Cast
Steve Railsback
Acting
Cast
Steve Railsback
Known for
Acting
Born
1945-11-16
From
Dallas, Texas, USA
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.
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Turkey Shoot
as Paul Anders
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American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
as Alumnus Guy #5
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Lifeforce
as Col. Tom Carlsen
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In the Line of Fire
as CIA Agent David Coppinger (uncredited)
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The Devil's Rejects
as Sheriff Ken Dwyer
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Disturbing Behavior
as Officer Cox
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Barb Wire
as Colonel Pryzer
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Scissors
as Alex Morgan / Cole Morgan
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Armed and Dangerous
as The Cowboy
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Not Quite Hollywood
as Self
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Save Me
as Robbins
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Helter Skelter
as Charles Manson
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UnConventional
as Self
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Wild in Blue
as Charlie's Father
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Angela
as Jean
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Storytelling
as Mr. Kirk
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The Stunt Man
as Cameron
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Street Corner Justice
as Sergeant Ryan Freeborn
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The Box
as Jake Ragna
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Gone Are the Days
as Jaden
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Sunstroke
as Biggs
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King of the Lost World
as Larry
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Calendar Girl
as Eddie Darpinian
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The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
as Deputy Jessup (uncredited)
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Vanishing Point
as Sergeant Preston
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Alligator 2: The Mutation
as Vinnie Brown
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Ed Gein
as Ed Gein
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The Visitors
as Mike Nickerson
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Scenes from the Goldmine
as Harry Spiros
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Good Cops, Bad Cops
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Blue Monkey
as Det. Jim Bishop
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Final Mission
as Colonel Glen Anderson
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Trick or Treats
as Bret
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The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as (archive footage)
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Private Wars
as Jack Manning
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Pressure Point
as Arno Taylor
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Deadly Intent
as Jeff Kirkwood
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Once Fallen
as Aryan Boss
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Neo Ned
as Mr. Day
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Deadly Games
as Billy Owens
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Stranger in the House
as Jack Derby
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Separated by Murder
as Jesse Dixon
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The Golden Seal
as Jim Lee
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Plaguers
as Tarver
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Me and Will
as Rob
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Rest Stop: Don't Look Back
as The Owner
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Bonds of Love
as Ken Smith
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The Assassin
as Hank Knight
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Cockfighter
as Junior
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Spearfield's Daughter
as Tom Border
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Slash
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The Wind
as Kesner
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Quake
as Kyle
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Night Caller
as Andrew Lubitz
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Made Men
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Torchlight
as Jake Gregory
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The Survivalist
as Jack Tillman
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Follow the Prophet
as Senator Stanton
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Distortions
as Scott Marshall
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Unspeakable: Beyond The Wall of Sleep
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Intermedio
as Old Man
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Termination Man
as Dylan Pope
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Great Transport
as Pavle Paroลกki
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AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
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Nukie
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The Forgotten
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Ready or Not
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Zigs
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Best Served Cold
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The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
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H: The Story of a Teen-Age Drug Addict
as Bill
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Infiltrators
as Sebastian Koenig
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The Making Of Lifeforce
as Self
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The Cross of Iberia
as Novak
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Forever
as William Desmond Taylor
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The Last Escape of Billy the Kid
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