Steve Railsback

Steve Railsback

1945-11-16 Dallas, Texas, USA 78 Credits

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 wit...

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The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

2025

as Self

Acting

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 tw...

Unspeakable: Beyond The Wall of Sleep

Unspeakable: Beyond The Wall of Sleep

2024

3.6
Acting

Renowned oneirologist Ambrose London is requested to appear at Arkham Asylum to study the strange case of dissociative identity disorder in patient Ja...

Night Caller

Night Caller

2022

as Andrew Lubitz

4.5
Acting

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...

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.

2020

as Self

Acting

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...

Gone Are the Days

Gone Are the Days

2018

as Jaden

5.4
Acting

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...

Infiltrators

Infiltrators

2014

as Sebastian Koenig

Acting

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.

Wild in Blue

Wild in Blue

2014

as Charlie's Father

4.2
Acting

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...

Once Fallen

Once Fallen

2010

as Aryan Boss

5.2
Acting

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...

Plaguers

Plaguers

2010

as Tarver

2.9
Acting

When an alien contagion is released aboard a spaceship transforming its victims into demonic flesh-eaters, the crew must either destroy the infected o...

American Pie Presents: The Book of Love

American Pie Presents: The Book of Love

2009

as Alumnus Guy #5

5.3
Acting

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...

Follow the Prophet

Follow the Prophet

2009

as Senator Stanton

5.7
Acting

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...

Ready or Not

Ready or Not

2009

as Pilot

4.1
Acting

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 ...

Rest Stop: Don't Look Back

Rest Stop: Don't Look Back

2008

as The Owner

5.5
Acting

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 ...

Not Quite Hollywood

Not Quite Hollywood

2008

as Self

6.9
Acting

As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock...

King of the Lost World

King of the Lost World

2005

as Larry

4.3
Acting

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. ...

The Devil's Rejects

The Devil's Rejects

2005

as Sheriff Ken Dwyer

6.8
Acting

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.

Neo Ned

Neo Ned

2005

as Mr. Day

6.1
Acting

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...

Intermedio

Intermedio

2005

as Old Man

4.2
Acting

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...

UnConventional

UnConventional

2004

as Self

3.5
Acting

Halloween 2003 marked the 13th anniversary of the Chiller Theatre Horror Movie Convention ... but there was nothing conventional about it. UnConventio...

The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting

The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting

2003

as Deputy Jessup (uncredited)

4.7
Acting

A sadistic serial killer terrorizes a couple driving on a rural highway in Texas while killing numerous people and framing them for his killings.

The Box - 2003

The Box - 2003

2003

as Jake Ragna

4.1
Acting

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 ...

Slash

Slash

2002

as Jeremiah

4.0
Acting

A rock band gets stuck on a haunted farm while visiting its lead singer's family.

Storytelling

Storytelling

2001

as Mr. Kirk

6.5
Acting

College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.

Zigs

Zigs

2001

as Charlie

3.5
Acting

Four young gamblers come up with a plan to get out of debt with a fixed game.

Ed Gein

Ed Gein

2000

as Ed Gein

5.4
Acting

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...

Ed Gein

Ed Gein

2000

Executive Producer

5.4
Producing

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...

The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man

The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man

2000

7.0
Acting

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...

Me and Will

Me and Will

1999

as Rob

5.5
Acting

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, ...

Made Men

Made Men

1999

as Kyle

5.3
Acting

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...

Disturbing Behavior

Disturbing Behavior

1998

as Officer Cox

5.8
Acting

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...

Termination Man

Termination Man

1998

as Dylan Pope

4.3
Acting

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...

Pressure Point

Pressure Point

1997

as Arno Taylor

2.1
Acting

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...

Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point

1997

as Sergeant Preston

5.6
Acting

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, ...

Stranger in the House

Stranger in the House

1997

as Jack Derby

7.0
Acting

A botched diamond burglary and a dead publishing company executive set off a string of murders and betrayal.

Street Corner Justice

Street Corner Justice

1996

as Sergeant Ryan Freeborn

4.7
Acting

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 ...

Barb Wire

Barb Wire

1996

as Colonel Pryzer

4.0
Acting

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...

Final Mission

Final Mission

1994

as Colonel Glen Anderson

4.2
Acting

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...

The Flight of the Dove

The Flight of the Dove

1994

Director

4.6
Directing

An explosives expert fleeing his past and a beautiful spy trading sex for secrets find themselves in love and fighting the spy ring out to kill them.

Separated by Murder

1994

as Jesse Dixon

4.0
Acting

Inseparable Alabama twin sisters, Betty Gay Wilson and Peggy Joy Lowe, are arrested and tried for conspiring to murder Betty's wealthy husband. These ...

