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Stephen Boyd
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 45
GenderMaleNationalityUnited KingdomBorn04/07/1931Born inGlengormley, Northern Ireland, UKDied02/06/1977 (aged 45)Died inNorthridgeCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ683299 ↗Buried atOakwood Memorial Park CemeteryTMDb#10020 ↗

William Millar, better known by his stage name Stephen Boyd, was an actor from Northern Ireland. He emerged as a leading man during the late 1950s with his role as the villainous Messala in Ben-Hur (1959), a role that earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. He received his second Golden Globe nomination for the musical Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962).

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Filmography53 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2022Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction MoviesMovieSelf - (archive footage)91
2001Cleopatra: The Film That Changed HollywoodMovieSelf (archive footage)70
1994The Bible According to HollywoodMovieSelf63
1977Women in HospitalMovieProf. Overhoff, Chefarzt46
1977HunterSeries—46
1977Lady DraculaMovieDracula46
1975The Left Hand of the LawMovieLanza44
1975The Lives of Jenny DolanMovieJoe Rossiter44
1975Carter's ArmyMovieCapt. Beau Carter44
1975The Treasure of Jamaica ReefMovieHugo Graham44
1973The Man Called NoonMovieRimes42
1973The Big GameMovieLeyton van Dyk42
1973Those Dirty Dogs!MovieCpt. Chadwood Willer42
1972Of Men and WomenMovieHost41
1972One Billion for a BlondeMovieLeón Urrutía, joyero41
1971Hannie CaulderMovieThe Preacher (uncredited)40
1971The Devil with Seven FacesMovieDave Barton40
1971MartaMovieMiguel40
1971Once Upon a WheelSeriesSelf40
1969SlavesMovieMacKay38
1968Hawaii Five-OSeriesDaniel Costigan37
1968ShalakoMovieBosky Fulton37
1968Assignment KMoviePhilip Scott37
1967The Caper of the Golden BullsMoviePeter Churchman36
1966Fantastic VoyageMovieGrant35
1966The Poppy Is Also a FlowerMovieBenson35
1966The OscarMovieFrank Fane35
1966The Bible: In the Beginning...MovieNimrod35
1965Genghis KhanMovieYamuga34
1964The Fall of the Roman EmpireMovieLivius33
1964The Third SecretMovieAlex Stedman33
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeries—32
1962Billy Rose's JumboMovieSam Rawlins31
1962The InspectorMoviePeter Jongman31
1962Imperial VenusMovieJules de Canouville31
1961The Big GambleMovieVic Brennan30
1959The Best of EverythingMovieMike Rice28
1959Ben-HurMovieMessala28
1959Woman ObsessedMovieFred Carter28
1958The BravadosMovieBill Zachary27
1957Island in the SunMovieEuan Templeton26
1957Seven ThundersMovieDave26
1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSeriesSelf25
1956The Man Who Never WasMoviePatrick O'Reilly25
1956A Hill in KoreaMoviePvt. Sims25
1955An Alligator Named DaisyMovieAlbert O'Shannon24
1954Lilacs in the SpringMovieBeaumont's Poolside Companion (uncredited)23
1953General Electric TheaterSeriesBud Austin22
1953Black 13MoviePoliceman (uncredited)22
1952This Is Your LifeSeriesSelf21
1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeriesCormac Joyce20
1950What's My Line?SeriesSelf - Mystery Guest19
1944Golden Globe AwardsSeriesSelf - Winner13