Steve Railsback
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Before underappreciated character actor Steve Railsback became a fixture in the direct-to-video market, he studied with Lee Strasberg and spent a decade acting on the N.Y.C. theater circuit. His made his film debut in Elia Kazan's 1972 crime thriller The Visitors, and followed that up with a role in the 1974 action drama Cockfighter. His first major film role was as the cult leader Charles Manson in the 1976 CBS movie Helter Skelter, based on the book by Vincent Bugliosi. He starred opposite Sophia Loren in the barely released Canadian film Angela and opposite Kim Basinger in the six-hour romantic miniseries From Here to Eternity. His last mainstream starring role was in the 1980 offbeat action movie The Stunt Man, as a fugitive who stumbles onto the set of a fictional movie directed by Peter O'Toole and starring Barbara Hershey. The movie developed a bit of a cult following, and as a result Railsback developed a small but appreciative audience.Throughout the remainder of the '80s, Railsback thrived as a leading man in the special area of low-budget B-movies seen mostly on cable or home video. Some schlocky favorites include the British sci-fi horror flick Lifeforce and the Australian action movie Escape 2000. A few exceptions to his action-filled resumé are the family drama The Golden Seal and the period comedy Calender Girl. In the '90s he tried producing and screenwriting while also playing recurring psychopath Duane Barry on FOX's The X-Files. He made his directorial debut in 1994 with The Spy Within, an erotic thriller starring Scott Glenn and Theresa Russell. In 1997 he joined the cast of the FOX sci-fi drama series The Visitor for a season. In 2000 he returned to playing sicko psychopaths as the title character in the creepy biopic Ed Gein. In addition to portraying the farmer-turned-serial killer, he also served as executive producer. He stayed with the horror genre for his next appearance in the South African movie Slash (2002).
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Gone Are the Days |
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— | 2018 |
No Score Yet | Wild in Blue |
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— | 2015 |
No Score Yet | Infiltrators |
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— | 2013 |
No Score Yet | Once Fallen |
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— | 2009 |
No Score Yet | Follow the Prophet |
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— | 2009 |
No Score Yet | Turkey Shoot (Escape 2000) |
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— | 2008 |
95% | Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Plaguers |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Rest Stop: Don't Look Back |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | King of the Lost World |
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— | 2005 |
55% | The Devil's Rejects |
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$17M | 2005 |
80% | Neo Ned |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Intermedio |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Slash |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | The Box |
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— | 2003 |
53% | Storytelling |
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$0.9M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Double Down |
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— | 2001 |
10% | Ed Gein |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | The Sinister Saga of Making 'The Stunt Man' |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Made Men |
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— | 1999 |
34% | Disturbing Behavior |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Termination Man |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Stranger in the House |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Vanishing Point |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Street Corner Justice |
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— | 1996 |
27% | Barb Wire |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Separadas por la Muerte |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | The Spy Within (The Flight of the Dove) |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | Private Wars |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Final Mission |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Quake |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Bonds of Love |
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— | 1993 |
11% | Calendar Girl |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Forever |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Nukie |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Save Me |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Sunstroke |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Scissors |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | Alligator II: The Mutation |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | Good Cops, Bad Cops |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | Deadly Intent |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | The Assassin |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | The Forgotten |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | Blue Monkey |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | The Wind (Edge of Terror) |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Scenes from the Goldmine |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | The Survivalist |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Distortions |
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— | 1987 |
10% | Armed and Dangerous |
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— | 1986 |
58% | Lifeforce |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | Torchlight |
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— | 1984 |
No Score Yet | The Golden Seal |
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— | 1983 |
No Score Yet | Trick or Treats |
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— | 1982 |
No Score Yet | Escape 2000 |
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— | 1981 |
89% | The Stunt Man |
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— | 1980 |
No Score Yet | Deadly Games |
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— | 1980 |
No Score Yet | Angela |
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— | 1978 |
100% | Helter Skelter |
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— | 1976 |
No Score Yet | The Visitors |
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— | 1972 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
Femme Fatales
2011-2012
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No Score Yet |
The Mentalist
2008-2015
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73% |
The Handler
2003-2004
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No Score Yet |
Family Law
1999-2002
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No Score Yet |
The District
2000-2004
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No Score Yet |
The Practice
1997-2004
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No Score Yet |
Charmed
1998-2006
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No Score Yet |
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993-2001
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75% |
The X-Files
1993-2018
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No Score Yet |
The Twilight Zone
1985-1989
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45% |
The Visitor
1998
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Quotes from Steve Railsback's Characters
Dorian Newberry: | Evening Officer! |
Officer Cox: | What are you doing? |
Dorian Newberry: | Oh, I'm getting rid of rats! |