Steve Railsback
Known for: Acting
Born: November 16, 1945
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
78 movies · 13 TV shows, newest first
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Best Served Cold: How a Revenge Film was Buried for Decades
2026
3.4
Unspeakable: Beyond The Wall of Sleep
2024
5.0
Night Caller
2022
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AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
2020
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The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
5.5
Gone Are the Days
2018
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Infiltrators
2014
6.7
Decker
2014
4.2
Wild in Blue
2014
6.1
Femme Fatales
2011
5.2
Once Fallen
2010
3.0
Plaguers
2010
5.3
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
2009
4.5
Follow the Prophet
2009
4.1
Ready or Not
2009
6.0
Rest Stop: Don't Look Back
2008
8.4
The Mentalist
2008
6.7
Not Quite Hollywood
2008
4.3
King of the Lost World
2005
8.3
Supernatural
2005
6.7
The Devil's Rejects
2005
6.2
Neo Ned
2005
4.6
Intermedio
2005
5.3
UnConventional
2004
4.7
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
2003
4.3
The Box
2003
4.2
Slash
2002
6.5
Storytelling
2001
4.5
Zigs
2001
5.4
Ed Gein
2000
7.8
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
2000
8.1
Family Law
1999
5.4
Me and Will
1999
5.3
Made Men
1999
8.2
Charmed
1998
5.8
Disturbing Behavior
1998
4.5
Termination Man
1998
2.6
Pressure Point
1997
6.4
The Visitor
1997
7.6
The Practice
1997
5.6
Vanishing Point
1997
6.8
Stranger in the House
1997
5.0
Street Corner Justice
1996
4.1
Barb Wire
1996
3.9
Final Mission
1994
5.5
The Spy Within
1994
3.8
Terminal Voyage
19944.4
Separated by Murder
1994
4.5
Save Me
1994
6.2
Private Wars
1993
8.4
The X-Files
1993
5.2
Calendar Girl
1993
7.0
In the Line of Fire
1993
5.8
Bonds of Love
1993
3.0
Sunstroke
1992
3.9
Quake
1992
2.6
Forever
1992
4.9
Alligator 2: The Mutation
1991
5.0
Scissors
1991
4.2
Good Cops, Bad Cops
1990
4.2
The Assassin
1990
6.0
The Cross of Iberia
1990
5.8
The Forgotten
1989
5.0
Deadly Intent
1988
4.9
Blue Monkey
1987
4.9
Scenes from the Goldmine
1987
2.2
Nukie
1987
9.0
Distortions
1987
3.3
The Survivalist
1987
5.2
The Wind
1986
5.7
Armed and Dangerous
1986
8.0
Spearfield's Daughter
1986
7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
6.2
Lifeforce
1985NR
The Making Of Lifeforce
1985
3.8
Torchlight
1984
5.7
The Golden Seal
1983
7.5
Great Transport
1983
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The Great Transport
1983
4.1
Trick or Treats
1982
3.2
Deadly Games
1982
5.4
Turkey Shoot
1982
6.6
The Stunt Man
1980
7.3
From Here to Eternity
1979
4.9
Angela
1977
6.9
Helter Skelter
1976
7.0
Helter Skelter
1976
6.1
Cockfighter
1974
6.0
The Visitors
1972
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The Last Escape of Billy the Kid
1972
7.5
H: The Story of a Teen-Age Drug Addict
1951