Stephen Boyd

Biography

Stephen Boyd (born William Millar; July 4, 193 – June 2, 1977) was a Northern Irish/American stage and screen actor. As a teenager he joined the Ulster Group Theatre where he learned the tasks of the theatre. In 1956 he toured North America performing "A Streetcar Named Desire" in the lead role as Stanley Kowalski. Boyd who appeared in around 60 feature films, most notably in the role of Messala in the 1959 film "Ben-Hur".  

Known For

Messala

Ben-Hur

Grant

Fantastic Voyage

Miguel

Marta

Arturo

Historia de una traición

Nimrod

The Bible: In the Beginning...

Yamuga

Genghis Khan

Capt. Beau Carter

Carter's Army

Sam Rawlins

Billy Rose's Jumbo

Euan Templeton

Island in the Sun

Patrick O'Reilly

The Man Who Never Was

Hugo Graham

The Treasure of Jamaica Reef

Bill Zachary

The Bravados

Bosky Fulton

Shalako

Lambert

Les bijoutiers du clair de lune

Livius

The Fall of the Roman Empire

León Urrutía, joyero

Mil millones para una rubia

Frank Fane

The Oscar

Mike Rice

The Best of Everything

Dave Barton

Il diavolo a sette facce

Vic

The Squeeze

Alex Stedman

The Third Secret

Will McKinley

Abandon Ship

Cpt. Chadwood Willer

Campa carogna... la taglia cresce

Self (archive footage)

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Benson

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

Rimes

Un hombre llamado Noon

Airport Traveller (Uncredited)

The Limping Man

Dave

Seven Thunders

Inspector Stephen McCormick

L'uomo che sfidò l'organizzazione

Peter Jongman

The Inspector

Philip Scott

Assignment K

Fred Carter

Woman Obsessed

Brad Killian

Kill!

Albert O'Shannon

An Alligator Named Daisy

Dracula

Lady Dracula

Bill Ardisson

Potato Fritz

Leyton van Dyk

The Big Game

Jules de Canouville

Venere imperiale

Peter Churchman

The Caper of the Golden Bulls

Vic Brennan

The Big Gamble

Arnold Tiller

African Story

Prof. Overhoff, Chefarzt

Frauenstation

Policeman (uncredited)

Black 13

The Preacher (uncredited)

Hannie Caulder

Pvt. Sims

A Hill in Korea

MacKay

Slaves

Cormac Joyce

The Hands of Cormac Joyce

Lanza

La Polizia Interviene: Ordine Di Uccidere

Steve Cutler

Key West

Self

The Bible According to Hollywood

Joe Rossiter

The Lives of Jenny Dolan

Beaumont's Poolside Companion (uncredited)

Lilacs in the Spring

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

52

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-07-04

Place of Birth

Glengormley, Northern Ireland, UK

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