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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1945-11-16
Place of birth
Dallas, Texas, USA
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Cast
Night Caller
2022
4.50
The Box - 2003
2003
4.42
The Devil's Rejects
2005
6.75
Armed and Dangerous
1986
5.70
Intermedio
2005
4.24
Storytelling
2001
6.50
The Wind
1986
5.20
The Forgotten
1989
6.20
Lifeforce
1985
6.25
Barb Wire
1996
3.99
Disturbing Behavior
1998
5.74
Made Men
1999
5.29
Plaguers
2010
2.89
Cockfighter
1974
6.06
Alligator 2: The Mutation
1991
4.83
Ready or Not
2009
4.36
The Stunt Man
1980
6.70
Scissors
1991
5.03
Me and Will
1999
5.70
Helter Skelter
1976
6.80
Turkey Shoot
1982
5.39
Slash
2002
4.04
Rest Stop: Don't Look Back
2008
5.52
Ed Gein
2000
5.41
Neo Ned
2005
6.11
Nukie
1987
2.10
Trick or Treats
1982
3.94
Deadly Games
1982
3.00
Zigs
2001
3.50
Scenes From the Goldmine
1987
4.40
Final Mission
1994
4.20
Blue Monkey
1987
4.94
The Golden Seal
1983
5.70
Private Wars
1993
6.50
Forever
1992
1.93
Distortions
1987
0.00
Termination Man
1998
4.33
The Survivalist
1987
2.40
The Last Escape of Billy the Kid
1972
0.00
The Visitors
1972
6.20
Save Me
1994
4.29
Spearfield's Daughter
1986
0.00
Stranger in the House
1997
7.00
Best Served Cold
0.00
Wild in Blue
2014
4.22
Great Transport
1983
7.10
Quake
1992
3.50
Torchlight
1985
2.67
King of the Lost World
2005
4.27
Bonds of Love
1993
5.33
Infiltrators
2014
0.00
In the Line of Fire
1993
6.97
Vanishing Point
1997
5.60
UnConventional
2004
3.50
Deadly Intent
1988
4.50
Calendar Girl
1993
5.14
Street Corner Justice
1996
4.71
Pressure Point
1997
2.10
Separated by Murder
1994
4.00
Gone Are the Days
2018
5.43
Angela
1977
4.40
Not Quite Hollywood
2008
6.86
Once Fallen
2010
5.12
Sunstroke
1992
3.00
The Assassin
1990
4.10
The Cops Are Robbers
1990
3.00
La cruz de Iberia
1990
2.00
Follow the Prophet
2009
5.70
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2025
0.00