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 i...
Blue Monkey
1987
Deadly Intent
1988
Lifeforce
1985
Barb Wire
1996
Disturbing Behavior
1998
Scenes from the Goldmine
1987
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
2009
In the Line of Fire
1993
The Devil's Rejects
2005
Calendar Girl
1993
Final Mission
1994
Scissors
1991
Ed Gein
2000
The Stunt Man
1980
Save Me
1994
Armed and Dangerous
1986
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
2003
Helter Skelter
1976
UnConventional
2004
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
2000
Turkey Shoot
1982
Alligator 2: The Mutation
1991
Angela
1977
Vanishing Point
1997
Not Quite Hollywood
2008
King of the Lost World
2005
Rest Stop: Don't Look Back
2008
Intermedio
2005
Me and Will
1999
The Golden Seal
1983
Stranger in the House
1997
Night Caller
2022
Wild in Blue
2014
Neo Ned
2005
Once Fallen
2010
Termination Man
1998
Storytelling
2001
The Visitors
1972
Gone Are the Days
2018