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".
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
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
52
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-07-04
Place of Birth
Glengormley, Northern Ireland, UK
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