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Stephen Boyd

1931 - 1977

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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... Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Boyd is the 905th most popular actor (up from 972nd in 2019), the 1,141st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,061st in 2019) and the 131st most popular British Actor.

Stephen Boyd was a famous Hollywood actor who was best known for playing the role of Messala in the film Ben-Hur.

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Among actors, Stephen Boyd ranks 905 out of 13,578. Before him are Death of Marilyn Monroe, Angie Dickinson, Jean-Claude Pascal, Tom Skerritt, Clara Bow, and Cliff Robertson. After him are Teri Hatcher, Anne Parillaud, Mario Adorf, Joan Plowright, Nick Adams, and Terence Stamp.

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Among people born in 1931, Stephen Boyd ranks 84. Before him are Vujadin Boškov, Reizo Fukuhara, Ronald Dworkin, Silvia Pinal, Sam Cooke, and Angie Dickinson. After him are Nick Adams, Carroll Baker, Hanoi Hannah, Telê Santana, Ike Turner, and Ferenc Mádl. Among people deceased in 1977, Stephen Boyd ranks 47. Before him are John Dickson Carr, Abdel Halim Hafez, Alia Al-Hussein, Shogo Kamo, Gangubai Kothewali, and Naum Gabo. After him are Kamal Jumblatt, Gudrun Ensslin, Sepp Herberger, Oskar Morgenstern, Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, and Hans Martin Sutermeister.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Stephen Boyd ranks 1,141 out of 8,785. Before him are Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868), William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520), Bill Wyman (1936), John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792), Margaret of York (1446), and Frederick Fleet (1887). After him are James Mirrlees (1936), James Hargreaves (1720), Colin Chapman (1928), Anne Hyde (1637), Edmund Cartwright (1743), and Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (1868).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Stephen Boyd ranks 131. Before him are Colin Baker (1943), Tom Hardy (1977), Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765), Kiefer Sutherland (1966), Bernard Cribbins (1928), and Stewart Granger (1913). After him are Joan Plowright (1929), Terence Stamp (1938), Graham Chapman (1941), Marty Feldman (1934), Andy Serkis (1964), and Kristin Scott Thomas (1960).

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