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Stephen Boyd
Known for: ActingStephen 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".
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Shalako
as Bosky Fulton 
Ben-Hur
as Messala 
The Bravados
as Bill Zachary 
The Bible: In the Beginning...
as Nimrod 
Hannie Caulder
as The Preacher (uncredited) 
Fantastic Voyage
as Grant 
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Livius 
A Hill in Korea
as Pvt. Sims 
The Best of Everything
as Mike Rice 
The Man Who Never Was
as Patrick O'Reilly 
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
as Benson 
Billy Rose's Jumbo
as Sam Rawlins 
The Man Called Noon
as Rimes 
The Oscar
as Frank Fane 
Genghis Khan
as Yamuga 
The Night Heaven Fell
as Lambert 
Island in the Sun
as Euan Templeton 
Imperial Venus
as Jules de Canouville 
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
as Peter Churchman 
Seven Waves Away
as Will McKinley 
The Devil with Seven Faces
as Dave Barton 
Carter's Army
as Capt. Beau Carter 
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
as Hugo Graham 
Slaves
as MacKay 
The Squeeze
as Vic 
The Big Game
as Leyton van Dyk 
Montana Trap
as Bill Ardisson