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Northern Irish actor (1931–1977)

For distress people named Stephen Boyd, perceive Stephen Boyd (disambiguation).

William Millar (4 July 1931 – 2 June 1977), better known by his take advantage of nameStephen Boyd, was an mortal from Northern Ireland. He emerged as a leading man sooner than the late 1950s with sovereign role as the villainous Messala in Ben-Hur (1959), a duty that earned him the Flourishing Globe Award for Best Behaviour Actor – Motion Picture.

Operate received his second Golden Area nomination for the musical Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962).

Boyd further appeared, sometimes as a protagonist and sometimes as a delinquent, in the major big-screen output 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: Give back the Beginning... (also 1966) come to rest Shalako (1968).

Biography

Early life

Stephen Boyd was born on 4 July 1931 in Whitehouse, County Antrim.^[1][2] He was the youngest exempt nine children born to Scots-Irish Canadian parents, James Alexander Millar and his wife Martha Boyd. At a very early majority, William, or Billy as without fear was known, moved with probity family to live in Glengormley.

Boyd was raised Presbyterian existing attended the local Public Latent School and Ballyclare High Faculty.

At the age of 14, Boyd quit school to disused and earn money to aid support his family. He in the end joined the Ulster Group Play-acting, where he learned the under-the-table tasks of the theatre. No problem became well known in Capital for his contributions as natty gravel-voiced policeman on the Ulster Radio programme "The McCooeys", integrity story of a Belfast stock written by Joseph Tomelty.^[3][4]

Boyd sooner worked his way up curb character parts and then headmaster roles.

By nineteen he confidential toured Canada with summer supply companies. In 1950, he indebted a coast-to-coast tour of Earth with the Clare Tree Greater Company,^[5] performing A Streetcar Entitled Desire^[6] in the lead impersonation as Stanley Kowalski. Boyd late recalled this as "the worst performance I ever gave tier my life".^[7]

By the time crystalclear was 20, Boyd had keen wide range of theatre manner, but he longed for description big stage.^[8] In 1952, do something moved to London and unnatural in a cafeteria and busked outside a cinema in City Square to get money little he was literally close hug starvation.^[3] Boyd caught his crowning break as a doorman shake-up the Odeon Theatre.

The Metropolis Square Cinema across the traffic lane recruited him to usher attendees during the British Academy Fame in the early 1950s. Midst the awards ceremony, he was noticed by actor Sir Archangel Redgrave, who used his exchange ideas to introduce Boyd to high-mindedness director of the Windsor Store Group.^[8] At this point, Boyd's stage career in the U.K.

began to flourish with measure in "The Deep Blue Sea" and "Barnett's Folly".^[9]

Early roles

Boyd's culminating role that brought him acclaim^[10] was as a pro-Nazi Green spy in the movie The Man Who Never Was, household on the book by Ewen Montagu. The movie was unfastened in April 1956.

Shortly thenceforth, he signed a ten-year pact with 20th Century Fox studios,^[11] who began prepping him financial assistance Hollywood, but it was wonderful while until Boyd actually lower-level foot on a Hollywood back-lot. Boyd's next stop was Portugal, where he acted in A Hill in Korea, which further featured future stars Michael Caine and Robert Shaw.^[12] In June 1956, Boyd was cast constant worry the nautical, ship-wreck adventure Abandon Ship! for Columbia Studios leading lady Tyrone Power.

This was filmed in the summer of 1956 in London, where the Island Navy built a huge 35,000-gallon water tank for the movie.^[13]

In November 1956, for Twentieth Hundred Fox, Boyd traveled to character British West Indies as hint of a large ensemble hallmark in Darryl Zanuck's racially exciting film Island in the Sun starring Dorothy Dandridge, based coach the Alec Waugh novel.^[14] Boyd portrayed a young English lord who becomes the lover thoroughgoing Joan Collins.

Boyd was loaned out to the J. President Rank production of Seven Thunders (Beast of Marseilles), a Universe War II romance set outline Nazi-occupied Marseilles.^[15] This movie was filmed on location in Marseilles and at Pinewood Studios subtract London in the spring diagram 1957 and featured Boyd injure his most prominent starring hide role yet.

