Stephen Boyd
Gender: Male
Born: 4th July 1931
Died: 2nd June 1977
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, Key West
Movies: Ben-Hur, Carter’s Army, Fantastic Voyage, The Poppy Is Also a Flower, The Fall of the Roman Empire, Shalako, The Oscar, The Night Heaven Fell, Genghis Khan, Seven Waves Away, The Best of Everything, Billy Rose's Jumbo, The Pigeon That Took Rome, The Third Secret, The Big Gamble, Seven Thunders, Woman Obsessed, The Man Who Never Was, The Bravados, Imperial Venus, The Squeeze, Island in the Sun, The Bible: In The Beginning, The Inspector, The Big Game, The Man Called Noon, The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
Stephen Boyd (4 July 1931 – 2 June 1977) was a British actor from Ballyrobert, Ballyclare, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He appeared in some 60 films, most notably as "Messala" in Ben-Hur.
Boyd was born in 1931, one of nine siblings, as William Millar. He attended Ballyclare High School. He starred in a radio play in Belfast and worked in a cinema in London. He began acting in British films, notably as an edgy Irish spy in the World War II film The Man Who Never Was (1956). It was his role in a 1957 French film, The Night Heaven Fell opposite Brigitte Bardot which garnered him critical and public attention.
He went to Hollywood and appeared as leads in a variety of films, including The Bravados (1958) and The Best of Everything (1959). His role as Messala in Ben-Hur (1959) propelled him to international fame. He later played another Roman leader in Samuel Bronston's The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), in which he co-starred with Sophia Loren. He received a Golden Globe for his performance in Ben-Hur. In 1962 Boyd appeared in the film The Inspector opposite starlet Dolores Hart. The two remained friends until Boyd's death.
Boyd was originally chosen to play Mark Antony opposite
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