Steve Railsback
Acting
1945-11-16 · 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.
Filmography
TheatersBest Served Cold: How a Revenge Film was Buried for Decades
2026 · Movie
Unspeakable: Beyond The Wall of Sleep
2024 · Movie
Night Caller
2022 · Movie
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
2020 · Movie
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020 · Movie
Gone Are the Days
2018 · Movie
Infiltrators
2014 · Movie
Decker
2014 · Series
Wild in Blue
2014 · Movie
Femme Fatales
2011 · Series
Once Fallen
2010 · Movie
Plaguers
2010 · Movie
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
2009 · Movie
Follow the Prophet
2009 · Movie
Ready or Not
2009 · Movie
Rest Stop: Don't Look Back
2008 · Movie
The Mentalist
2008 · Series
Not Quite Hollywood
2008 · Movie
King of the Lost World
2005 · Movie
Supernatural
2005 · Series
The Devil's Rejects
2005 · Movie
Neo Ned
2005 · Movie
Intermedio
2005 · Movie
UnConventional
2004 · Movie
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
2003 · Movie
The Box
2003 · Movie
Slash
2002 · Movie
Storytelling
2001 · Movie
Zigs
2001 · Movie
Ed Gein
2000 · Movie
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
2000 · Movie
Family Law
1999 · Series
Me and Will
1999 · Movie
Made Men
1999 · Movie
Charmed
1998 · Series
Disturbing Behavior
1998 · Movie
Termination Man
1998 · Movie
Pressure Point
1997 · Movie
The Visitor
1997 · Series
The Practice
1997 · Series
Vanishing Point
1997 · Movie
Stranger in the House
1997 · Movie
Street Corner Justice
1996 · Movie
Barb Wire
1996 · Movie
Final Mission
1994 · Movie
The Spy Within
1994 · Movie
Terminal Voyage
1994 · Movie
Separated by Murder
1994 · Movie
Save Me
1994 · Movie
Private Wars
1993 · Movie
The X-Files
1993 · Series
Calendar Girl
1993 · Movie
In the Line of Fire
1993 · Movie
Bonds of Love
1993 · Movie
Sunstroke
1992 · Movie
Quake
1992 · Movie
Forever
1992 · Movie
Alligator 2: The Mutation
1991 · Movie
Scissors
1991 · Movie
Good Cops, Bad Cops
1990 · Movie
The Assassin
1990 · Movie
The Cross of Iberia
1990 · Movie
The Forgotten
1989 · Movie
Deadly Intent
1988 · Movie
Blue Monkey
1987 · Movie
Scenes from the Goldmine
1987 · Movie
Nukie
1987 · Movie
Distortions
1987 · Movie
The Survivalist
1987 · Movie
The Wind
1986 · Movie
Armed and Dangerous
1986 · Movie
Spearfield's Daughter
1986 · Movie
The Twilight Zone
1985 · Series
Lifeforce
1985 · Movie
The Making Of Lifeforce
1985 · Movie
Torchlight
1984 · Movie
The Golden Seal
1983 · Movie
Great Transport
1983 · Movie
The Great Transport
1983 · Series
Trick or Treats
1982 · Movie
Deadly Games
1982 · Movie
Turkey Shoot
1982 · Movie
The Stunt Man
1980 · Movie
From Here to Eternity
1979 · Series
Angela
1977 · Movie
Helter Skelter
1976 · Movie
Helter Skelter
1976 · Series
Cockfighter
1974 · Movie
The Visitors
1972 · Movie
The Last Escape of Billy the Kid
1972 · Movie
H: The Story of a Teen-Age Drug Addict
1951 · Movie