Stephen Boyd
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".
Movie Appearances
Ben-Hur
as Messala
1959
Fantastic Voyage
as Grant
1966
Marta
as Miguel
1971
The Great Swindle
as Arturo
1971
The Bible: In the Beginning...
as Nimrod
1966
Genghis Khan
as Yamuga
1965
Carter's Army
as Capt. Beau Carter
1975
Billy Rose's Jumbo
as Sam Rawlins
1962
Island in the Sun
as Euan Templeton
1957
The Man Who Never Was
as Patrick O'Reilly
1956
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
as Hugo Graham
1975
The Bravados
as Bill Zachary
1958
Shalako
as Bosky Fulton
1968
The Night Heaven Fell
as Lambert
1958
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Livius
1964
One Billion for a Blonde
as León Urrutía, joyero
1972
The Oscar
as Frank Fane
1966
The Best of Everything
as Mike Rice
1959
The Devil with Seven Faces
as Dave Barton
1971
The Squeeze
as Vic
1977
TV Appearances
Hawaii Five-O
as Daniel Costigan
1968
General Electric Theater
as Bud Austin
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Cormac Joyce
1951
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
Hunter
1977
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Once Upon a Wheel
as Self
1971
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
1944