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Steve Railsback
Born: 16th Nov 1945 Dallas, Texas, USA
Dept: Acting
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.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 89
Film: 76 (85%)
Television: 13 (15%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Adventure, Western, Family, War & Politics, War
Filmography
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A feature length cinema documentary on how THE FARMER (1977) became the most-requested cult film of the new millennium, and it's a crazy tale that inv ... view
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Himself
2024
Renowned oneirologist Ambrose London is requested to appear at Arkham Asylum to study the strange case of dissociative identity disorder in patient Ja ... view
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2022
Telephone psychic Clementine Carter is pulled into a complex web of mystery when she receives a call from a serial killer. Predicting his murders befo ... view
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Andrew Lubitz
2020
Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #2: LATER IN L.A. is a brand new compilation of the mo ... view
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(archive footage)
2020
THE AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE VAULT is a 2-disc, 500-minute odyssey that collects eight feature-length VHS mixtapes from the crackpots at AGFA—including ... view
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(archive footage)
2018
The story of notorious outlaw Taylon Flynn, a man hell-bent on exiting this life in a blaze of glory. His plans go awry upon the discovery of the sord ... view
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Jaden
2014
An 'urban explorer' is blackmailed into infiltrating a derelict building on the eve of its demolition in the hope he can recover a forgotten treasure. ... view
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Sebastian Koenig
Jul 2014 (first aired)
The free world is in danger, and only one man can help. Jack Decker has sworn to defend America from foreign terrorists regardless of which spineless ... view
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Fictional General Cotter (1 ep.)
2014
A story about a madman with a movie camera. He's a narcissist, nihilist, sexual sadist and killer of innocent women. His name is Charlie and WILD IN B ... view
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Charlie's Father
May 2011 (first aired)
This provocative hit series tells the stories of dangerous women who find extraordinary ways of coping with their problems, channeling their survival ... view
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Dr. Daniel Duryea (3 ep.)
2010
When Chance (Brian Presley) returns home after five years in jail, he is determined to escape his past, start a new life and make peace with his fathe ... view
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Aryan Boss
2010
When an alien contagion is released aboard a spaceship transforming its victims into demonic flesh-eaters, the crew must either destroy the infected o ... view
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Tarver
2009
Ten years after the first American Pie movie, three new hapless virgins discover the Bible hidden in the school library at East Great Falls High. Unfo ... view
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Alumnus Guy #5
2009
Follow the Prophet is an American film that was written by and stars Robert Chimento, which was created to show how polygamist lifestyles affect the c ... view
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Senator Stanton
2009
Four college buddies find themselves on the adventure of their lives, when on the morning after a Las Vegas bachelor party, they end up stranded deep ... view
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Pilot
2008
One year after running away from home, Nicole and Jesse are still missing. When Jesse's brother, Tom, returns home from active duty, he sets out with ... view
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The Owner
Sep 2008 (first aired)
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes ... view
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Fred Kittel (1 ep.)
2008
As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock ... view
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Self
2005
In this modern retelling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fantasy action-adventure classic, a commercial airliner crashes deep in the heart of the Amazon. ... view
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Larry
Sep 2005 (first aired)
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them ... view
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Joseph Welch (1 ep.)
2005
The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who is not afraid of being as ruthless as his target. ... view
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Sheriff Ken Dwyer
2005
Like most kids, Ned idolized his father and dreamed of following in his footsteps. Unfortunately, his father was a two-bit crook who spent most of his ... view
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Mr. Day
2005
Under the border leading into Mexico, within a labyrinth of caves, a deadly presence haunts all who enter. For four friends on an expedition, the cave ... view
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Old Man
2004
Halloween 2003 marked the 13th anniversary of the Chiller Theatre Horror Movie Convention ... but there was nothing conventional about it. UnConventio ... view
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Self
2003
A sadistic serial killer terrorizes a couple driving on a rural highway in Texas while killing numerous people and framing them for his killings. ... view
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Deputy Jessup (uncredited)
2003
An ex-con tries to go straight but also wants to get back money he's owed for the job that put him in prison. He meets a waitress who's also seen her ... view
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Jake Ragna
2002
A rock band gets stuck on a haunted farm while visiting its lead singer's family. ... view
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Jeremiah
2001
College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil. ... view
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Mr. Kirk
2001
Four young gamblers come up with a plan to get out of debt with a fixed game. ... view
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Charlie
2000
The true story of Edward Gein, the farmer whose horrific crimes inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs. This is the ... view
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Ed Gein
2000
In 1980, The Stunt Man, starring Peter O'Toole and Steve Railsback, became one of the most acclaimed motion pictures of the decade -- an odd mixture o ... view
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Sep 1999 (first aired)
Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since her husband left her and took most of thei ... view
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Gary Peres (1 ep.)
