1931 - 1977
Stephen Boyd (born William Millar; 4 July 1931 – 2 June 1977) was a Northern Irish actor. He 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). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Boyd has received more than 2,213,489 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Stephen Boyd is the 762nd most popular actor (down from 742nd in 2019), the 928th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 926th in 2019) and the 118th 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 762 out of 9,996. Before him are Héctor Elizondo, Ewan McGregor, Luke Perry, Ida Rubinstein, Sissy Spacek, and Elisabeth Shue. After him are Oliver Reed, Lotte Lenya, Lambert Wilson, Yuri Nikulin, Glenn Ford, and Lita Grey.
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 756
1971 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 757
1966 - 2019
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 758
1883 - 1960
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 759
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 760
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 761
1931 - 1977
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 762
1938 - 1999
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 763
1898 - 1981
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 764
1958 - Present
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 765
1921 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 766
1916 - 2006
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 767
1908 - 1995
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 768
Among people born in 1931, Stephen Boyd ranks 75. Before him are Rita Moreno, Sam Cooke, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Hamilton O. Smith, Anthony de Mello, and Carroll Baker. After him are Margarita Lozano, Richard F. Heck, Larry Silverstein, Thorvald Stoltenberg, Igor Oistrakh, and Stig Anderson. Among people deceased in 1977, Stephen Boyd ranks 41. Before him are Sergey Ilyushin, Archibald Hill, Peter Finch, Olave Baden-Powell, Stefania Turkewich, and Steve Biko. After him are Abdel Halim Hafez, John Dickson Carr, Modibo Keïta, Oskar Morgenstern, Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, and Sepp Herberger.
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 69
1931 - 1964
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 70
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 71
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 72
1931 - 1987
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 73
1931 - Present
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 74
1931 - 1977
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 75
1931 - 2022
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 76
1931 - 2015
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 77
1931 - Present
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 78
1931 - 2018
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 79
1931 - 2021
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 80
1931 - 1997
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 81
1894 - 1977
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 35
1886 - 1977
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 36
1916 - 1977
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 37
1889 - 1977
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 38
1898 - 1977
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 39
1946 - 1977
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 40
1931 - 1977
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 41
1929 - 1977
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 42
1906 - 1977
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 43
1915 - 1977
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 44
1902 - 1977
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 45
1889 - 1977
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 46
1897 - 1977
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 47
Among people born in United Kingdom, Stephen Boyd ranks 928 out of 7,765. Before him are Ewan McGregor (1971), Steve Harris (1956), Isabella of England (1214), Karl Jenkins (1944), Thomas Willis (1621), and Judith of Flanders (844). After him are Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (1505), Oliver Reed (1938), Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897), Dylan Thomas (1914), Alan Watts (1915), and Derek Barton (1918).
1971 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 922
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 923
1214 - 1241
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 924
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 925
1621 - 1675
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 926
844 - 870
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 927
1931 - 1977
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 928
1505 - 1542
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 929
1938 - 1999
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 930
1897 - 1978
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 931
1914 - 1953
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 932
1915 - 1973
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 933
1918 - 1998
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 934
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Stephen Boyd ranks 118. Before him are Kristin Scott Thomas (1960), Pete Postlethwaite (1946), Joan Collins (1933), Natasha Richardson (1963), Jim Broadbent (1949), and Ewan McGregor (1971). After him are Oliver Reed (1938), Jill Ireland (1936), Brian Cox (1946), Orlando Bloom (1977), Michael Palin (1943), and Ian McDiarmid (1944).
1960 - Present
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 112
1946 - 2011
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 113
1933 - Present
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 114
1963 - 2009
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 115
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 116
1971 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 117
1931 - 1977
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 118
1938 - 1999
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 119
1936 - 1990
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 120
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 121
1977 - Present
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 122
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 123
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 124