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name: "Steve Railsback"
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born: "16 November 1945"
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# Steve Railsback

Actor. Born 16 November 1945 in Dallas, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 November 1945, Dallas, Texas, USA

## Biography

Steve Railsback is an American actor. Born in Dallas, Texas, he trained with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio and spent ten years working in theatre in New York City during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He made his film debut in *The Visitors* (1972), directed by Elia Kazan.

He is known for his performances in *The Stunt Man* (1980) and *Lifeforce* (1985), and for portraying Charles Manson in the 1976 television miniseries *Helter Skelter*. Railsback played Duane Barry in two episodes of *The X-Files* (1994) and Joseph Welch in the pilot episode of *Supernatural* (2005). He also appeared as Ed Gein in *In the Light of the Moon* (2000), which he executive produced.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, x-files.fandom.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, as Duane Barry — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

## Also known for

- *Supernatural* (2005), Joseph Welch
- *The Mentalist* (2008), Fred Kittel
- *Charmed* (1998), Litvack
- *In the Line of Fire* (1993), CIA Agent David Coppinger (uncredited)
- *American Pie Presents: The Book of Love* (2009), Alumnus Guy #5
- *The Devil's Rejects* (2005), Sheriff Ken Dwyer
- *Lifeforce* (1985), Col. Tom Carlsen
- *Barb Wire* (1996), Colonel Pryzer

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