Steve Railsback
Known For
Acting
Born
1945-11-16 in 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.
Most Known For
Supernatural
Supernatural
as Joseph Welch
The X-Files
as Duane Barry
The Mentalist
as Fred Kittel
Charmed
as Litvack
The Practice
as Walter Dawson
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Dead Run")
Femme Fatales
as Dr. Daniel Duryea
Family Law
as Gary Peres
Lifeforce
as Col. Tom Carlsen
From Here to Eternity
as Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt
Scissors
as Alex Morgan / Cole Morgan
UnConventional
as Self
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
as Alumnus Guy #5
In the Line of Fire
as CIA Agent David Coppinger (uncredited)
Decker
as Fictional General Cotter
Helter Skelter
as Charles Manson
The Visitor
as Colonel James Vise
Angela
as Jean
The Devil's Rejects
as Sheriff Ken Dwyer