Actor

Steve Railsback

November 16, 1945 · Dallas, Texas, USA

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.

Notable work

8.3
Supernatural (2005)
cast and as Joseph Welch
8.4
The Mentalist (2008)
as Fred Kittel
8.4
The X-Files (1993)
as Duane Barry
8.2
Charmed (1998)
as Litvack
5.3
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (2009)
as Alumnus Guy #5
7
In the Line of Fire (1993)
as CIA Agent David Coppinger (uncredited)
6.7
The Devil's Rejects (2005)
as Sheriff Ken Dwyer
6.2
Lifeforce (1985)
as Col. Tom Carlsen
4.1
Barb Wire (1996)
as Colonel Pryzer
5.8
Disturbing Behavior (1998)
as Officer Cox

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