Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 16, 1945
Place of Birth
Dallas, Texas, USA
Credits
91 titles
Steve Railsback
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.
Known For
Filmography
Unspeakable: Beyond The Wall of Sleep
Night Caller
Andrew Lubitz
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
(archive footage)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
(archive footage)
Gone Are the Days
Jaden
Infiltrators
Sebastian Koenig
Decker
Fictional General Cotter
Wild in Blue
Charlie's Father
Femme Fatales
Dr. Daniel Duryea
Once Fallen
Aryan Boss
Plaguers
Tarver
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
Alumnus Guy #5
Follow the Prophet
Senator Stanton
Ready or Not
Pilot
Rest Stop: Don't Look Back
The Owner
The Mentalist
Fred Kittel
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
King of the Lost World
Larry
Supernatural
The Devil's Rejects
Sheriff Ken Dwyer
Neo Ned
Mr. Day
Intermedio
Old Man
UnConventional
Self
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
Deputy Jessup (uncredited)
The Box
Jake Ragna
Slash
Jeremiah
Storytelling
Mr. Kirk
Zigs
Charlie
Ed Gein
Ed Gein
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
Family Law
Gary Peres
Me and Will
Rob
Made Men
Kyle
Charmed
Litvack
Disturbing Behavior
Officer Cox
Termination Man
Dylan Pope
Pressure Point
Arno Taylor
The Visitor
Colonel James Vise
The Practice
Walter Dawson
Vanishing Point
Sergeant Preston
Stranger in the House
Jack Derby
Street Corner Justice
Sergeant Ryan Freeborn
Barb Wire
Colonel Pryzer
Final Mission
Colonel Glen Anderson
The Spy Within
Director
Terminal Voyage
Second Unit Director
Separated by Murder
Jesse Dixon
Save Me
Robbins
Private Wars
Jack Manning
The X-Files
Duane Barry