Steven Boyd

Quick Facts

Full Name	Steven Boyd
Occupation	Actor
Date Of Birth	Jul 4, 1931(1931-07-04)
Age	93
Date Of Death	June 2, 1977,
Birthplace	Glengormley
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Northern Ireland
Horoscope	Cancer

Steven Boyd Biography

Steven Boyd is one of the most popular and richest Actor who was born on July 4, 1931 in Glengormley, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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).

By the time he was twenty, Boyd had a wide range of theatre experience, but he longed for the big stage. In 1952 Boyd moved to London and worked in a cafeteria and busked outside a cinema in Leicester Square to get money as he was literally close to starvation. Boyd caught his first break as a doorman at the Odeon Theatre. The Leicester Square Cinema across the street recruited him to usher attendees during the British Academy Awards in the early 1950s. During the awards ceremony he was noticed by actor Sir Michael Redgrave, who used his connections to introduce Boyd to the director of the Windsor Repertory Group. At this point Boyd’s stage career in the U.K. began to flourish with performances in “The Deep Blue Sea” and “Barnett’s Folly”

Steven Boyd Net Worth

Steven Boyd is one of the richest Actor from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Steven Boyd 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Stephen Boyd – real name William Millar – was born in a house, long since demolished, at the corner of the Doagh Road, Whitehouse on 4 July 1931. Boyd was the youngest of nine siblings born to Irish/Canadian parents, James Alexander Millar and his wife Martha Boyd. At a very early age, William, or Billy as he was known, moved with the family to live in Glengormley. Boyd attended the local Public Elementary School and Ballyclare High School, but at the age of fourteen Boyd quit school to take up other jobs to help support his family. He eventually joined the Ulster Group Theatre where he learned the behind the scenes tasks of the theatre. He became well known in Belfast for his contributions as a gravel-voiced policeman on the Ulster Radio program “The McCooeys”, the story of a Belfast family written by Joseph Tomelty. Boyd eventually worked his way up to character parts and then starring roles. By nineteen he had toured Canada with summer stock companies. In 1950 he made a coast to coast tour of America with the Clare Tree Major Company, 1956 performing A Streetcar Named Desire in the lead role as Stanley Kowalski. Boyd later recalled this as “the best performance I ever gave in my life”.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Steven Boyd Dating?

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Boyd was first married in 1958 to Italian-born MCA executive Mariella Di Sarzana during the filming of Ben-Hur. They separated after just three weeks. Concerning his short-lived marriage to Sarzana, Boyd explained: “It was my fault. I’m an Irish so-and-so when I’m working. I hadn’t been married a week when we both knew we had made a mistake. She is a nice girl but we were just not meant for each other. I suppose I wasn’t ready for marriage. Maybe I was still too much of an adolescent.” They officially divorced in early 1959. After his divorce Boyd lived as a bachelor for most of his life, dating several prominent Hollywood starlets throughout the 1960s. His secretary Elizabeth Mills was a permanent resident at his Tarzana home during these years, though the two did not marry until 1974.

Facts & Trivia

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Stephen Boyd finally arrived in Hollywood in January 1958 to take on his first true Hollywood role as the leader of a quartet of renegade outlaws in the Twentieth Century Fox western The Bravados, which starred Gregory Peck and Joan Collins. Even though this was a Hollywood production, the actual filming took place in Morelia, Mexico.

What happened to Stephen Boyd actor?

Actor Stephen Boyd, best known for his role as Messala, Charlton Heston’s chariot-racing opponent in “Ben Hur,” collapsed while playing golf and died of heart failure Thursday. He was 49.

How old was actor Stephen Boyd when he passed away?

45 years (1931–1977)

Did Stephen Boyd have a brother?

Alex Boyd

Where is Stephen Boyd from?

Glengormley, United Kingdom

Was Stephen Boyd ever married?

Spouse