Steve Railsback

Known for ActingBorn 1945-11-16 (age 80) Dallas, Texas, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Distortions

The Mentalist

Supernatural

The X-Files

Charmed

Family Law

Spearfield's Daughter

The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man

The Practice

The Twilight Zone

Great Transport

From Here to Eternity

H: The Story of a Teen-Age Drug Addict

In the Line of Fire

Not Quite Hollywood

The Devil's Rejects

Decker

Stranger in the House

Helter Skelter

Private Wars

Helter Skelter

Storytelling

The Stunt Man

The Visitor

Femme Fatales

Rest Stop: Don't Look Back

Neo Ned

Lifeforce

The Cross of Iberia

Disturbing Behavior

Cockfighter

The Visitors

The Forgotten

Bonds of Love

Gone Are the Days

Armed and Dangerous

Vanishing Point

The Golden Seal

The Spy Within

Ed Gein

Me and Will

UnConventional

American Pie Presents: The Book of Love

Zigs

Night Caller

Once Fallen

Made Men

Deadly Intent