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[[File:Stephen_Boyd-Single_Action_Army.jpg|thumb|right|500px| '''Stephen Boyd''' (1931-1977) with a [[Single Action Army]] in ''[[Shalako]]'' (1968).]] | [[File:Stephen_Boyd-Single_Action_Army.jpg|thumb|right|500px| '''Stephen Boyd''' (1931-1977) with a [[Single Action Army]] in ''[[Shalako]]'' (1968).]] | ||
| + | '''Stephen Boyd''' was a British actor who was born in Northern Ireland on 4 July 1931. He began acting in British films, notably as an edgy Irish spy 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 garnered 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). For his performance in role Messala in Ben-Hur (1959) he received a Golden Globe. Boyd was originally chosen to play Mark Antony opposite [[Elizabeth Taylor]] in 20th Century-Fox's epic production of Cleopatra (1963), but eventually withdrew from the problem-plagued production when he committed to star in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), in which he co-starred with [[Sophia Loren]]. He died of a heart attack on a Los Angeles golf course 2 June 1977. | ||
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'''Stephen Boyd can be seen using the following guns in the following films:''' | '''Stephen Boyd can be seen using the following guns in the following films:''' | ||
Revision as of 06:59, 31 March 2012
Stephen Boyd was a British actor who was born in Northern Ireland on 4 July 1931. He began acting in British films, notably as an edgy Irish spy 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 garnered 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). For his performance in role Messala in Ben-Hur (1959) he received a Golden Globe. Boyd was originally chosen to play Mark Antony opposite Elizabeth Taylor in 20th Century-Fox's epic production of Cleopatra (1963), but eventually withdrew from the problem-plagued production when he committed to star in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), in which he co-starred with Sophia Loren. He died of a heart attack on a Los Angeles golf course 2 June 1977.
Stephen Boyd can be seen using the following guns in the following films:
Film
| Gun | Character | Film | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single Action Army | Bosky Fulton | Shalako | . | 1968 |
| Winchester Model 1873 | Bosky Fulton | Shalako | . | 1968 |