
Stephen Boyd
Known for Acting · 64 credits
- Born
- 1931-07-04
- Died
- 1977-06-02
- Place of birth
- Glengormley, Northern Ireland, UK
Biography
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
TV Shows (10)

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Winner

Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Daniel Costigan

What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self

This Is Your Life
1952
as Self

Hunter
1977

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Cormac Joyce

General Electric Theater
1953
as Bud Austin

Once Upon a Wheel
1971
as Self
Movies (54)

Ben-Hur
1959
as Messala

The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
as Nimrod

Shalako
1968
as Bosky Fulton

Fantastic Voyage
1966
as Grant

The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Livius

Hannie Caulder
1971
as The Preacher (uncredited)

The Bravados
1958
as Bill Zachary

Slaves
1969
as MacKay

Assignment K
1968
as Philip Scott

The Oscar
1966
as Frank Fane

Genghis Khan
1965
as Yamuga

The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966
as Benson

The Best of Everything
1959
as Mike Rice

Billy Rose's Jumbo
1962
as Sam Rawlins

Black 13
1953
as Policeman (uncredited)

The Man Who Never Was
1956
as Patrick O'Reilly

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
as Self (archive footage)

Women in Hospital
1977
as Prof. Overhoff, Chefarzt

The Caper of the Golden Bulls
1967
as Peter Churchman

Kill!
1971
as Brad Killian

The Big Gamble
1961
as Vic Brennan

The Man Called Noon
1973
as Rimes

Island in the Sun
1957
as Euan Templeton

Seven Waves Away
1957
as Will McKinley

Imperial Venus
1962
as Jules de Canouville

The Third Secret
1964
as Alex Stedman

The Lives of Jenny Dolan
1975
as Joe Rossiter

A Hill in Korea
1956
as Pvt. Sims

The Inspector
1962
as Peter Jongman

Marta
1971
as Miguel

An Alligator Named Daisy
1955
as Albert O'Shannon

Carter's Army
1975
as Capt. Beau Carter

Woman Obsessed
1959
as Fred Carter

The Night Heaven Fell
1958
as Lambert

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022
as Self - (archive footage)

One Man Against the Organization
1975
as Inspector Stephen McCormick

Seven Thunders
1957
as Dave

Montana Trap
1976
as Bill Ardisson

The Devil with Seven Faces
1971
as Dave Barton

Lady Dracula
1977
as Dracula

The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
1975
as Hugo Graham

The Big Game
1973
as Leyton van Dyk

Key West
1973
as Steve Cutler

The Limping Man
1953
as Airport Traveller (Uncredited)

African Story
1971
as Arnold Tiller

The Left Hand of the Law
1975
as Lanza

One Billion for a Blonde
1972
as León Urrutía, joyero

The Squeeze
1977
as Vic

The Bible According to Hollywood
1994
as Self

The Hands of Cormac Joyce
1972
as Cormac Joyce

The Great Swindle
1971
as Arturo

Lilacs in the Spring
1954
as Beaumont's Poolside Companion (uncredited)

Those Dirty Dogs!
1973
as Cpt. Chadwood Willer
Of Men and Women
1972
as Host
About Stephen Boyd
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". With 64 credits spanning from 1944 to 2022, Stephen Boyd has appeared in 54 films and 10 TV shows.
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Most Popular Stephen Boyd Movies
- Ben-Hur (1959) — as Messala
- The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966) — as Nimrod
- Shalako (1968) — as Bosky Fulton
- Fantastic Voyage (1966) — as Grant
- The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) — as Livius
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