Stephen Boyd
Acting

Stephen Boyd

Born 4 July 1931 · Glengormley, Northern Ireland, UK · Died 2 June 1977

Stephen Boyd (born William Millar; July 4, 1931 – 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

Ben-Hur
Fantastic Voyage
The Bible: In the Beginning...
The Fall of the Roman Empire
The Bravados
Shalako
The Man Who Never Was
Genghis Khan
The Best of Everything
Kill!
The Third Secret
Seven Waves Away
The Squeeze
Lady Dracula
Women in Hospital
Montana Trap
Carter's Army
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
One Man Against the Organization
The Left Hand of the Law
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Those Dirty Dogs!
The Man Called Noon
The Big Game
Key West
One Billion for a Blonde
The Hands of Cormac Joyce
Of Men and Women
The Great Swindle
Marta
The Devil with Seven Faces
Kill!
African Story
Slaves
Shalako
Assignment K
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
Fantastic Voyage
The Bible: In the Beginning...
The Oscar
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Genghis Khan
The Fall of the Roman Empire
The Third Secret
Billy Rose's Jumbo
The Inspector
Imperial Venus
The Big Gamble
Ben-Hur
The Best of Everything
Woman Obsessed
The Bravados
The Night Heaven Fell
Island in the Sun
Seven Waves Away
Seven Thunders
The Man Who Never Was
A Hill in Korea
An Alligator Named Daisy
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