Stephen Boyd
Actor
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".
Filmography
Fantastic Voyage
as Grant 1966
The Bible: In the Beginning...
as Nimrod 1966
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Livius 1964
The Bravados
as Bill Zachary 1958
Hannie Caulder
as The Preacher (uncredited) 1971
The Man Who Never Was
as Patrick O'Reilly 1956
Shalako
as Bosky Fulton 1968
Genghis Khan
as Yamuga 1965
The Best of Everything
as Mike Rice 1959
Kill!
as Brad Killian 1971
The Third Secret
as Alex Stedman 1964
Seven Waves Away
as Will McKinley 1957
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
as Benson 1966
Island in the Sun
as Euan Templeton 1957
Billy Rose's Jumbo
as Sam Rawlins 1962
The Night Heaven Fell
as Lambert 1958