Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1945-11-16 (Age: 81)
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.
Filmography (75)
Unspeakable: Beyond The Wall of Sleep
2024
Night Caller
2022
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
Gone Are the Days
2018
Infiltrators
2014
Wild in Blue
2014
Once Fallen
2010
Plaguers
2010
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
2009
Follow the Prophet
2009
Ready or Not
2009
Rest Stop: Don't Look Back
2008
Not Quite Hollywood
2008
