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Stephen Boyd (4 July 19312 June 1977) was an actor from Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.〔(Stephen Boyd: The Busker Who Became a Screen Idol ) BBC News; retrieved 14 April 2014.〕 He appeared in some 60 films, most notably as Messala in ''Ben-Hur''. ==Biography== Boyd was born William Millar in 1931.〔(Profile ), daggy.name/cop/bkofdead; accessed 28 June 2014.〕 One of nine siblings, he attended Ballyclare High School. He starred in a radio play in Belfast and worked at a cinema in London. He is said to have busked outside the cinema to get money.〔 He began acting in British films, notably as an edgy Irish spy working for the Germans, in the World War II film ''The Man Who Never Was'' (1956). It was his role in a 1957 French film, ''The Night Heaven Fell'' opposite Brigitte Bardot which gained him critical and public attention. He went to Hollywood and appeared as 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.〔 He received a Golden Globe for his performance in ''Ben-Hur''.〔(IMDb profile ), imdb.com; accessed 28 June 2014.〕 In 1962 Boyd appeared in the film ''Lisa'' opposite starlet Dolores Hart. He later played another Roman leader in Samuel Bronston's ''The Fall of the Roman Empire'' (1964), in which he co-starred with Sophia Loren. He was originally chosen to play Mark Antony opposite Elizabeth Taylor in 20th Century-Fox's epic production of ''Cleopatra'' (1963) under the direction of Rouben Mamoulian, but eventually withdrew from the problem-plagued production when he committed to star in ''The Fall of the Roman Empire''. (''Cleopatra'' was later directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and the role of Mark Antony went to Richard Burton.) Boyd also appeared in ''Billy Rose's Jumbo'' (1962), ''Genghis Khan'' (1965), ''The Bible: In the Beginning...'' (1966), ''The Oscar'' (1966), ''Fantastic Voyage'' (1966), ''Shalako'' (1968), and ''Assignment K'' (1969).〔 Author Joe Cushnan (''Stephen Boyd: From Belfast To Hollywood''〔Cushnan, Joe (''Stephen Boyd: From Belfast To Hollywood''; ISBN 9781782990864 )〕) quotes from a letter from film producer Euan Lloyd (who produced such films as ''Shalako'', ''The Man Called Noon'' and ''The Wild Geese''), stating: ''Stephen Boyd was one of the nicest, kindest people I have met in my lifetime, rare in this profession.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stephen Boyd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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