Stephen Boyd
Born in Glengormley, Northern Ireland, UK — Jul 04 1931• Died Jun 02 1977
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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".
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Hawaii Five-O
Daniel Costigan
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
Ben-Hur
Messala
This Is Your Life
Self
Hunter
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cormac Joyce
Assignment K
Philip Scott
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Nimrod
General Electric Theater
Bud Austin
Fantastic Voyage
Grant
Shalako
Bosky Fulton
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Livius
The Bravados
Bill Zachary
Genghis Khan
Yamuga
Hannie Caulder
The Preacher (uncredited)
The Man Who Never Was
Patrick O'Reilly
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Benson
The Inspector
Peter Jongman
Carter's Army
Capt. Beau Carter
Woman Obsessed
Fred Carter
Once Upon a Wheel
Self
The Third Secret
Alex Stedman
The Best of Everything
Mike Rice
Kill!
Brad Killian
The Squeeze
Vic
The Oscar
Frank Fane
An Alligator Named Daisy
Albert O'Shannon
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
A Hill in Korea
Pvt. Sims
Seven Waves Away
Will McKinley
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Joe Rossiter
Seven Thunders
Dave
Slaves
MacKay
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Self - (archive footage)
Montana Trap
Bill Ardisson
Billy Rose's Jumbo
Sam Rawlins
Key West
Steve Cutler
Women in Hospital
Prof. Overhoff, Chefarzt
The Great Swindle
Arturo
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
Peter Churchman
The Devil with Seven Faces
Dave Barton
Island in the Sun
Euan Templeton
Imperial Venus
Jules de Canouville
Lilacs in the Spring
Beaumont's Poolside Companion (uncredited)
African Story
Arnold Tiller
The Big Gamble
Vic Brennan
Lady Dracula
Dracula
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
Hugo Graham
The Big Game
Leyton van Dyk
Black 13
Policeman (uncredited)
The Night Heaven Fell
Lambert
Marta
Miguel
The Man Called Noon
Rimes
Those Dirty Dogs!
Cpt. Chadwood Willer
One Man Against the Organization
Inspector Stephen McCormick
The Limping Man
Airport Traveller (Uncredited)
One Billion for a Blonde
León Urrutía, joyero
The Hands of Cormac Joyce
Cormac Joyce
The Left Hand of the Law
Lanza
The Bible According to Hollywood
Self
Of Men and Women
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