Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/16/1945
Place of Birth
Dallas, Texas, USA
Steve Railsback
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
Nukie
as Dr. Eric Harvey
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
as Alumnus Guy #5
The Visitors
as Mike Nickerson
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
Unknown Role
The Wind
as Kesner
Great Transport
as Pavle Paroški
Intermedio
as Old Man
Vanishing Point
as Sergeant Preston
The Assassin
as Hank Knight
Night Caller
as Andrew Lubitz
Ed Gein
as Ed Gein
The Devil's Rejects
as Sheriff Ken Dwyer
Lifeforce
as Col. Tom Carlsen
In the Line of Fire
as CIA Agent David Coppinger (uncredited)
The Last Escape of Billy the Kid
as Billy the Kid
Turkey Shoot
as Paul Anders
Termination Man
as Dylan Pope
Plaguers
as Tarver
Forever
as William Desmond Taylor
The Box
as Jake Ragna