Stephen Boyd

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-07-04 (46 years old)

Deathday

1977-06-02

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".  

Acting

1959

Ben-Hur

as Messala

1966

1971

Marta

as Miguel

1971

1965

Genghis Khan

as Yamuga

1975

Carter's Army

as Capt. Beau Carter

1962

Billy Rose's Jumbo

as Sam Rawlins

1957

Island in the Sun

as Euan Templeton

1956

The Man Who Never Was

as Patrick O'Reilly

1958

The Bravados

as Bill Zachary

1968

Shalako

as Bosky Fulton

1958

1972

One Billion for a Blonde

as León Urrutía, joyero

1966

The Oscar

as Frank Fane

1959

1971

1977

1964

The Third Secret

as Alex Stedman

1957

Abandon Ship

as Will McKinley

1973

Those Dirty Dogs!

as Cpt. Chadwood Willer

2001

1953

The Limping Man

as Airport Traveller (Uncredited)

1957

1975

One Man Against the Organization

as Inspector Stephen McCormick

1962

The Inspector

as Peter Jongman

1968

Assignment K

as Philip Scott

1959

Woman Obsessed

as Fred Carter

1971

Kill!

as Brad Killian

1955

An Alligator Named Daisy

as Albert O'Shannon

1977

Lady Dracula

as Dracula

1976

Montana Trap

as Bill Ardisson

1973

The Big Game

as Leyton van Dyk

1962

Imperial Venus

as Jules de Canouville

1967

1961

The Big Gamble

as Vic Brennan

1971

African Story

as Arnold Tiller

1977

Women in Hospital

as Prof. Overhoff, Chefarzt

1953

Black 13

as Policeman (uncredited)

1971

Hannie Caulder

as The Preacher (uncredited)

1956

A Hill in Korea

as Pvt. Sims

1969

Slaves

as MacKay

1972

1973

Key West

as Steve Cutler

1975

1954

Lilacs in the Spring

as Beaumont's Poolside Companion (uncredited)

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