Steve Railsback
Acting
Born 1945-11-16
Dallas, Texas, USA
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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
55 credits
The Mentalist
Supernatural
The X-Files
Charmed
The Practice
The Twilight Zone
Family Law
Femme Fatales
Lifeforce
Decker
In the Line of Fire
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
Barb Wire
The Visitor
The Devil's Rejects
Turkey Shoot
Armed and Dangerous
Disturbing Behavior
Save Me
Scissors
Angela
From Here to Eternity
The Stunt Man
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
Storytelling
Helter Skelter
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Calendar Girl
Once Fallen
Blue Monkey
Wild in Blue
Alligator 2: The Mutation
Gone Are the Days
King of the Lost World
Sunstroke
Rest Stop: Don't Look Back
Not Quite Hollywood
Made Men
UnConventional
Vanishing Point
The Wind
Pressure Point
Plaguers
Me and Will
Helter Skelter
Cockfighter
Slash
Night Caller
Trick or Treats
Scenes from the Goldmine
Spearfield's Daughter
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
Final Mission
Neo Ned
The Visitors
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Producing
2 credits
Directing
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