Me
Movie · as Robbins
Separated by Murder
Movie · as Jesse Dixon
Private Wars
Movie · as Jack Manning
Bonds of Love
Movie · as Ken Smith
In the Line of Fire
Movie · as CIA Agent David Coppinger (uncredited)
Calendar Girl
Movie · as Eddie Darpinian
The X-Files
TV · as Duane Barry · 2 eps
Forever
Movie · as William Desmond Taylor
Quake
Movie · as Kyle
Sunstroke
Movie · as Biggs
Alligator 2: The Mutation
Movie · as Vinnie Brown
Scissors
Movie · as Alex Morgan / Cole Morgan
The Assassin
Movie · as Hank Knight
Good Cops, Bad Cops
Movie
The Cross of Iberia
Movie · as Novak
The Forgotten
Movie · as Lt. Jesse Brady
Deadly Intent
Movie · as Jeff Kirkwood
Nukie
Movie · as Dr. Eric Harvey
Scenes from the Goldmine
Movie · as Harry Spiros
Blue Monkey
Movie · as Det. Jim Bishop
Distortions
Movie · as Scott Marshall
The Survivalist
Movie · as Jack Tillman
Armed and Dangerous
Movie · as The Cowboy
The Wind
Movie · as Kesner
Spearfield's Daughter
TV · as Tom Border · 3 eps
Lifeforce
Movie · as Col. Tom Carlsen
The Making Of Lifeforce
Movie · as Self
The Twilight Zone
TV · as (segment "Dead Run") · 1 ep
Torchlight
Movie · as Jake Gregory
The Golden Seal
Movie · as Jim Lee
Great Transport
Movie · as Pavle Paroški
The Great Transport
TV · as Pavle Paroški · 1 ep
Turkey Shoot
Movie · as Paul Anders
Trick or Treats
Movie · as Bret
Deadly Games
Movie · as Billy Owens
The Stunt Man
Movie · as Cameron
From Here to Eternity
TV · as Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt · 3 eps
Angela
Movie · as Jean
Helter Skelter
Movie · as Charles Manson
Helter Skelter
TV · as Charles Manson · 2 eps
Cockfighter
Movie · as Junior
The Last Escape of Billy the Kid
Movie · as Billy the Kid
The Visitors
Movie · as Mike Nickerson
H: The Story of a Teen-Age Drug Addict
Movie · as Bill