Stephen Boyd, born William Millar, 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".
Golden Globe Awards
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Known For
Ben-Hur
(1959)
Messala
The Bible: In the Beginning...
(1966)
Nimrod
The Fall of the Roman Empire
(1964)
Livius
Fantastic Voyage
(1966)
Grant
Hannie Caulder
(1971)
The Preacher (uncredited)
Genghis Khan
(1965)
Yamuga
The Bravados
(1958)
Bill Zachary
Shalako
(1968)
Bosky Fulton
The Man Who Never Was
(1956)
Patrick O'Reilly
Billy Rose's Jumbo
(1962)
Sam Rawlins
The Best of Everything
(1959)
Mike Rice
The Man Called Noon
(1973)
Rimes
Full Filmography
Acting
The Limping Man
(1953)
Airport Traveller (Uncredited)
Black 13
(1953)
Policeman (uncredited)
Lilacs in the Spring
(1954)
Beaumont's Poolside Companion (uncredited)
An Alligator Named Daisy
(1955)
Albert O'Shannon
The Man Who Never Was
(1956)
Patrick O'Reilly
A Hill in Korea
(1956)
Pvt. Sims
Island in the Sun
(1957)
Euan Templeton
Abandon Ship
(1957)
Will McKinley
Seven Thunders
(1957)
Dave
The Bravados
(1958)
Bill Zachary
The Night Heaven Fell
(1958)
Lambert
Ben-Hur
(1959)
Messala
The Best of Everything
(1959)
Mike Rice
Woman Obsessed
(1959)
Fred Carter
The Big Gamble
(1961)
Vic Brennan
Billy Rose's Jumbo
(1962)
Sam Rawlins
The Inspector
(1962)
Peter Jongman
Imperial Venus
(1962)
Jules de Canouville
The Fall of the Roman Empire
(1964)
Livius
The Third Secret
(1964)
Alex Stedman
Genghis Khan
(1965)
Yamuga
Fantastic Voyage
(1966)
Grant
The Bible: In the Beginning...
(1966)
Nimrod
The Oscar
(1966)
Frank Fane
Poppies Are Also Flowers
(1966)
Benson
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
(1967)
Peter Churchman
Shalako
(1968)
Bosky Fulton
Assignment K
(1968)
Philip Scott
Slaves
(1969)
MacKay
Carter's Army
(1970)
Capt. Beau Carter
The Great Swindle
(1971)
Arturo
Marta
(1971)
Miguel
The Devil with Seven Faces
(1971)
Dave Barton
Kill!
(1971)
Brad Killian
African Story
(1971)
Arnold Tiller
Hannie Caulder
(1971)
The Preacher (uncredited)
One Billion for a Blonde
(1972)
León Urrutía, joyero
The Hands of Cormac Joyce
(1972)
Cormac Joyce
Those Dirty Dogs!
(1973)
Cpt. Chadwood Willer
The Man Called Noon
(1973)
Rimes
The Big Game
(1973)
Leyton van Dyk
Key West
(1973)
Steve Cutler
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
(1975)
Hugo Graham
One Man Against the Organization
(1975)
Inspector Stephen McCormick
The Left Hand of the Law
(1975)
Lanza
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
(1975)
Joe Rossiter
Montana Trap
(1976)
Bill Ardisson
The Squeeze
(1977)
Vic
Lady Dracula
(1977)
Dracula
Women in Hospital
(1977)
Prof. Overhoff, Chefarzt
The Bible According to Hollywood
(1994)
Self
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
(2001)
Self (archive footage)