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Steve Railsback
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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
3.6
Unspeakable: Beyond The Wall of Sleep
2024
4.9
Andrew Lubitz
Night Caller
2022
0.0
(archive footage)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
2020
0.0
(archive footage)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
5.4
Jaden
Gone Are the Days
2018
0.0
Sebastian Koenig
Infiltrators
2014
6.6
Fictional General Cotter
Decker
2014
4.3
Charlie's Father
Wild in Blue
2014
6.2
Dr. Daniel Duryea
Femme Fatales
2011
5.2
Aryan Boss
Once Fallen
2010
Credits
Unspeakable: Beyond The Wall of Sleep
2024
3.6
Night Caller
as Andrew Lubitz
2022
4.9
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
as (archive footage)
2020
0.0
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as (archive footage)
2020
0.0
Gone Are the Days
as Jaden
2018
5.4
Infiltrators
as Sebastian Koenig
2014
0.0
Decker
as Fictional General Cotter
2014
6.6
Wild in Blue
as Charlie's Father
2014
4.3
Femme Fatales
as Dr. Daniel Duryea
2011
6.2
Once Fallen
as Aryan Boss
2010
5.2
Plaguers
as Tarver
2010
2.9
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
as Alumnus Guy #5
2009
5.3
Follow the Prophet
as Senator Stanton
2009
4.5
Ready or Not
as Pilot
2009
4.1
Rest Stop: Don't Look Back
as The Owner
2008
5.5
The Mentalist
as Fred Kittel
2008
8.4
Not Quite Hollywood
as Self
2008
6.8
King of the Lost World
as Larry
2005
4.2
Supernatural
2005
8.3
Supernatural
as Joseph Welch
2005
8.3
The Devil's Rejects
as Sheriff Ken Dwyer
2005
6.7
Neo Ned
as Mr. Day
2005
5.9
Intermedio
as Old Man
2005
4.1
UnConventional
as Self
2004
3.5
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
as Deputy Jessup (uncredited)
2003
4.7
The Box
as Jake Ragna
2003
3.8
Slash
as Jeremiah
2002
4.0
Storytelling
as Mr. Kirk
2001
6.5
Zigs
as Charlie
2001
3.5
Ed Gein
as Ed Gein
2000
5.3
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
2000
7.0
Family Law
as Gary Peres
1999
8.2
Me and Will
as Rob
1999
5.2
Made Men
as Kyle
1999
5.1
Charmed
as Litvack
1998
8.2
Disturbing Behavior
as Officer Cox
1998
5.8
Termination Man
as Dylan Pope
1998
3.8
Pressure Point
as Arno Taylor
1997
2.1
The Visitor
as Colonel James Vise
1997
6.0
The Practice
as Walter Dawson
1997
7.6
Vanishing Point
as Sergeant Preston
1997
5.5
Stranger in the House
as Jack Derby
1997
6.5
Street Corner Justice
as Sergeant Ryan Freeborn
1996
4.7
Barb Wire
as Colonel Pryzer
1996
4.1
Final Mission
as Colonel Glen Anderson
1994
3.7
🎬
Separated by Murder
as Jesse Dixon
1994
3.3
Save Me
as Robbins
1994
4.4
Private Wars
as Jack Manning
1993
6.5
The X-Files
as Duane Barry
1993
8.4
Calendar Girl
as Eddie Darpinian
1993
5.1
In the Line of Fire
as CIA Agent David Coppinger (uncredited)
1993
7.0
Bonds of Love
as Ken Smith
1993
5.3
Sunstroke
as Biggs
1992
3.0
Quake
as Kyle
1992
3.1
Forever
as William Desmond Taylor
1992
1.9
Alligator 2: The Mutation
as Vinnie Brown
1991
4.8
Scissors
as Alex Morgan / Cole Morgan
1991
5.0
The Cops Are Robbers
1990
3.0
The Assassin
as Hank Knight
1990
3.8
The Cross of Iberia
as Novak
1990
2.0
The Forgotten
as Lt. Jesse Brady
1989
5.4
Deadly Intent
as Jeff Kirkwood
1988
4.5
Blue Monkey
as Det. Jim Bishop
1987
4.9
Scenes from the Goldmine
as Harry Spiros
1987
4.0
Nukie
as Dr. Eric Harvey
1987
2.1
🎬
Distortions
as Scott Marshall
1987
0.0
The Survivalist
as Jack Tillman
1987
2.4
The Wind
as Kesner
1986
5.1
Armed and Dangerous
as The Cowboy
1986
5.7
Spearfield's Daughter
as Tom Border
1986
0.0
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Dead Run")
1985
7.8
Lifeforce
as Col. Tom Carlsen
1985
6.2
🎬
The Making Of Lifeforce
as Self
1985
0.0
Torchlight
as Jake Gregory
1984
2.7
The Golden Seal
as Jim Lee
1983
5.0
Great Transport
as Pavle Paroški
1983
7.1
The Great Transport
as Pavle Paroški
1983
0.0
Trick or Treats
as Bret
1982
3.9
Deadly Games
as Billy Owens
1982
3.0
Turkey Shoot
as Paul Anders
1982
5.4
The Stunt Man
as Cameron
1980
6.6
From Here to Eternity
as Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt
1979
6.8
Angela
as Jean
1977
3.8
Helter Skelter
as Charles Manson
1976
6.8
Helter Skelter
as Charles Manson
1976
7.0
Cockfighter
as Junior
1974
6.0
The Visitors
as Mike Nickerson
1972
6.0
The Last Escape of Billy the Kid
as Billy the Kid
1972
0.0
H: The Story of a Teen-Age Drug Addict
as Bill
1951
6.0
🎬
Best Served Cold
as Himself
N/A
0.0