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.
Born: 16 November 1945
Played In
Unspeakable: Beyond The Wall of Sleep
Night Caller
Andrew Lubitz
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
(archive footage)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
(archive footage)
Gone Are the Days
Jaden
Infiltrators
Sebastian Koenig
Decker
Fictional General Cotter
Wild in Blue
Charlie's Father
Femme Fatales
Dr. Daniel Duryea
Once Fallen
Aryan Boss
Plaguers
Tarver
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
Alumnus Guy #5
Follow the Prophet
Senator Stanton
Ready or Not
Pilot
Rest Stop: Don't Look Back
The Owner
The Mentalist
Fred Kittel
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
King of the Lost World
Larry
Supernatural
Supernatural
Joseph Welch
The Devil's Rejects
Sheriff Ken Dwyer
Neo Ned
Mr. Day
Intermedio
Old Man
UnConventional
Self
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
Deputy Jessup (uncredited)
The Box
Jake Ragna
Slash
Jeremiah
Storytelling
Mr. Kirk
Zigs
Charlie
Ed Gein
Ed Gein
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
Family Law
Gary Peres
Me and Will
Rob
Made Men
Kyle
Charmed
Litvack
Disturbing Behavior
Officer Cox
Termination Man
Dylan Pope
Pressure Point
Arno Taylor
The Visitor
Colonel James Vise
The Practice
Walter Dawson
Vanishing Point
Sergeant Preston
Stranger in the House
Jack Derby
Street Corner Justice
Sergeant Ryan Freeborn
Barb Wire
Colonel Pryzer
Final Mission
Colonel Glen Anderson
Separated by Murder
Jesse Dixon
Save Me
Robbins
Private Wars
Jack Manning
The X-Files
Duane Barry
Calendar Girl
Eddie Darpinian
In the Line of Fire
CIA Agent David Coppinger (uncredited)
Bonds of Love
Ken Smith
Sunstroke
Biggs
Quake
Kyle
Forever
William Desmond Taylor
Alligator 2: The Mutation
Vinnie Brown
Scissors
Alex Morgan / Cole Morgan
Good Cops, Bad Cops
The Assassin
Hank Knight
The Cross of Iberia
Novak
The Forgotten
Lt. Jesse Brady
Deadly Intent
Jeff Kirkwood
Blue Monkey
Det. Jim Bishop
Scenes from the Goldmine
Harry Spiros
Nukie
Dr. Eric Harvey
Distortions
Scott Marshall
The Survivalist
Jack Tillman
The Wind
Kesner
Armed and Dangerous
The Cowboy
Spearfield's Daughter
Tom Border
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Dead Run")
Lifeforce
Col. Tom Carlsen
The Making Of Lifeforce
Self
Torchlight
Jake Gregory
The Golden Seal
Jim Lee
Great Transport
Pavle Paroški
The Great Transport
Pavle Paroški
Trick or Treats
Bret
Deadly Games
Billy Owens
Turkey Shoot
Paul Anders
The Stunt Man
Cameron
From Here to Eternity
Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt
Angela
Jean
Helter Skelter
Charles Manson
Helter Skelter
Charles Manson
Cockfighter
Junior
The Visitors
Mike Nickerson
The Last Escape of Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid
H: The Story of a Teen-Age Drug Addict
Bill
Best Served Cold
Himself