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)
Lady Dracula
as Dracula
(1977)
The Squeeze
as Vic
(1977)
Women in Hospital
as Prof. Overhoff, Chefarzt
(1976)
Montana Trap
as Bill Ardisson
(1975)
Carter's Army
as Capt. Beau Carter
(1975)
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
as Hugo Graham
(1975)
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
as Joe Rossiter
(1975)
The Left Hand of the Law
as Lanza
(1975)
One Man Against the Organization
as Inspector Stephen McCormick
(1973)
The Man Called Noon
as Rimes
(1973)
Those Dirty Dogs!
as Cpt. Chadwood Willer
(1973)
The Big Game
as Leyton van Dyk
(1973)
Key West
as Steve Cutler
(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)
Kill!
as Brad Killian
(1971)
The Great Swindle
as Arturo
(1971)
Marta
as Miguel
(1971)
African Story
as Arnold Tiller
(1971)
The Devil with Seven Faces
as Dave Barton
(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)
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
as Benson
(1966)
Fantastic Voyage
as Grant
(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)
The Inspector
as Peter Jongman
(1962)
Imperial Venus
as Jules de Canouville
(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)
Abandon Ship
as Will McKinley
(1957)
Island in the Sun
as Euan Templeton
(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)