Steve Railsback

• Name — Steve Railsback • Birth Name — Stephen Hall Railsback • Birthplace — Dallas, Texas, U.S. • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1967–present • Children — 3 • Website — steverailsbackactor.com

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.

• Year — Film — Role — Notes • 1985 — data-sort-value="Hitchhiker, The" | The Hitchhiker — Mickey — Episode: "Petty Thieves" • 1986 — data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The" | The Twilight Zone — Johnny Davis — Episode: "Dead Run" • 1991 — data-sort-value="Young Riders, The" | The Young Riders — Tyler — Episode: "The Peacemakers" • 1994 — data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | The X-Files — Duane Barry — 2 episodes: s02e05 "Duane Barry" and s02e06 "Ascension" • 1995 — Walker, Texas Ranger — Jerry Lee Stark — Episode: "The Guardians" • 1997–1998 — data-sort-value="Visitor, The" | The Visitor — Colonel James Vise — 13 episodes • 2000 — Charmed — Litvack — Episode: "Give Me a Sign" • 2001 — data-sort-value="Practice, The" | The Practice — Walter Dawson — Episode: "Killing Time" • 2002 — Family Law — Gary Peres — Episode: "Children of a Lesser Dad" • data-sort-value="District, The" | The District — Charles "Chip" Renson — Episode: "Free-Fire Zone" • 2004 — data-sort-value="Handler, The" | The Handler — Harley Aimes — Episode: "Give Daddy Some Sugar" • 2005 — Kojak — Edward Sawyer — Episode: "All Bets Off: Part 2" • Supernatural — Joseph Welch — Episode: "Pilot" • 2010 — data-sort-value="Mentalist, The" | The Mentalist — Kittel — Episode: "Ball of Fire" • 2012 — Femme Fatales — Doctor Daniel Duryea — 2 episodes • 2013 — Deadtime Stories — Owen — Episode: "Invasion of the Appleheads" • 2017 — Decker — Fictional General Cotter — Episode: "Same Old Glory"