Save Me

Save Me

1994

as Robbins

4.3
Acting

An accountant beleaguered by personal and professional problems gets involved with a femme fatale and her mysterious psychiatrist.

Private Wars

Private Wars

1993

as Jack Manning

6.5
Acting

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...

Calendar Girl

Calendar Girl

1993

as Eddie Darpinian

5.1
Acting

Three young men go on an end of the summer trip to Hollywood, California. Their quest: to fulfill the fantasy of meeting Marilyn Monroe.

In the Line of Fire

In the Line of Fire

1993

as CIA Agent David Coppinger (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirt...

Bonds of Love

Bonds of Love

1993

as Ken Smith

5.3
Acting

A divorced woman falls in love with a mentally-disabled man, but his family objects to their relationship.

Sunstroke

Sunstroke

1992

as Biggs

3.0
Acting

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...

Quake

Quake

1992

as Kyle

3.5
Acting

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 ...

Forever

Forever

1992

as William Desmond Taylor

1.9
Acting

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...

Alligator 2: The Mutation

Alligator 2: The Mutation

1991

as Vinnie Brown

4.8
Acting

A giant mutated alligator runs riot in a small town after the sewer system washes it into a lake.

Scissors

Scissors

1991

as Alex Morgan / Cole Morgan

5.0
Acting

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...

The Cops Are Robbers

The Cops Are Robbers

1990

3.0
Acting

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 Clem...

The Assassin

The Assassin

1990

as Hank Knight

4.1
Acting

The basic plot of this film concerns a secret service-esque man in Mexico battling personal demons who discovers a conspiracy behind an assassination ...

La cruz de Iberia

La cruz de Iberia

1990

as Novak

2.0
Acting
The Forgotten

The Forgotten

1989

as Lt. Jesse Brady

6.2
Acting

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...

The Forgotten

The Forgotten

1989

Executive Producer, Writer

6.2
Producing Writing

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...

Deadly Intent

Deadly Intent

1988

as Jeff Kirkwood

4.5
Acting

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...

Blue Monkey

Blue Monkey

1987

as Det. Jim Bishop

4.9
Acting

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...

Scenes From the Goldmine

Scenes From the Goldmine

1987

as Harry Spiros

4.4
Acting

A girl trying to make it in the 1980's New Wave rock and roll scene in L.A.

Nukie

Nukie

1987

as Dr. Eric Harvey

2.1
Acting

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...

Distortions

1987

as Scott Marshall

Acting

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 ...

The Survivalist

The Survivalist

1987

as Jack Tillman

2.4
Acting

An atomic bomb falls in Siberia and the USA is blamed.

The Wind

The Wind

1986

as Kesner

5.2
Acting

Mystery writer Sian Anderson leaves her boyfriend John for three weeks of intense writing in the isolated Greek town of Monemvassia. Upon her arrival ...

Armed and Dangerous

Armed and Dangerous

1986

as The Cowboy

5.6
Acting

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...

Spearfield's Daughter

Spearfield's Daughter

1986

as Tom Border

Acting

The daughter of a leading politician tries to carve out a career in the world of international journalism.

Lifeforce

Lifeforce

1985

as Col. Tom Carlsen

6.2
Acting

A space shuttle mission investigating Halley's Comet brings back a malevolent race of space vampires who transform most of London's population into zo...

Torchlight

Torchlight

1985

as Jake Gregory

2.7
Acting

A happy marriage turns sour when the husband becomes addicted to cocaine.

The Golden Seal

The Golden Seal

1983

as Jim Lee

5.0
Acting

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. ...

Great Transport

Great Transport

1983

as Pavle Paroški

7.1
Acting

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...

Trick or Treats

Trick or Treats

1982

as Bret

3.9
Acting

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...

Deadly Games

Deadly Games

1982

as Billy Owens

3.0
Acting

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...

Turkey Shoot

Turkey Shoot

1982

as Paul Anders

5.4
Acting

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...

The Stunt Man

The Stunt Man

1980

as Cameron

6.7
Acting

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...

Angela

Angela

1977

as Jean

4.4
Acting

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...

Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter

1976

as Charles Manson

6.8
Acting

The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his "family".

Cockfighter

Cockfighter

1974

as Junior

6.1
Acting

A man who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship.

The Visitors

The Visitors

1972

as Mike Nickerson

6.1
Acting

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...

The Last Escape of Billy the Kid

The Last Escape of Billy the Kid

1972

as Billy the Kid

Acting

Formerly lost western starring Jack Elam

H: The Story of a Teen-Age Drug Addict

H: The Story of a Teen-Age Drug Addict

1951

as Bill

6.0
Acting

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...

Best Served Cold

N/A

as Himself

Acting

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...