Stephen Boyd
Northern Irish actor (1931–1977)
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).
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 14 films (1955–1974) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 8 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | An Alligator Named Daisy | J Arthur Rank Organization | 88 min | 16mm | sound | |
| 1956 | The Man Who Never Was | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation | 1:43:00 | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1957 | Island In The Sun. | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. & Darryl F. Zanuck Productions Inc. | 14 reels | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1959 | BEN-HUR. | Loew's Inc. | 12 reels | Color | sound | |
| 1960 | THE BIG GAMBLE. | Darryl F. Zanuck Productions Inc. | 7 reels | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1962 | Billy Rose's Jumbo | Charles Walters | ||||
| 1962 | The Inspector | Philip Dunne | ||||
| 1964 | The Fall Of The Roman Empire. | Bronston-Roma Productions | 149 | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1964 | The Third Secret. | Hubris Productions Ltd. | 35mm | B&W | sound | |
| 1966 | Fantastic Voyage. | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp | 101 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1966 | The Bible: In the Beginning | John Huston | ||||
| 1967 | Assignment K. | Mazurka Productions Ltd. | 97 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1969 | Slaves | Herbert Biberman | ||||
| 1974 | Intermission | a film by Stephen Boyd, Bob Rogers, and Marshall Harvey. | 3 | 16mm | Color | sound |