Ben-Hur's childhood friend Messala (Stephen Boyd) is now an ambitious Roman tribune ... Best Director for the legendary William Wyler, Best Actor for Heston, and Best Supporting Actor for Welsh ...

It turns out Judah Ben-Hur had a lover the actor never knew about ... and he encounters Jesus Christ along the way. Messala (Stephen Boyd) is the Roman who betrays Ben-Hur.

Actor Stephen Boyd, who became a Hollywood film idol ... Boyd is famous for the chariot scene in 1950s blockbuster, Ben-Hur, when he raced alongside Charlton Heston. But he was originally Billy ...

In The Celluloid Closet, Vidal states in no uncertain terms that he scripted the film as a confrontation between ex-lovers Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) and Messala (Stephen Boyd). Further ...

There was so much for moviegoers to love about the biblical epic “Ben-Hur”: a riveting performance ... And Leslie Nielsen also tried out for the role. Stephen Boyd was hired and grew a bushy ...

Stephen Boyd, born William Millar, was a Northern Irish/American stage and screen actor. As a teenager he joined the Ulster Group Theatre where he learned the tasks of the theatre. In 1956 he ...

I watched Ben-Hur again recently on the Turner Classic Movies channel, and I liked it almost as much as decades ago. Starring Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd as the two antagonists and the ...

Actor Stephen Boyd, who became a Hollywood film idol ... Boyd is famous for the chariot scene in 1950s blockbuster, Ben-Hur, when he raced alongside Charlton Heston. But he was originally Billy ...

Stephen Boyd (born ... lead role as Stanley Kowalski. Boyd who appeared in around 60 feature films, most notably in the role of Messala in the 1959 film "Ben-Hur".