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Stephen Boyd (born William Millar; 4 July 1931 – 2 June 1977) was a Northern Irish actor. He appeared in some 60 films, most notably as the villainous Messala in Ben-Hur (1959), a role that earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.
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This Judah Ben-Hur is the son of one of the wealthiest families in Judea. Messala : [greedily] Drusus, as a boy I dreamed of commanding this garrison.
Ben-Hur is a 1959 American religious epic film directed by William Wyler, produced by Sam Zimbalist, and starring Charlton Heston as the title character. A remake of the 1925 silent film with a similar title , it was adapted from Lew Wallace 's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ .
Messala Severus is the main antagonist of the novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ and its 1959 Oscar-winning epic film adaptation Ben-Hur, as well as its 2016 remake.
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Aug 19, 2016 · In 1926’s Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, Messala (played by Francis X. Bushman) is an ambitious, ruthless Roman who long ago abandoned whatever affection he ever had for Judah.
Novel. Karl Tunberg. Screenplay. In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
