Steve Railsback
Acting
Born November 16, 1945 · Dallas, Texas, USA
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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Acting (75)
Unspeakable: Beyond The Wall of Sleep
2024
Night Caller
2022
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
Gone Are the Days
2018
Infiltrators
2014
Wild in Blue
2014
Once Fallen
2010
Plaguers
2010
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
2009
Follow the Prophet
2009
Ready or Not
2009
Rest Stop: Don't Look Back
2008
Not Quite Hollywood
2008
King of the Lost World
2005
The Devil's Rejects
2005
Neo Ned
2005
Intermedio
2005
UnConventional
2004
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
2003
The Box
2003
Slash
2002
Storytelling
2001
Zigs
2001
Ed Gein
2000
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
2000
Me and Will
1999
Made Men
1999
Disturbing Behavior
1998
Termination Man
1998
Pressure Point
1997
Vanishing Point
1997
Stranger in the House
1997
Street Corner Justice
1996
Barb Wire
1996
Final Mission
1994
Separated by Murder
1994
Save Me
1994
Private Wars
1993
Calendar Girl
1993
In the Line of Fire
1993
Bonds of Love
1993
Sunstroke
1992
Quake
1992
Forever
1992
Alligator 2: The Mutation
1991
Scissors
1991
The Cops Are Robbers
1990
The Assassin
1990
The Cross of Iberia
1990
The Forgotten
1989
Deadly Intent
1988
Blue Monkey
1987
Scenes from the Goldmine
1987
Nukie
1987
Distortions
1987
The Survivalist
1987
The Wind
1986
Armed and Dangerous
1986
Spearfield's Daughter
1986
Lifeforce
1985
The Making Of Lifeforce
1985
Torchlight
1984
The Golden Seal
1983
Great Transport
1983
Trick or Treats
1982
Deadly Games
1982
Turkey Shoot
1982
The Stunt Man
1980
Angela
1977
Helter Skelter
1976
Cockfighter
1974
The Visitors
1972
The Last Escape of Billy the Kid
1972
H: The Story of a Teen-Age Drug Addict
1951