Acting

Stephen Boyd

1931–1977 · Acting

64.9avg grm

3titles

#262best rank

1honors

best title · #262 on siteBen-Hur1959 · as Messala79.4

Honors

1

1959Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture

Bio

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".

Filmography

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1950s3 titles

Ben-Hur1959 · as Messala79.4 S

Seven Days from Now1957 · as Will McKinley58.3 M

The Man Who Never Was1956 · as Patrick O'Reilly57.0

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Stephen Boyd

S

born1931

died1977

known forActing

titles on site3

best title rank#262 · Ben-Hur (1959)

avg GRM64.9

honors1 · Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, 1959

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".

Filmography

ranked on this site

1950s

3 titles

79.4Ben-Hur1959 · as Messala S

58.3Seven Days from Now1957 · as Will McKinley M

57.0The Man Who Never Was1956 · as Patrick O'Reilly

Browse the ranked list