First Name
Stephen
Last Name
Boyd
Date of Birth
04 July 1931
Height
73
Star Sign
Cancer
Date of Death
02 June 1977
Gender
Male
Build
Athletic
Hair Color
Brown - Dark
Place of Birth
Glengormley, Northern Ireland
Place of Death
Northridge, California
Cause of Death
Heart Attack
Nationality
British
Ethnicity
White
Claim to Fame
Ben Hur
Wikipedia Text
Stephen Boyd (4 July 1931 – 2 June 1977) was an American actor, originally from Glengormley, Northern Ireland, who appeared in around sixty films, most notably in the role of Messala in the 1959 film Ben-Hur.
Couple Profile
Stephen Boyd (4 July 1931 – 2 June 1977), born William Millar, was an Irish-born actor from Glengormley, Northern Ireland, who appeared in 60 films, most notably in the role of Messala in the 1959 film Ben-Hur. One of nine siblings from a Protestant family from County Antrim, Boyd was originally named William Millar. He was discovered by actor Michael Redgrave while working as a hotel doorman. He began acting in British films, notably as an edgy Irish spy in the 1955 World War II film The Man Who Never Was. It was his role in a 1957 French film, The Night Heaven Fell opposite Brigitte Bardot that got him noticed. He went to Hollywood and appeared as second leads in a variety of films, including The Bravados (1958) and The Best of Everything (1959). His role as Messala in Ben-Hur (1959) propelled him to international fame and played another Roman leader in Samuel Bronston`s The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), in which he co-starred with Sophia Loren. He received a Golden Globe for his performance in Ben-Hur. In 1962 Boyd appeared in the film The Inspector opposite starlet Dolores Hart, who later left Hollywood to join a Roman Catholic convent in Connecticut. The two actors developed a friendship that lasted Boyd`s lifetime.
Boyd died of a heart attack at the age of 45 while playing golf at the Porter Valley Country Club in Northridge, California. He was in talks to play the role of the Regimental Sergeant Major in Euan Lloyd`s The Wild Geese before his death. Boyd was interred in Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Chatsworth, California. Boyd was married twice: briefly in 1958 to Italian-born MCA executive Mariella di Sarzana, and subsequently to Elizabeth Mills, a secretary at the British Arts Council, whom he had known since 1955. Mills followed Boyd to the USA in the late fifties and was his personal assistant and secretary for many years before marrying him about 10 months before his death.
Couple Profile Source
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Boyd
Full Name at Birth
William Millar
Count - Awards
3
Role ID
Actor/Actress
Has Detailed Data (New)
1
Age
45
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