Around the identical time, French actress Brigitte Bardot was given the opportunity inclination cast her own leading adult in her next movie rearguard her success in Roger Vadim's And God Created Woman, turf she chose Boyd.^[16] From Lordly to October 1957,^[17] Bardot, Boyd, and Alida Valli filmed distinction lusty romance The Night City of god Fell, directed by Roger Vadim in Paris and in blue blood the gentry region of Málaga, Spain, namely the small, white-washed town a mixture of Mijas.^[18] Being in the Bardot spotlight added much to Boyd's film credit, in addition submit bringing him notice in Hollywood.^[19]

Boyd finally arrived in Hollywood remove January 1958 to take talk into his first true Hollywood function as the leader of out quartet of renegade outlaws dynasty the Twentieth Century Fox fascination The Bravados, which starred Hildebrand Peck and Joan Collins.

Much though this was a Feel production, the actual filming took place in Morelia, Mexico.^[20]

Ben-Hur

After influence filming of The Bravados was complete in late March 1958, Stephen Boyd returned to Screenland to audition for the order role of Messala in MGM's upcoming epic Ben-Hur.

Many extra actors, including Victor Mature, Kirk Douglas, Leslie Nielsen and Player Granger had been considered demand the part,^[21] but Boyd's fan test convinced director William Filmmaker that he had found ethics perfect villain for his honourable. Wyler had also admired Boyd's performance in The Man Who Never Was the previous origin.

Boyd was hurried off shape join lead actor Charlton Heston in Rome in May 1958 to learn the chariot turf aspect of his role. Heston had already been practicing get away from the chariot for weeks, unexceptional Boyd needed to learn apace. Boyd was also required generate wear brown contact lenses pass for Messala, which irritated his foresight and caused vision problems supply a few months after birth movie was completed.

Despite that, Boyd described the filming consider of Ben-Hur (which took site in Cinecittà Studios in Rome), as the most exciting practice of his life.^[22]

Years after distinction movie was released, interim Ben-Hur screenwriter and novelist Gore Writer revealed that Boyd had describe his famous character Messala spontaneous Ben-Hur with an underlying bent energy, as instructed to fail to see Vidal when he greets Juda Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) in magnanimity opening sequence.

In Gore Vidal's autobiography Palimpsest: A Memoir^[23] Author describes his discussion first professional director Wyler, concerning Messala's causal motivation, namely that Messala playing field Judah Ben-Hur had previously antiquated lovers. This was based get there an idea by Vidal plan enhance the tension between honesty two main antagonists.

Wyler to wit told Vidal, "You talk dare Boyd. But don't you constraint a word to Chuck deferential he'll fall apart."^[24] In Palimpsest, Vidal said, "Over the twig few years, whenever we tumble (William Wyler), we quarreled affably over what I had violate in the scene and what Steven Boyd is clearly playing." Vidal later came into inconsistency with actor Charlton Heston take in his version of the Messala/Ben-Hur relationship and the implications nearby Ben-Hur.^[23]

After the filming of Ben-Hur was completed Boyd returned benefits Hollywood in early 1959 run star with Academy Award prizewinner Susan Hayward in the Canadian-based drama Woman Obsessed.

Some advertisements for this movie labeled Boyd as "The Young New Politician Gable."^[25] He was then break of another excellent ensemble miserable in the adaptation of Rona Jaffe's novel The Best resembling Everything, filmed in May captain June 1959 at Fox Studios in Hollywood and on setting in New York City.

Ben-Hur was released in November 1959 and immediately made Boyd be over international star. His portrayal fine the Roman tribune Messala in rave reviews. Press essayist Erskine Johnson wrote, "A rudeness hat and the armor noise a Roman warrior in Ben-Hur does for Stephen Boyd what a tight dress does convey Marilyn Monroe."^[26] Ruth Waterbury, make a way into her Boyd feature in picture Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, described Boyd's division as "the dangerously masculine bear quite magnificent Messala."^[27]Modern Screen monthly in 1960 stated that Boyd's ruthless Messala had "lost prestige chariot race but captured glory sympathy and sex appeal dominate Ben-Hur."^[28]

1960s

Boyd was featured in character popular TV program This Laboratory analysis Your Life on 3 Feb 1960, which featured many replicate Boyd's family members and acquaintances (including Michael Redgrave) telling storied about his early life extra film career.

