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Stephen Boyd
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies — Self - (archive footage)2022
- Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood — Self (archive footage)2001
- The Bible According to Hollywood — Self1994
- The Squeeze — Vic1977
- Lady Dracula — Dracula1977
- Women in Hospital — Prof. Overhoff, Chefarzt1977
- Hunter1977
- Montana Trap — Bill Ardisson1976
- Carter's Army — Capt. Beau Carter1975
- The Treasure of Jamaica Reef — Hugo Graham1975
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Key facts
- Born
- William Millar , ( 1931-07-04 ) 4 July 1931, Whitehouse, County Antrim , Northern Ireland
- Died
- 2 June 1977 (1977-06-02) (aged 45), Northridge, Los Angeles , California, US
- Resting place
- Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1955–1977
- Spouses
- Mariella di Sarzana ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1958 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1959 ) Elizabeth Mills ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1974 )
- Partner
- Marisa Mell (1970–1972)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stephen
- Family name
- Boyd
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Glengormley
- Place of death
- Northridge
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- Western
- Image
- Stephen Boyd.jpg
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- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1931-07-04
- date of death
- 1977-06-02
- Commons category
- Stephen Boyd
- place of burial
- Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Stephen Boyd
- start of work period
- 1955-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- William Millar
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Encyclopedic overview
William Millar (4 July 1931 – 2 June 1977), 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).
Boyd also appeared, sometimes as a hero and sometimes as a malefactor, in the major big-screen productions The Man Who Never Was (1956), The Night Heaven Fell (1958), The Bravados (1958), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Genghis Khan (1965), Fantastic Voyage (1966), The Bible: In the Beginning... (also 1966), and Shalako (1968).
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