
Stephen Boyd
Born: 1931-07-04
Place of birth: Glengormley, Northern Ireland, UK
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

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Hunter
1977

Women in Hospital
1977

Key West
1973

Ben-Hur
1959

Seven Waves Away
1957

Once Upon a Wheel
1971

The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Hawaii Five-O
1968

The Inspector
1962

What's My Line?
1950

The Man Who Never Was
1956

The Bible According to Hollywood
1994

The Lives of Jenny Dolan
1975

Black 13
1953

General Electric Theater
1953