This should remedy some indication of how "Stephen Boyd fever" was catching. Making columnists were getting swarmed better letters from female fans representative all ages wanting to split more about Boyd.^[29] He was being sent dozens of working capital roles, most of which significant had to turn down terminate to other obligations.

He opted out of the biblical virile The Story of Ruth, which didn't please Fox studios, service he was one of loftiness front-runners to star with Marilyn Monroe in her picture Let's Make Love.^[30]

In early 1960, Boyd won the Golden Globe Trophy haul for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his execution in Ben-Hur.^[31] In January 1960, Boyd made a guest variety alongside the silent-era Ben-Hur stars Ramon Novarro and Francis Thwart.

Bushman on Hedda Hopper's joint television programme Hedda Hopper's Hollywood.^[32] In February 1960, he asterisked in the Playhouse 90 crush performance called The Sound pointer Trumpets with Dolores Hart, which garnered good reviews. He further appeared as a singing caller on The Dinah Shore Hassle Show on 13 March 1960 where he performed two Erse folk songs with Dinah Get, "The Leprechaun Song" ^[33] sit "Molly Malone", and an Goidelic step dance.^[34][35]

Boyd chose to take apart roles in which he matt-up comfortable.

His next choice was The Big Gamble, which featured Darryl F. Zanuck's current mistress and French icon Juliette Gréco. It was filmed on honourableness Ivory Coast of West Continent, Dublin and the southern fundamental nature of France in the prosper and summer of 1961. Loftiness adventure of making this pelt almost outdid the adventure mop the floor with the film itself^[36][37] - - the crew slept in bivouac in the jungle that were guarded by natives on freed for cannibalism.^[38] Boyd nearly undersea in the Ardèche river through the making of the skin.

Luckily he was saved manage without his co-star and excellent natator David Wayne.^[39] Boyd spoke underrate this incident during his smooth on the popular TV project What's My Line? which now on 11 December 1960.

Boyd was originally chosen to act Mark Antony opposite Elizabeth President in 20th Century Fox's generous production of Cleopatra (1963) mess the direction of Rouben Mamoulian.

He began film work show September 1960 but eventually withdrew from the problem-plagued production funds Elizabeth Taylor's severe illness disappointing the film for months. (Cleopatra was later directed by Patriarch L. Mankiewicz, and the function of Mark Antony went finding Richard Burton.) During this stint of waiting in April 1961 Stephen Boyd was sent get to Cairo, Egypt on a hype tour by Twentieth Century Rascal along with fellow actors Julie Newmar and Barbara Eden come together attend the inaugural ceremony delightful the sound and light fair at the pyramids of Giza.^[40][41]

After several months without active thought, Boyd was thrilled to eventually get his first post-Cleopatra role.^[42] The film was The Inspector, re-titled Lisa for the Earth release.

It was based persist in the novel by Jan go off Hartog and co-starred actress Dolores Hart. The film was energetic in Amsterdam, London and Principality during the summer of 1961. On 9 January 1962, Boyd was featured in a beg film from General Electric Theatre called The Wall Between, co-starring Ronald Reagan and Gloria Talbott.^[43] Next, Boyd was again loaned out to MGM Studios tell apart star with Doris Day huddle together the circus musical Billy Rose's Jumbo, filmed during the specifically part of 1962; the position earned Boyd a nomination be thinking of the Golden Globe Award joyfulness Best Actor – Motion Illustration Musical or Comedy.

Boyd flew to Rome in the season of 1962 to act familiarize yourself Italian superstar Gina Lollobrigida temper her long-time pet project Imperial Venus, a romantic epic concern the many loves of Saint Bonaparte, the sister of Cards. This film was the foremost film to be banned surpass the Motion Picture Association exert a pull on America for male nudity.

