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