Stephen Boyd

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Stephen Boydwas 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 filmThe Man Who Never Was(1956) or Private Sims inA Hill in Korea(1956). It was his role in a 1957 French filmThe Night Heaven FelloppositeBrigitte Bardotwhich garnered him critical and public attention. He went to Hollywood and appeared as leads in a variety of films, includingThe Bravados(1958) andThe Best of Everything(1959). For his performance in role Messala inBen-Hur(1959) he received a Golden Globe. Boyd was originally chosen to play Mark Antony oppositeElizabeth Taylorin 20th Century-Fox's epic production ofCleopatra(1963), but eventually withdrew from the problem-plagued production when he committed to star inThe Fall of the Roman Empire(1964), in which he co-starred withSophia Loren. He died of a heart attack on a Los Angeles golf course 2 June 1977 before playing Sandy the Sergeant Major inThe Wild Geese. Stephen Boyd can be seen using the following guns in the following films:

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