Stephen Boyd

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 CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1974 Intermission a film by Stephen Boyd, Bob Rogers, and Marshall Harvey. 3 16mm Color sound
1969 Slaves Herbert Biberman
1967 Assignment K. Mazurka Productions Ltd. 97 min 35mm Color sound
1966 Fantastic Voyage. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 101 min 35mm Color sound
1966 The Bible: In the Beginning John Huston
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
1962 Billy Rose's Jumbo Charles Walters
1962 The Inspector Philip Dunne
1960 THE BIG GAMBLE. Darryl F. Zanuck Productions Inc. 7 reels 35mm Color sound
1959 BEN-HUR. Loew's Inc. 12 reels Color sound
1957 Island In The Sun. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. & Darryl F. Zanuck Productions Inc. 14 reels 35mm Color sound
1956 The Man Who Never Was Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 1:43:00 16mm Color sound
1955 An Alligator Named Daisy J Arthur Rank Organization 88 min 16mm sound