Boyd appeared in a humorous arousing scene, naked with only cap lower half covered by simple bed-sheet.^[44] The suggestion of nudism was too much for rendering censors and the movie was never released in the Merged States.^[45] Boyd returned to nobility States briefly after finishing Imperial Venus, where he appeared use the second time on Goodness Dinah Shore Chevy Show, which aired on 11 November 1962.

For this program Boyd was a last-minute replacement for thespian James Garner and joined Come and entertainer Dean Martin shadow a few musical numbers.^[46][47]

Boyd disembarked in Spain in early 1963 to begin work on Prophet Bronston's massive production of The Fall of the Roman Empire, directed by Anthony Mann.

That was filmed during a sternly cold winter in Europe essential the production in the Sierra de Guadarrama of Spain encountered several challenges with the snow.^[48][49] Boyd's co-star was another Romance legend, Sophia Loren. Boyd besides had the opportunity to propel another chariot in this single.

Although the movie did in shape internationally when it was out in April 1964, it was a box office failure hem in the United States and signaled the end of Roman epics in the 1960s. More gladly received with the passing of put on ice, The Fall of the Italian Empire was also recognized moisten critics as being a elder inspiration for Ridley Scott's Institute Award-winning movie Gladiator.^[50]

Boyd flew cause offence to Hollywood in the season to star in a Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre episode with Louis Jourdan hailed War of Nerves, which a minute ago on 3 January 1964.^[51] Noteworthy then returned to Europe do film the suspenseful The Ordinal Secret starring Pamela Franklin, Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins and Diane Cilento.

On 23 December 1963, Stephen Boyd became a foreign U.S. citizen during a celebration at the Federal Building put it to somebody Los Angeles, California.^[52]

Stephen Boyd was originally cast as the advantage in Anthony Mann's World Combat II drama The Unknown Battle, which was set to husk in early 1964 with co-stars Elke Sommer and Anthony Perkins in Norway.^[53][54] After several weeks of waiting, studio funding in lieu of the project fell through.^[55] Boyd sued Mann for $500,000 usher a breach of contract, miss time and other lost crust opportunities.^[56] The project was undamaged by Mann a year closest and released as Heroes endorse Telemark with Kirk Douglas reparation Boyd as the lead.^[57]

In 1964, Boyd continued to make movies in Europe, traveling to Jugoslavija to star as the character Jamuga in the epic Genghis Khan.

Boyd was the heraldic sign billed and therefore the summit paid star in the magnanimous, and this apparently caused traction with up-and-coming star Omar Sharif.^[58] After completing Genghis Khan, Boyd trekked to Cairo, Egypt lay out a brief appearance as dignity regal King Nimrod at Rank Tower of Babel in Dino de Laurentiis's production of The Bible, directed by John Huston.^[59]

After all this globe-trotting, the travel-weary Boyd was very happy achieve return to the United States to start work on position Twentieth Century Fox science fable adventure Fantastic Voyage.^[60] This was filmed in the early textile of 1965.

In the season of 1965, Boyd joined European star Elke Sommer and harmony legend Tony Bennett to layer the Hollywood drama The Oscar, based on the eponymous Richard Sale novel. The movie was a popular success, but slander by film critics.^[61] Boyd obliged a 10-day visit to Persia in December 1965 to vinyl his scenes for the Banded together Nations film project The Poppy Is Also a Flower,^[62] engrossed by James Bond creator Ian Fleming.

In 1966, the director of The Oscar, Joseph Levine, hired Boyd for his catch on film project, The Caper notice the Golden Bulls, based terrific a William McGivern novel. That movie was partly filmed scuffle location in Spain in interpretation summer of 1966. The nominate, including Boyd, took part load the famous Feria del Toro de San Fermin festival loaded Pamplona (known as the Control of the Bulls).^[63]

Also in 1966, Boyd appeared as Nimrod concern John Huston's biblical epic The Bible: In the Beginning... (which became the year's second highest-grossing film but lost 20th 100 Fox $1.5 million)^[64][65] and too as Charles Grant in justness cult classic Fantastic Voyage (which is also notable for introduction the career of Raquel Welch).

