Person Details

Birthday: 1931-07-04 15:08:33

Death: 1977-06-02 15:08:33

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Glengormley, Northern Ireland, UK

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Movie Involvements: 45

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

Biography

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".  

Most Famous Work

What's My Line?
Average
7

What's My Line?

(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
Hawaii Five-O
Average
7

Hawaii Five-O

(1968) Daniel Costigan
Ben-Hur
Average
8

Ben-Hur

(1959) Messala
This Is Your Life
Average
7

This Is Your Life

(1952) Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Average
4
The Bible: In the Beginning...
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7
The Bravados
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6

The Bravados

(1958) Bill Zachary
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Average
6

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2004 N/A
2001 Self (archive footage)
1994 Self
1993 N/A
1977 Vic
Prof. Overhoff, Chefarzt
Dracula
N/A
1976 Bill Ardisson
1975 Inspector Stephen McCormick
Joe Rossiter
Lanza
Hugo Graham
1973 Steve Cutler
Rimes
Leyton van Dyk
Cpt. Chadwood Willer
1972 Cormac Joyce
León Urrutía, joyero
1971 Brad Killian
Dave Barton
The Preacher (uncredited)
Arnold Tiller
Miguel
Arturo
1970 Capt. Beau Carter
1969 MacKay
1968 Bosky Fulton
Daniel Costigan
Philip Scott
1967 Peter Churchman
1966 Nimrod
Grant
Benson
Frank Fane
1965 Yamuga
1964 Livius
Alex Stedman
1963 N/A
1962 Jules de Canouville
Sam Rawlins
Peter Jongman
1961 Vic Brennan
1959 Messala
Mike Rice
Fred Carter
1958 Bill Zachary
Lambert
1957 Dave
Euan Templeton
Will McKinley
1956 Self
Pvt. Sims
Patrick O'Reilly
1955 Albert O'Shannon
1954 Beaumont's Poolside Companion (uncredited)
1953 Airport Traveller (Uncredited)
Policeman (uncredited)
Bud Austin
1952 Self
1951 Cormac Joyce
1950 Self - Mystery Guest
Year Character Movie/Tv

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