Stephen Boyd
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as Messala Ben-Hur 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 Messala in the 1959 film "Ben-Hur".
Filmography
Ben-Hur
as Messala
Fantastic Voyage
as Grant
The Bible: In the Beginning...
as Nimrod
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Livius
The Bravados
as Bill Zachary
Hannie Caulder
as The Preacher (uncredited)
Shalako
as Bosky Fulton
The Man Who Never Was
as Patrick O'Reilly
Genghis Khan
as Yamuga
The Best of Everything
as Mike Rice
Kill!
as Brad Killian
The Third Secret
as Alex Stedman
Seven Waves Away
as Will McKinley
Island in the Sun
as Euan Templeton
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
as Benson
Billy Rose's Jumbo
as Sam Rawlins
The Night Heaven Fell
as Lambert
The Man Called Noon
as Rimes
The Limping Man
as Airport Traveller (Uncredited)
A Hill in Korea
as Pvt. Sims