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Stephen Boyd (born William Millar; 4 July 1931 – 2 June 1977) was a Northern Irish actor. He appeared in some 60 films, most notably as the villainous Messala in Ben-Hur (1959), a role that earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.
Stephen Boyd. Actor: Ben-Hur. Stephen Boyd was born William Millar on July 4, 1931, at Glengormley, Northern Ireland, one of nine children of Martha Boyd and Canadian truck driver James Alexander Millar, who worked for Fleming's on Tomb Street in Belfast.
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- Glengormley, Northern Ireland, UK
- January 1, 1
- Northridge, California, USA
Apr 15, 2022 · Ben Hur, the most expensive film in history at the time, ended up winning a record 11 Oscars. Charlton Heston won for best actor, while Stephen Boyd, who had won the Golden Globe, was not even...
Jun 3, 1977 · Stephen Boyd, an Irish‐born actor who was in dozens of Hollywood films but never quite reached star status, died in Los Angeles yesterday, apparently of a heart attack suffered while playing...
Ben-Hur: Directed by William Wyler. With Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd. After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
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- Adventure, Drama
- William Wyler
- 1959-11-18
Jan 8, 2011 · Stephen Boyd is best known for his performance as Messala in the Biblical epic Ben Hur, which broke Academy Awards records when it collected 11 Oscar statuettes. But Paramount Pictures producer...
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Mar 10, 2022 · One of the first scenes in William Wyler's Best Picture winning film "Ben-Hur" is a reunion between the titular Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) and Messala (Stephen Boyd). During the...