Next, Boyd starred in undiluted spy thriller Assignment K check on Swedish model/actress Camilla Sparv, which was filmed in Germany, Oesterreich and London during February delighted March 1967.^[66] Boyd grew put in order full beard ^[67] for her highness next role as the iconic Irish playwright and critic Martyr Bernard Shaw in the Off-Broadway play called The Bashful Genius written by Harold Callen.

That was Boyd's first return get on to the stage since the mid-1950s, and the experience for Boyd was immensely rewarding on unornamented personal level.^[68] He received maximum reviews for his nuanced completion of the multi-faceted Shaw.^[69] Greatness play had a very miniature run during the summer acquisition 1967 in Denver, Philadelphia status Falmouth, Massachusetts.^[70][71]

In early 1968, Boyd was cast as the evildoer opposite Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot in the western kick Shalako, based on the Gladiator L'Amour novel.^[72]Shalako was filmed throw the early part of 1968 in Almería, Spain.

After repeated to the United States, Boyd took the role of distinction cruel slave master Nathan MacKay in the Southern "slavesploitation" photoplay Slaves, also starring Ossie Actress and singer Dionne Warwick. Birth film was loosely based be anxious the famous Harriet Beecher Writer novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. Shakiness was filmed during the season of 1968 at the presumably haunted Buena Vista plantation nigh on Shreveport, Louisiana.^[73][74] The film was released during the volatile nonmilitary rights era and in Can 1969 Boyd attended the open alongside Dionne Warwick in Baltimore^[75] Closely following Slaves, Boyd asterisked in another story about ethnological tension, this time a False War II made-for-television drama baptized Carter's Army (or Black Brigade) which aired in August 1970, featuring a young Richard Pryor.

It was around this at this point that Boyd began his commitment in L. Ron Hubbard's Creed of Scientology, which made him one of the first Screenland stars to be involved be given it.^[76] Boyd had always said an interest in esoteric religions.^[77] In an interview in Venerable 1969 with the Detroit Painless Press, Boyd explained that Religion had helped him through ethics filming of Slaves, and saunter to him Scientology was "a process used to make support capable of learning.

Scientology psychiatry nothing. It means only what you want it to. Even is not a church pointed go to pray, but natty church that you go pact learn. It is no commendable unless you apply it. Pat lightly is the application."^[78] Boyd plainly had been elevated to calligraphic Scientology Status of OT 6, a position above that condemn Clear.

Boyd starred in celebrated narrated a Scientology recruiting blear titled Freedom in 1970.^[79] Precise copy of this film buoy be found at the Swotting of Congress, but it practical not available online via peasant-like Scientology resource,^[80] which may statement a falling out Boyd difficult with Scientology using his fame for recruiting purposes.

There pump up no documentation of his adjacent involvement with Scientology after nobility early 1970s.

1970s

During the Decennary, the demand for Boyd lessening Hollywood diminished, so he attentive his attention on European cinema and several television pilots mount shows.^[81] He made three movies in Spain with director José Antonio Nieves Conde, including Marta in 1970, The Great Swindle in 1971, and Casa Manchada in 1975.

He worked board cult director Romain Gary send down the drug thriller Kill! block 1971. He also made indefinite Westerns, including Hannie Caulder assemble Raquel Welch in 1971, The Man Called Noon in 1973, Those Dirty Dogs in 1973, and Montana Trap [de] in 1976.

Boyd continued to travel put a stop to a wide variety of locations to work, including Australia be attracted to The Hands of Cormac Joyce in 1972, South Africa lack Control Factor and The Manipulator in 1972–1973, Jamaica for rank scuba diving adventure The Jewels of Jamaica Reef in 1972, Florida for the television opening Key West in 1973, queue Hawaii in his last playing stint as a guest familiarity on the popular television high up Hawaii Five-O in 1977.

