Stephen Boyd
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-07-04
Day of Death
1977-06-02 (45 years old)
Place of Birth
Glengormley, Northern Ireland, UK
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
Acting
(2001)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1994)
(1977)
Women in Hospital
as Prof. Overhoff, Chefarzt
(1977)
The Squeeze
as Vic
(1977)
Lady Dracula
as Dracula
(1976)
Montana Trap
as Bill Ardisson
(1975)
Carter's Army
as Capt. Beau Carter
(1975)
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
as Joe Rossiter
(1975)
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
as Hugo Graham
(1975)
The Left Hand of the Law
as Lanza
(1975)
One Man Against the Organization
as Inspector Stephen McCormick
(1973)
Those Dirty Dogs!
as Cpt. Chadwood Willer
(1973)
The Man Called Noon
as Rimes
(1973)
Key West
as Steve Cutler
(1973)
The Big Game
as Leyton van Dyk
(1972)
One Billion for a Blonde
as León Urrutía, joyero
(1972)
The Hands of Cormac Joyce
as Cormac Joyce
(1971)
Hannie Caulder
as The Preacher (uncredited)
(1971)
Marta
as Miguel
(1971)
Kill!
as Brad Killian
(1971)
The Devil with Seven Faces
as Dave Barton
(1971)
The Great Swindle
as Arturo
(1971)
African Story
as Arnold Tiller
(1969)
Slaves
as MacKay
(1968)
Shalako
as Bosky Fulton
(1968)
Assignment K
as Philip Scott
(1967)
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
as Peter Churchman
(1966)
The Bible: In the Beginning...
as Nimrod
(1966)
Fantastic Voyage
as Grant
(1966)
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
as Benson
(1966)
The Oscar
as Frank Fane
(1965)
Genghis Khan
as Yamuga
(1964)
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Livius
(1964)
The Third Secret
as Alex Stedman
(1962)
Billy Rose's Jumbo
as Sam Rawlins
(1962)
Imperial Venus
as Jules de Canouville
(1962)
The Inspector
as Peter Jongman
(1961)
The Big Gamble
as Vic Brennan
(1959)
Ben-Hur
as Messala
(1959)
The Best of Everything
as Mike Rice
(1959)
Woman Obsessed
as Fred Carter
(1958)
The Bravados
as Bill Zachary
(1958)
The Night Heaven Fell
as Lambert
(1957)
Island in the Sun
as Euan Templeton
(1957)
Abandon Ship
as Will McKinley
(1957)
Seven Thunders
as Dave
(1956)
The Man Who Never Was
as Patrick O'Reilly
(1956)
A Hill in Korea
as Pvt. Sims
(1955)
An Alligator Named Daisy
as Albert O'Shannon
(1954)
Lilacs in the Spring
as Beaumont's Poolside Companion (uncredited)
(1953)
The Limping Man
as Airport Traveller (Uncredited)
(1953)
Black 13
as Policeman (uncredited)