Steve Railsback
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1945-11-16 (79 years old)
Place of Birth Dallas, Texas, USA
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.
Known For
Actor
as Himself
as Andrew Lubitz
as Jaden
as Fictional General Cotter
as Sebastian Koenig
as Charlie's Father
as Fictional General Cotter
as Dr. Daniel Duryea
as Aryan Boss
as Tarver
as Alumnus Guy #5
as Pilot
as The Owner
as Self
as Fred Kittel
as Larry
as Sheriff Ken Dwyer
as Mr. Day
as Old Man
as Joseph Welch
as Self
as Deputy Jessup (uncredited)
as Jake Ragna
as Jeremiah
as Mr. Kirk
as Charlie
as Ed Gein
as Rob
as Kyle
as Gary Peres
as Officer Cox
as Dylan Pope
as Litvack
as Arno Taylor
as Sergeant Preston
as Jack Derby
as Colonel James Vise
as Sergeant Ryan Freeborn
as Colonel Pryzer
as Colonel Glen Anderson
as Jesse Dixon
as Robbins
as Jack Manning
as Eddie Darpinian
as CIA Agent David Coppinger (uncredited)
as Ken Smith
as Duane Barry
as Biggs
as Kyle
as William Desmond Taylor
as Vinnie Brown
as Alex Morgan / Cole Morgan
as Hank Knight
as Novak
as Lt. Jesse Brady
as Jeff Kirkwood
as Det. Jim Bishop
as Harry Spiros
as Dr. Eric Harvey
as Scott Marshall
as Jack Tillman
as Kesner
as The Cowboy
as Tom Border
as Col. Tom Carlsen
as Jake Gregory
as Jim Lee
as Pavle Paroški
as Pavle Paroški
as Bret
as Billy Owens
as Paul Anders
as Cameron
as Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt
as Jean
as Charles Manson
as Charles Manson
as Junior
as Mike Nickerson
as Billy the Kid
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
Writer
as Screenplay
Director
as Director