1999
Two women with a passion for motorcycles meet while going through rehab. When they discover they've both longed to ride Captain America's red, white, ... view
Character:
Rob
1999
A man and a woman are on the run from gangsters whom he has stolen $12.5 million. When the gangsters show up, he takes them supposedly to where the mo ... view
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Kyle
Oct 1998 (first aired)
Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose p ... view
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Litvack (1 ep.)
1998
Steve Clark is a newcomer in the town of Cradle Bay, and he quickly realizes that there's something odd about his high school classmates. The clique k ... view
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Officer Cox
1998
When a Serbian terrorist blackmails NATO and the U.N. with a deadly nerve gas, a covert squad is the Free World's last hope. Led by Dylan Pope they mu ... view
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Dylan Pope
1997
A CIA assassin is embroiled in a deadly game across two continents. Betrayed and imprisoned, he faces one last mission to regain his freedom, his fami ... view
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Arno Taylor
Sep 1997 (first aired)
The Visitor is a science fiction television series created by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin which aired on Fox from 1997–1998. It starred John Cor ... view
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Colonel James Vise (13 ep.)
Mar 1997 (first aired)
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its story ... view
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Walter Dawson (1 ep.)
1997
When his wife goes into a troubled labor while he is on the road over 1200 miles away James Kowalski, an ex race car driver and a former Army Ranger, ... view
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Sergeant Preston
1997
A botched diamond burglary and a dead publishing company executive set off a string of murders and betrayal. ... view
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Jack Derby
1996
Pittsburgh cop Mike Justus is kicked off the force and moves away to relax in sunny Los Angeles. Unfortunately his dream retirement turns out to be a ... view
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Sergeant Ryan Freeborn
1996
A sexy nightclub owner, Barb Wire moonlights as a mercenary in Steel Harbor, one of the last free zones in the now fascist United States. When scienti ... view
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Colonel Pryzer
1994
Captain Tom "Outlaw" Waters is one of four Air Force pilots taking part in a "black" Defense project involving virtual reality. The project is managed ... view
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Colonel Glen Anderson
1994
Inseparable Alabama twin sisters, Betty Gay Wilson and Peggy Joy Lowe, are arrested and tried for conspiring to murder Betty's wealthy husband. These ... view
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Jesse Dixon
1994
An accountant beleaguered by personal and professional problems gets involved with a femme fatale and her mysterious psychiatrist. ... view
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Robbins
1993
A wealthy businessman is trying to "convince" the inhabitants of an old neighborhood to abandon their homes in order to build a huge business center t ... view
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Jack Manning
Sep 1993 (first aired)
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mu ... view
Character:
Duane Barry (2 ep.)
