Steve Railsback

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Dallas, Texas, USA, 1945-11-16

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	H: The Story of a Teen-Age Drug Addict	Bill	60
2	1972	The Last Escape of Billy the Kid	Billy the Kid	0
3	1972	The Visitors	Mike Nickerson	61
4	1974	Cockfighter	Junior	61
5	1976	Helter Skelter	Charles Manson	68
6	1977	Angela	Jean	44
7	1980	The Stunt Man	Cameron	67
8	1982	Turkey Shoot	Paul Anders	54
9	1982	Deadly Games	Billy Owens	30
10	1982	Trick or Treats	Bret	39
11	1983	Great Transport	Pavle Paroški	71
12	1983	The Golden Seal	Jim Lee	50
13	1985	Torchlight	Jake Gregory	27
14	1985	Lifeforce	Col. Tom Carlsen	62
15	1986	Spearfield's Daughter	Tom Border	0
16	1986	Armed and Dangerous	The Cowboy	56
17	1986	The Wind	Kesner	52
18	1987	The Survivalist	Jack Tillman	24
19	1987	Distortions	Scott Marshall	0
20	1987	Nukie	Dr. Eric Harvey	21
21	1987	Scenes From the Goldmine	Harry Spiros	44
22	1987	Blue Monkey	Det. Jim Bishop	49
23	1988	Deadly Intent	Jeff Kirkwood	45
24	1989	The Forgotten	Lt. Jesse Brady	62
25	1990	La cruz de Iberia	Novak	20
26	1990	The Assassin	Hank Knight	41
27	1990	The Cops Are Robbers		30
28	1991	Scissors	Alex Morgan / Cole Morgan	50
29	1991	Alligator 2: The Mutation	Vinnie Brown	48
30	1992	Forever	William Desmond Taylor	19
31	1992	Sunstroke	Biggs	30
32	1993	Bonds of Love	Ken Smith	53
33	1993	Calendar Girl	Eddie Darpinian	51
34	1994	Save Me	Robbins	43
35	1994	Separated by Murder	Jesse Dixon	40
36	1997	Stranger in the House	Jack Derby	70
37		Best Served Cold	Himself	0
38	1992	Quake	Kyle	35
39	1993	In the Line of Fire	CIA Agent David Coppinger (uncredited)	70
40	1993	Private Wars	Jack Manning	65
41	1994	Final Mission	Colonel Glen Anderson	42
42	1996	Barb Wire	Colonel Pryzer	40
43	1996	Street Corner Justice	Sergeant Ryan Freeborn	47
44	1997	Vanishing Point	Sergeant Preston	56
45	1997	Pressure Point	Arno Taylor	21
46	1998	Termination Man	Dylan Pope	43
47	1998	Disturbing Behavior	Officer Cox	58
48	1999	Made Men	Kyle	53
49	1999	Me and Will	Rob	55
50	2000	The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man		70
51	2000	Ed Gein	Ed Gein	54
52	2001	Zigs	Charlie	35
53	2001	Storytelling	Mr. Kirk	65
54	2002	Slash	Jeremiah	40
55	2003	The Box - 2003	Jake Ragna	41
56	2003	The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting	Deputy Jessup (uncredited)	47
57	2004	UnConventional	Self	35
58	2005	Intermedio	Old Man	42
59	2005	Neo Ned	Mr. Day	61
60	2005	The Devil's Rejects	Sheriff Ken Dwyer	68
61	2005	King of the Lost World	Larry	43
62	2008	Not Quite Hollywood	Self	69
63	2008	Rest Stop: Don't Look Back	The Owner	55
64	2009	Ready or Not	Pilot	41
65	2009	Follow the Prophet	Senator Stanton	57
66	2009	American Pie Presents: The Book of Love	Alumnus Guy #5	53
67	2010	Plaguers	Tarver	29
68	2010	Once Fallen	Aryan Boss	53
69	2014	Wild in Blue	Charlie's Father	42
70	2014	Infiltrators	Sebastian Koenig	0
71	2018	Gone Are the Days	Jaden	54
72	2020	AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.	Self	0
73	2022	Night Caller	Andrew Lubitz	45
74	2024	Unspeakable: Beyond The Wall of Sleep		36
75	2025	The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault	Self	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1976	Helter Skelter	Charles Manson	70
2	1979	From Here to Eternity	Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt	68
3	1983	The Great Transport	Pavle Paroški	0
4	1985	The Twilight Zone	(segment "Dead Run")	78
5	1993	The X-Files	Duane Barry	84
6	1997	The Practice	Walter Dawson	77
7	1997	The Visitor	Colonel James Vise	60
8	1998	Charmed	Litvack	82
9	1999	Family Law	Gary Peres	82
10	2005	Supernatural		83
11	2005	Supernatural	Joseph Welch	83
12	2008	The Mentalist	Fred Kittel	84
13	2011	Femme Fatales	Dr. Daniel Duryea	64
14	2014	Decker	Fictional General Cotter	64

Steve Railsback

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Television