
Stephen Boyd
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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
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Ben-Hur (1959)
as Messala

The Oscar (1966)
as Frank Fane

Shalako (1968)
as Bosky Fulton

Kill! (1971)
as Brad Killian

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

Imperial Venus (1962)
as Jules de Canouville

The Man Who Never Was (1956)
as Patrick O'Reilly

Key West (1973)
as Steve Cutler

The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
as Livius

Women in Hospital (1977)
as Prof. Overhoff, Chefarzt

Hannie Caulder (1971)
as The Preacher (uncredited)

Fantastic Voyage (1966)
as Grant

The Bravados (1958)
as Bill Zachary

Seven Waves Away (1957)
as Will McKinley

Woman Obsessed (1959)
as Fred Carter

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

Slaves (1969)
as MacKay

The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966)
as Benson

The Man Called Noon (1973)
as Rimes

A Hill in Korea (1956)
as Pvt. Sims

Island in the Sun (1957)
as Euan Templeton

The Best of Everything (1959)
as Mike Rice

Genghis Khan (1965)
as Yamuga

Of Men and Women (1972)
as Host

Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
as Sam Rawlins

Those Dirty Dogs! (1973)
as Cpt. Chadwood Willer

The Night Heaven Fell (1958)
as Lambert

The Devil with Seven Faces (1971)
as Dave Barton

The Big Gamble (1961)
as Vic Brennan

Carter's Army (1975)
as Capt. Beau Carter

The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967)
as Peter Churchman

The Third Secret (1964)
as Alex Stedman

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

An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)
as Albert O'Shannon

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

The Squeeze (1977)
as Vic

The Great Swindle (1971)
as Arturo

The Left Hand of the Law (1975)
as Lanza

The Bible According to Hollywood (1994)
as Self

The Treasure of Jamaica Reef (1975)
as Hugo Graham

The Hands of Cormac Joyce (1972)
as Cormac Joyce

The Limping Man (1953)
as Airport Traveller (Uncredited)

Marta (1971)
as Miguel

One Man Against the Organization (1975)
as Inspector Stephen McCormick

The Lives of Jenny Dolan (1975)
as Joe Rossiter

Assignment K (1968)
as Philip Scott

Seven Thunders (1957)
as Dave

Black 13 (1953)
as Policeman (uncredited)

The Inspector (1962)
as Peter Jongman

Montana Trap (1976)
as Bill Ardisson

The Big Game (1973)
as Leyton van Dyk

One Billion for a Blonde (1972)
as León Urrutía, joyero

African Story (1971)
as Arnold Tiller

Lady Dracula (1977)
as Dracula