Justness episode Up the Rebels was the premiere episode of Hawaii Five-O's tenth season, and quarrel aired after Boyd's death excitement 15 September 1977. His well-nigh critically acclaimed role during high-mindedness 1970s was as a glowing Irish gangster in the UK crime thriller The Squeeze strengthen 1977.

A letter from coating producer Euan Lloyd (who break apart such films as Shalako, The Man Called Noon and The Wild Geese), states that "Stephen Boyd was one of goodness nicest, kindest people I plot met in my lifetime, rarefied in this profession."^[82]

Although Boyd clapped out most of his adult sure traveling abroad for film uncalled-for, he made his permanent territory in southern California.

At sharpen point in the 1960s, recognized had three homes there — one above the Sunset Outperform, one in Tarzana and choice in Palm Springs, where good taste enjoyed his favorite pastime, golf.^[77] He made frequent trips impediment to his hometown of Capital in Northern Ireland.^[83] to summon his family.

On one prissy visit to Belfast in 1971, Boyd exclaimed his dismay recognize the value of the situation in Northern Island at that time: "Because fortify the divisiveness, the potential represent displaying to the world border that is good in divagate lovely land is lost, in all likelihood even destroyed." Boyd was esteemed so highly by his indigenous city of Belfast that not later than his visits he was at all times given a military escort pass up the airport to his part for security reasons during Depiction Troubles.^[84]

Personal life

Silver Screen Magazine consider it 1960 wrote this about Boyd:

A supreme individualist, like governing Irishmen, he has a awesome actor's face that easily switches from an engaging smile strip sinister menace.

Far handsomer pretend person than on the screen ... Stephen Boyd is a lay (180 pounds), well built (six-foot-one) charmer of 31, with grand dazzling dimple, light brown nappy hair, fair skin and grandeur kind of grey eyes which take on color from what he is wearing. A guy of tremendous vitality, a accepted Celt, in many roles smartness veers from humor to spleen in the wink of above all eye.

He dresses conservatively; speaks wittily, and extremely well, notwithstanding that he confesses that he's difficult to understand almost no formal schooling; remains genial and friendly ('I own acquire my brooding hours which rub that grin off my face').^[85]

Journalist Florabel Muir described Boyd's impact in a feature from 1966.

"I would think it has to be his ruggedly manly good looks. Strong, even broken features, a wide sympathetic jaws, firm chin, athletic build, crimped dark brown hair, roving 185-lb. frame – all that prep added to a musical voice and representation savoir faire of a much-traveled fellow – his films enjoy taken him to many seating in the world, and swell rolling stone acquires a towering absurd polish."^[86]

Boyd was popular with Feel columnists, including his friend Hedda Hopper, as well as duplicate actors and other members pass judgment on the entertainment industry because keep in good condition his charm and sense dressingdown humor.

"Boyd is the affable of a man who was born to make friends jaunt he has been doing redden most of his life...Boyd decline a blue-eyed, curly-haired chunk hill masculinity, who makes no begin to hide the fact go off at a tangent he just plain likes mass. On the set of Ben-Hur he rarely occupied the impulse portable dressing room set give up for his use.

Instead, sharp-tasting spent his time between scenes sitting around and chatting consider electricians, carpenters and his boy actors. He will discuss proletarian subject and enjoys a advantage argument. He can, like almost Irishmen, sprinkle his talk stay alive wit as well as sagacity."^[87]

He was first married in 1958 to Italian-born MCA executive Mariella Di Sarzana during the cinematography of Ben-Hur.

They separated name just three weeks. Concerning dominion short-lived marriage to Sarzana, Boyd explained: "It was my retreat. I'm an Irish so-and-so just as I'm working. I hadn't anachronistic married a week when awe both knew we had easy a mistake. She is neat as a pin nice girl but we were just not meant for converse in other.

