Steve Railsback
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1945-11-16
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.
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The Box
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The Devil's Rejects
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Armed and Dangerous
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Intermedio
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Storytelling
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The Wind
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The Forgotten
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Lifeforce
Jun 21, 1985
Barb Wire
May 02, 1996
Disturbing Behavior
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Made Men
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Plaguers
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Alligator 2: The Mutation
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Ready or Not
Jan 01, 2009
The Stunt Man
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Scissors
Mar 22, 1991
Me and Will
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Helter Skelter
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Turkey Shoot
Mar 25, 1982
Slash
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Rest Stop: Don't Look Back
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Ed Gein
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Neo Ned
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Nukie
Jul 01, 1987
Deadly Games
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Trick or Treats
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Zigs
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Scenes from the Goldmine
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Final Mission
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Blue Monkey
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The Golden Seal
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Private Wars
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Forever
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Distortions
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Termination Man
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The Survivalist
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The Last Escape of Billy the Kid
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The Visitors
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Save Me
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Spearfield's Daughter
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Stranger in the House
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Best Served Cold
Wild in Blue
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Great Transport
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Quake
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Torchlight
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King of the Lost World
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Bonds of Love
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Infiltrators
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Vanishing Point
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UnConventional
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Deadly Intent
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Calendar Girl
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Street Corner Justice
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Pressure Point
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Separated by Murder
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Gone Are the Days
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Angela
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Not Quite Hollywood
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Once Fallen
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Sunstroke
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The Assassin
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AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
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The Cops Are Robbers
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The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
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The Cross of Iberia
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The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
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Follow the Prophet
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The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
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The Making Of Lifeforce
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Supernatural
Sep 13, 2005
The Twilight Zone
Sep 27, 1985
The X-Files
Sep 10, 1993
The Visitor
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Family Law
Sep 20, 1999
From Here to Eternity
Feb 14, 1979
The Mentalist
Sep 23, 2008
Supernatural
Sep 13, 2005
Decker
Jul 17, 2014
The Great Transport
Jun 15, 1983
Femme Fatales
May 13, 2011
Charmed
Oct 07, 1998
Helter Skelter
Apr 01, 1976
