Steve Railsback

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1945-11-16 (80 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. He portrayed two notorious murderers, appearing as Charles Manson in the 1976 tele...

Acting

2022

Night Caller

as Andrew Lubitz

2003

The Box - 2003

as Jake Ragna

2005

The Devil's Rejects

as Sheriff Ken Dwyer

1986

Armed and Dangerous

as The Cowboy

2005

Intermedio

as Old Man

2001

Storytelling

as Mr. Kirk

1986

The Wind

as Kesner

1989

The Forgotten

as Lt. Jesse Brady

1985

Lifeforce

as Col. Tom Carlsen

1996

Barb Wire

as Colonel Pryzer

1998

Disturbing Behavior

as Officer Cox

1999

Made Men

as Kyle

2010

Plaguers

as Tarver

1974

Cockfighter

as Junior

1991

2009

Ready or Not

as Pilot

1980

The Stunt Man

as Cameron

1991

Scissors

as Alex Morgan / Cole Morgan

1999

1976

Helter Skelter

as Charles Manson

1982

Turkey Shoot

as Paul Anders

2002

Slash

as Jeremiah

2000

Ed Gein

as Ed Gein

2005

Neo Ned

as Mr. Day

1987

Nukie

as Dr. Eric Harvey

1982

Deadly Games

as Billy Owens

1982

2001

Zigs

as Charlie

1987

1994

Final Mission

as Colonel Glen Anderson

1987

Blue Monkey

as Det. Jim Bishop

1983

The Golden Seal

as Jim Lee

1993

Private Wars

as Jack Manning

1992

Forever

as William Desmond Taylor

1987

Distortions

as Scott Marshall

1998

Termination Man

as Dylan Pope

1987

The Survivalist

as Jack Tillman

1972

The Visitors

as Mike Nickerson

1994

Save Me

as Robbins

1986

1997

-

2014

Wild in Blue

as Charlie's Father

1983

Great Transport

as Pavle Paroški

1992

Quake

as Kyle

1985

Torchlight

as Jake Gregory

1993

Bonds of Love

as Ken Smith

2014

Infiltrators

as Sebastian Koenig

1993

In the Line of Fire

as CIA Agent David Coppinger (uncredited)

1997

Vanishing Point

as Sergeant Preston

2004

1988

Deadly Intent

as Jeff Kirkwood

1993

Calendar Girl

as Eddie Darpinian

1996

Street Corner Justice

as Sergeant Ryan Freeborn

1997

Pressure Point

as Arno Taylor

1994

Separated by Murder

as Jesse Dixon

2018

1977

Angela

as Jean

2010

Once Fallen

as Aryan Boss

1992

Sunstroke

as Biggs

1990

The Assassin

as Hank Knight

2003

The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting

as Deputy Jessup (uncredited)

1990

2009

Follow the Prophet

as Senator Stanton

Production

1994

2000

Ed Gein

as Executive Producer

1989

The Forgotten

as Executive Producer

1989

The Forgotten

as Writer

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