Personal Info
Steve Railsback
Acting
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 murde…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Unspeakable: Beyond The Wall of Sleep
Night Caller
as Andrew Lubitz
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as (archive footage)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
as (archive footage)
Gone Are the Days
as Jaden
Wild in Blue
as Charlie's Father
Infiltrators
as Sebastian Koenig
Once Fallen
as Aryan Boss
Plaguers
as Tarver
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
as Alumnus Guy #5
TV Shows
Decker
as Fictional General Cotter · 1 ep.
Femme Fatales
as Dr. Daniel Duryea · 3 ep.
The Mentalist
as Fred Kittel · 1 ep.
Supernatural
as Joseph Welch · 1 ep.
Family Law
as Gary Peres · 1 ep.
Charmed
as Litvack · 1 ep.
The Practice
as Walter Dawson · 1 ep.
The Visitor
as Colonel James Vise · 13 ep.
The X-Files
as Duane Barry · 2 ep.
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Dead Run") · 1 ep.
