Steve Railsback

Personal Info

Birthday

November 16, 1945

(79 years old)

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.

Known For

Supernatural

The Mentalist

The X-Files

Charmed

The Twilight Zone

The Practice

Femme Fatales

Family Law

Filmography

2022
Night Caller
as Andrew Lubitz
2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
as (archive footage)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as (archive footage)
2018
Gone Are the Days
as Jaden
2014
Infiltrators
as Sebastian Koenig
Wild in Blue
as Charlie's Father
2010
Once Fallen
as Aryan Boss
Plaguers
as Tarver
2009
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
as Alumnus Guy #5
Follow the Prophet
as Senator Stanton
Ready or Not
as Pilot
2008
Rest Stop: Don't Look Back
as The Owner
Not Quite Hollywood
as Self
2005
King of the Lost World
as Larry
The Devil's Rejects
as Sheriff Ken Dwyer
Neo Ned
as Mr. Day
Intermedio
as Old Man
2004
UnConventional
as Self
2003
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
as Deputy Jessup (uncredited)
The Box - 2003
as Jake Ragna
2002
Slash
as Jeremiah
2001
Storytelling
as Mr. Kirk
Zigs
as Charlie
2000
Ed Gein
as Ed Gein
1999
Me and Will
as Rob
Made Men
as Kyle
1998
Disturbing Behavior
as Officer Cox
Termination Man
as Dylan Pope
1997
Pressure Point
as Arno Taylor
Vanishing Point
as Sergeant Preston
Stranger in the House
as Jack Derby
1996
Street Corner Justice
as Sergeant Ryan Freeborn
Barb Wire
as Colonel Pryzer
1994
Final Mission
as Colonel Glen Anderson
Separated by Murder
as Jesse Dixon
Save Me
as Robbins
1993
Private Wars
as Jack Manning
Calendar Girl
as Eddie Darpinian
In the Line of Fire
as CIA Agent David Coppinger (uncredited)
Bonds of Love
as Ken Smith
1992
Sunstroke
as Biggs
Quake
as Kyle
Forever
as William Desmond Taylor
1991
Alligator 2: The Mutation
as Vinnie Brown
Scissors
as Alex Morgan / Cole Morgan
1990
The Assassin
as Hank Knight
La cruz de Iberia
as Novak
1989
The Forgotten
as Lt. Jesse Brady
1988
Deadly Intent
as Jeff Kirkwood
1987
Blue Monkey
as Det. Jim Bishop
Scenes from the Goldmine
as Harry Spiros
Nukie
as Dr. Eric Harvey
Distortions
as Scott Marshall
The Survivalist
as Jack Tillman
1986
The Wind
as Kesner
Armed and Dangerous
as The Cowboy
Spearfield's Daughter
as Tom Border
1985
Lifeforce
as Col. Tom Carlsen
Torchlight
as Jake Gregory
1983
The Golden Seal
as Jim Lee
Great Transport
as Pavle Paroški
1982
Trick or Treats
as Bret
Deadly Games
as Billy Owens
Turkey Shoot
as Paul Anders
1980
The Stunt Man
as Cameron
1977
Angela
as Jean
1976
Helter Skelter
as Charles Manson
1974
Cockfighter
as Junior
1972
The Visitors
as Mike Nickerson
The Last Escape of Billy the Kid
as Billy the Kid
1951
H: The Story of a Teen-Age Drug Addict
as Bill