Stephen Boyd

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About this place

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 1950s 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. He received his second Golden Globe nomination for the musical Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962). Boyd also appeared, sometimes as a hero and sometimes as a malefactor, in the major big-screen productions The Man Who Never Was (1956), The Night Heaven Fell (1958), The Bravados (1958), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Genghis Khan (1965), Fantastic Voyage (1966), The Bible: In the Beginning... (also 1966), and Shalako (1968).

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Getting There & Parking

Stephen Boyd is located in County Antrim, roughly 9 km (10 min drive) from Belfast and 189 km (2h 45m) from Dublin. The nearest public car park is 52 m away. Nearby highlights within a short drive include The White House (0.3 km away).

Belfast9 km

~10 min drive

Dublin189 km

~2h 45m drive

Nearest car park

52 m from landmark

Directions to car park ↗