ACTOR

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 1950's 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Boyd has received more than 2,310,397 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Boyd is the 972nd most popular actor (down from 762nd in 2019), the 1,060th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 927th in 2019) and the 137th 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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  • 2.3M

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  • 59.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Stephen Boyd ranks 972 out of 13,578. Before him are Cardi B, Dharmendra, Marisa Berenson, Michael Biehn, Giancarlo Esposito, and Patricia Neal. After him are Fran Drescher, Frank Oz, Fred Ward, John Forsythe, Lou Ferrigno, and Dean Stockwell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Stephen Boyd ranks 83. Before him are Sam Cooke, John Robert Schrieffer, Vujadin Boškov, Charles Taylor, Telê Santana, and Ferenc Mádl. After him are Takashi Takabayashi, Thorvald Stoltenberg, Sergio Sebastiani, Nikolai Chernykh, Johnny Kitagawa, and Anthony de Mello. Among people deceased in 1977, Stephen Boyd ranks 48. Before him are Oskar Morgenstern, Naum Gabo, Modibo Keïta, Kamal Jumblatt, Lee Miller, and Sepp Herberger. After him are Jan Patočka, Leopold Stokowski, Princess Margaretha of Sweden, Bruno Streckenbach, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, and Paul Desmond.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stephen Boyd ranks 1,060 out of 8,785. Before him are Reginald Pole (1500), Joseph Bell (1837), Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881), Ron Dennis (1947), George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (1504), and Frank Lloyd (1886). After him are Thomas Willis (1621), Frank Oz (1944), William Smith (1769), Isabella Bird (1831), David Hamilton (1933), and Cozy Powell (1947).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Stephen Boyd ranks 137. Before him are David Warner (1941), Jeremy Brett (1933), Michael Palin (1943), Sebastian Shaw (1905), Kenny Baker (1934), and John Nettles (1943). After him are Frank Oz (1944), Sacha Baron Cohen (1971), Dirk Bogarde (1921), Honor Blackman (1925), Helen McCrory (1968), and Patrick Macnee (1922).

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Television and Movie Roles

Ben-Hur
Messala
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
Nov 18o 19597.885 / 10
Fantastic Voyage
Grant
In order to save an assassinated scientist, a submarine and its crew are shrunk to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream.
Aug 24o 19666.678 / 10
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Livius
In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decision about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.
Mar 24o 19646.473 / 10