Steve Railsback
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.
89 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 89
Supernatural
2005
The Mentalist
2008
The X-Files
1993
Charmed
1998
The Practice
1997
The Twilight Zone
1985
Family Law
1999
Femme Fatales
2011
The Visitor
1997
Decker
2014
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
2009
Lifeforce
1985
In the Line of Fire
1993
The Devil's Rejects
2005
From Here to Eternity
1979
Barb Wire
1996
Armed and Dangerous
1986
Disturbing Behavior
1998
Turkey Shoot
1982
Scissors
1991
Save Me
1994
Storytelling
2001
The Stunt Man
1980
Blue Monkey
1987
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
Once Fallen
2010
Calendar Girl
1993
Me and Will
1999
Not Quite Hollywood
2008
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
2003
Vanishing Point
1997
Helter Skelter
1976
Neo Ned
2005
Scenes from the Goldmine
1987
Alligator 2: The Mutation
1991
Ed Gein
2000
Made Men
1999
The Great Transport
1983
The Forgotten
1989
Cockfighter
1974
Gone Are the Days
2018
Plaguers
2010
Deadly Intent
1988
Rest Stop: Don't Look Back
2008
Wild in Blue
2014
King of the Lost World
2005
Helter Skelter
1976
Good Cops, Bad Cops
1990
The Wind
1986
The Visitors
1972
The Assassin
1990
Trick or Treats
1982
Unspeakable: Beyond The Wall of Sleep
2024
Ready or Not
2009
Nukie
1987
Deadly Games
1982
Private Wars
1993
Street Corner Justice
1996
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
2020
Final Mission
1994
Quake
1992
Bonds of Love
1993
UnConventional
2004
Intermedio
2005
The Cross of Iberia
1990
Great Transport
1983
Spearfield's Daughter
1986
Slash
2002
Sunstroke
1992
The Box
2003
Night Caller
2022
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
2000
The Survivalist
1987
Termination Man
1998
Forever
1992
Infiltrators
2014
Distortions
1987
The Golden Seal
1983
Angela
1977
Best Served Cold
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Torchlight
1984
Zigs
2001
Stranger in the House
1997
Pressure Point
1997
Follow the Prophet
2009
Separated by Murder
1994
H: The Story of a Teen-Age Drug Addict
1951
The Last Escape of Billy the Kid
1972
The Making Of Lifeforce
1985