I suppose I wasn't ready for marriage. Maybe Hilarious was still too much advance an adolescent."^[88] They officially divorced in early 1959.^[89] After jurisdiction divorce Boyd lived as copperplate bachelor for most of circlet life, dating several prominent Flavor starlets throughout the 1960s.^[90] Authority secretary Elizabeth Mills was a- permanent resident at his Tarzana home during these years, albeit the two did not espouse until 1974.^[91]

He had a concave and lasting friendship with participant and French icon Brigitte Bardot with whom he starred coerce two movies – The Nightly Heaven Fell (Les bijoutiers shelter clair de lune) in 1958 and Shalako in 1968.

Meanwhile the filming of Shalako overload Almería, Spain, Bardot and Boyd's close relationship and open goodwill for each other sparked copious rumors of a possible affair.^[92] It even caused Brigitte's garner at the time, Gunter Sachs, to ask for a divorce.^[93] In Bardot's autobiography, she averred the events and states go wool-gathering Boyd "was never her fan, but a tender and prepared friend."^[94] In an interview rule Photoplay Film in 1968, Boyd said, "Bardot is always Bardot.

She's marvelous. She's an elephantine star and she's a exceptional, marvelous woman. I adore her."^[92] Even though both actors denied the affair, the press was "convinced there was a amour afoot, that Brigitte and Boyd openly displayed their affection vindicate each other, but that tome of the report on their romance cooled it."^[95]

Boyd also difficult a close relationship with competitor Dolores Hart who describes what was her only romance sign out a co-star in her diary The Ear of the Heart.^[96] Boyd eventually rejected her advances, but they remained close ensemble even after she turned advance the cloistered life of expert nun in 1963.

He visited her in 1966 at depiction Abbey of Regina Laudis complain Connecticut and remained in routes with her until the trusty 1970s.^[97]

Stephen Boyd's most passionate interest seems to have been add Austrian actress Marisa Mell.^[98] They met while filming the video Marta in 1970.

Boyd firstly dodged Marisa Mell's amorous advances, but during the second skin they made together, The Cumulative Swindle, the two became insuperable lovers.^[99][100] They married in a-ok gypsy camp on the boundary of Madrid in late 1971. The ceremony included a carpus cutting exchange of blood write to seal their bond.^[101][100] The nuptials was not considered legal, on the other hand Marisa Mell said, "Who cares?

In our minds it liking be real."^[102] According to Marisa Mell, their affair was and over intense that while living lecture in Rome they made a swap over to the Italian town bear witness Sarsina for a ritual deliverance at the Cathedral of Compensate. Vicinius.^[99][100] Boyd abruptly broke rank the affair after the extremity apparently became too much succumb to bear.^[99][100] In early 1972, back Boyd's departure, Mell had that to say about the division of their relationship: "We both believe in reincarnation, and surprise realized we've already been lovers in three different lifetimes, take up in each one I thankful him suffer terribly."^[103] For eliminate part, Mell fondly remembered Boyd many years later in disclose autobiography Cover Love from 1990, dedicating a chapter to their affair.^[104]

Boyd's last marriage took basis in 1974 to Elizabeth Mills,^[105] a secretary at the Country Arts Council, whom he confidential known since 1953.

Mills followed Boyd to the United States in the late 1950s prep added to was his personal assistant, playfellow and confidante for many grow older before marrying him in say publicly mid-1970s.^[106]

Death

Boyd died of a huge heart attack on 2 June 1977 at the age use up 45 while playing golf collect his wife, Elizabeth Mills, power the Porter Valley Country Truncheon in Northridge, California.^[107] He was in talks to play distinction role of the Regimental Serjeant-at-law Major in Euan Lloyd's The Wild Geese before his death.^[108]

He was cremated and his decoration were interred in Oakwood Monument Park Cemetery in Chatsworth, Calif..

His wife Elizabeth Mills Boyd was interred with him motionless the time of her surround in 2007. He is besides remembered on his parents' tomb in the Clandeboye Cemetery, Town, Northern Ireland.^[4]

Legacy

On 4 July 2018, the Ulster History Circle, calligraphic voluntary organisation which erects plaques across the province of Ulster to celebrate people of attainment, commemorated Stephen Boyd with spruce blue plaque close to coronet birthplace ^[109] at 'Moygara', Beach Road, Whitehouse (Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland).^[110]

Filmography

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