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".
Ben-Hur
As Messala
Fantastic Voyage
As Grant
Marta
As Miguel
The Great Swindle
As Arturo
The Bible: In the Beginning...
As Nimrod
Genghis Khan
As Yamuga
Carter's Army
As Capt. Beau Carter
Billy Rose's Jumbo
As Sam Rawlins
Island in the Sun
As Euan Templeton
The Man Who Never Was
As Patrick O'Reilly
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
As Hugo Graham
The Bravados
As Bill Zachary
Shalako
As Bosky Fulton
The Night Heaven Fell
As Lambert
The Fall of the Roman Empire
As Livius
One Billion for a Blonde
As León Urrutía, joyero
The Oscar
As Frank Fane
The Best of Everything
As Mike Rice
The Devil with Seven Faces
As Dave Barton
The Squeeze
As Vic
The Third Secret
As Alex Stedman
Abandon Ship
As Will McKinley
Those Dirty Dogs!
As Cpt. Chadwood Willer
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
As Self (archive footage)
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
As Benson
The Man Called Noon
As Rimes
The Limping Man
As Airport Traveller (Uncredited)
Seven Thunders
As Dave
One Man Against the Organization
As Inspector Stephen McCormick
The Inspector
As Peter Jongman
Assignment K
As Philip Scott
Woman Obsessed
As Fred Carter
Kill!
As Brad Killian
An Alligator Named Daisy
As Albert O'Shannon
Lady Dracula
As Dracula
Montana Trap
As Bill Ardisson
The Big Game
As Leyton van Dyk
Imperial Venus
As Jules de Canouville
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
As Peter Churchman
The Big Gamble
As Vic Brennan
African Story
As Arnold Tiller
Women in Hospital
As Prof. Overhoff, Chefarzt
Black 13
As Policeman (uncredited)
Hannie Caulder
As The Preacher (uncredited)
A Hill in Korea
As Pvt. Sims
Slaves
As MacKay
The Hands of Cormac Joyce
As Cormac Joyce
The Left Hand of the Law
As Lanza
Key West
As Steve Cutler
The Bible According to Hollywood
As Self
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
As Joe Rossiter
Lilacs in the Spring
As Beaumont's Poolside Companion (uncredited)
Hawaii Five-O
As Daniel Costigan
General Electric Theater
As Bud Austin
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As Cormac Joyce
This Is Your Life
As Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
As Self
Hunter
What's My Line?
As Self - Mystery Guest