1993
Three young men go on an end of the summer trip to Hollywood, California. Their quest: to fulfill the fantasy of meeting Marilyn Monroe. ... view
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Eddie Darpinian
1993
Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirt ... view
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CIA Agent David Coppinger (uncredited)
1993
A divorced woman falls in love with a mentally-disabled man, but his family objects to their relationship. ... view
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Ken Smith
1992
After a bitter divorce, Teresa embarks on a noir journey to recover custody of her daughter. Murder, blackmail, and a mysterious stranger await her at ... view
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Biggs
1992
Set around the tragic events of an earthquake, a young couple experience the horror of being terrorized by a psychotic neighbor in a city where panic ... view
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Kyle
1992
A hot-shot music video director moves into a haunted house, where he's seduced and possessed by two alluring and sexy women. One, a beautiful ghost, t ... view
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William Desmond Taylor
1991
A giant mutated alligator runs riot in a small town after the sewer system washes it into a lake. ... view
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Vinnie Brown
1991
A woman trying to recover from a sexual attack is locked in a posh apartment with a corpse of the very man she's been dreaming would murder her. She t ... view
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Alex Morgan / Cole Morgan
1990
Made-for-TV drama about one of the largest crimes in history—the 1980 robbery of the Boston Depositors Trust by a group of policemen. Capt. Gerry Cl ... view
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1990
The basic plot of this film concerns a secret service-esque man in Mexico battling personal demons who discovers a conspiracy behind an assassination ... view
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Hank Knight
Original title: La cruz de Iberia
1990
A U.S. Army pilot's liberal ideals are challenged when he is stationed at a newly installed military base in Spain, under Franco's regime. ... view
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Novak
1989
Based on a story by Vietnam veteran Paul Staples, the film concerns six American Green Berets, held for 17 years in a Vietnamese POW camp. They are fi ... view
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Lt. Jesse Brady
1988
An archaeologist smuggles a valuable ancient jewel into the US. He is soon murdered by people looking for the jewel, but he had hidden it. The killers ... view
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Jeff Kirkwood
1987
While working in a greenhouse, a man receives an insect bite after touching an exotic plant. Immediately, he falls ill and is taken to an emergency ro ... view
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Det. Jim Bishop
1987
A girl trying to make it in the 1980's New Wave rock and roll scene in L.A. ... view
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Harry Spiros
1987
A space child, lost in the universe, is abducted by the U. S. Space Foundation. In a desperate intergalactic search for the frightened little alien, h ... view
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Dr. Eric Harvey
1987
A man goes to speak with a gigolo and is promptly beaten for his trouble. Soon afterward, his wife is told that he burned to death in a car wreck and ... view
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Scott Marshall
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Jack Tillman
1986
Mystery writer Sian Anderson leaves her boyfriend John for three weeks of intense writing in the isolated Greek town of Monemvassia. Upon her arrival ... view
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Kesner
1986
After policeman Frank Dooley is framed for theft and loses his job on the force, he joins a security guard agency and teams up with inept former defen ... view
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The Cowboy
1986
The daughter of a leading politician tries to carve out a career in the world of international journalism. ... view
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Tom Border
Sep 1985 (first aired)
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or ... view
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(segment "Dead Run") (1 ep.)
1985
A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos. ... view
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Col. Tom Carlsen
1985
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the sci-fi classic Lifeforce, directed by Tobe Hooper, and special effects created by Oscar award win ... view
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Self
1984
A happy marriage turns sour when the husband becomes addicted to cocaine. ... view
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Jake Gregory
1983
A lonely 10-year-old boy living with his parents in a remote coastal part of Alaksa, spontaneously finds a legendary golden seal and her newborn pup. ... view
Character:
Jim Lee
Original title: Veliki transport
1983
This WW2 epic was one of the last movies of that kind made in former Yugoslavia. It tells the true story of great transport of Partizans from Vojvodin ... view
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Pavle Paroški
Jun 1983 (first aired)
The 1983 theatrical film of the same name reedited into a three part mini-series. ... view
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Pavle Paroški (1 ep.)
1982
A baby sitter is stuck watching over a young brat on Halloween night who keeps playing vicious pranks on her. To add to her trouble the boy's deranged ... view
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Bret
1982
A masked maniac with a penchant for a monster-themed board game is playing his own twisted game with the women of a small American town. Each time the ... view
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Billy Owens
1982
In the near future, after an unspecified holocaust, survivors are herded into prison camps. There, they are hunted for sport by the leaders of the cam ... view
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Paul Anders
1980
A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady while faci ... view
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Cameron
Feb 1979 (first aired)
The lives of the men and families of G Company, 24th Infantry Division, United States Army, on the eve of the attack on Pearl Harbor. ... view
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Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt (3 ep.)
1977
A war vet finds out that a former prostitute had his baby. Doubting it's his, he gives it away, so she reports him. Twenty years later, she still want ... view
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Jean
1976
The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his "family". ... view
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Charles Manson
Apr 1976 (first aired)
The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his "family". ... view
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Charles Manson (2 ep.)
1974
A man who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship. ... view
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Junior
1972
Bill, Martha and their little child Hal are spending a quiet winter Sunday in their cosy house when they get an unexpected visit from Mike Nickerson a ... view
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Mike Nickerson
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Billy the Kid
1951
Bill is targeted by pot pushers who use him as their entry to the "good kids." Needing money because his mother is sick and his father is absent, he d ... view
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Bill