Stephen Boyd, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stephen Boyd

American actor

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1931

Place of Birth: Glengormley, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 02-Jun-1977

Profession: actor, stage actor, film actor

Nationality: United States, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Stephen Boyd (4 July 1931 – 2 June 1977) was a Northern Irish actor.
A native of Glengormley, County Antrim, Boyd appeared in some 60 films, most notably 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 Award nomination for Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962).
He also appeared, sometimes as a hero and sometimes as a malefactor, in the major big-screen productions Les bijoutiers du clair de lune (1958), The Bravados (1958), Imperial Venus (1962), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Genghis Khan (1965), Fantastic Voyage (1966) and Shalako (1968).