Acting
Stephen Boyd
EN, DE, IT, ES cinema · 54 credits
Born
4 July 1931
Died
2 June 1977 (aged 45)
Birthplace
Glengormley, Northern Ireland, UK
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
Filmography
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The Squeeze
as Vic
Lady Dracula
as Dracula
Women in Hospital
as Prof. Overhoff, Chefarzt
Montana Trap
as Bill Ardisson
Carter's Army
as Capt. Beau Carter
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
as Hugo Graham
One Man Against the Organization
as Inspector Stephen McCormick
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
as Joe Rossiter
Those Dirty Dogs!
as Cpt. Chadwood Willer
The Man Called Noon
as Rimes
The Big Game
as Leyton van Dyk
Key West
as Steve Cutler
One Billion for a Blonde
as León Urrutía, joyero
The Hands of Cormac Joyce
as Cormac Joyce
The Great Swindle
as Arturo
Marta
as Miguel
The Devil with Seven Faces
as Dave Barton
Kill!
as Brad Killian
African Story
as Arnold Tiller
Hannie Caulder
as The Preacher (uncredited)
Slaves
as MacKay
Shalako
as Bosky Fulton
Assignment K
as Philip Scott
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
as Peter Churchman
Fantastic Voyage
as Grant
The Oscar
as Frank Fane
Genghis Khan
as Yamuga
The Third Secret
as Alex Stedman
Billy Rose's Jumbo
as Sam Rawlins
The Inspector
as Peter Jongman
Imperial Venus
as Jules de Canouville
The Big Gamble
as Vic Brennan
Ben-Hur
as Messala
The Best of Everything
as Mike Rice
Woman Obsessed
as Fred Carter
The Bravados
as Bill Zachary
The Night Heaven Fell
as Lambert
Island in the Sun
as Euan Templeton
Seven Waves Away
as Will McKinley
Seven Thunders
as Dave
The Man Who Never Was
as Patrick O'Reilly
A Hill in Korea
as Pvt. Sims
An Alligator Named Daisy
as Albert O'Shannon
Lilacs in the Spring
as Beaumont's Poolside Companion (uncredited)
The Limping Man
as Airport Traveller (Uncredited)
Black 13
as Policeman (uncredited)