Talk:Stephen Boyd

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Age? The age of Stephen Boyd confuses me. It says he was born July of 1931, and died June of 1977. In the article it says he was 49 when he died of a heart attack but next to his death date it says he was 48. Even if it was just an error in the article he can't possibly be 48 if his birth date was July of 1931 and died June 1977 (He would be 45 if that was true)Crazycelt72 03:52, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Boyd was born in 1927 or 1928, he lied about his age. He certainly wasn't eight years younger than Heston in Ben Hur. (Daer11 15:59, 31 August 2007 (UTC))

All reliable sources say 1931, including his own grave. So that's what we go with unless someone can produce his birth certificate. --Rodhullandemu 21:49, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

there is another inconsistency: it says he married mills in 1977. it also says he died in jun of '77. but it says he was married to mills for 10 months prior to his death. 10 months back from june '77 is august or september of '76. ???? Toyokuni3 (talk) 01:40, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Sexuality

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/02/13/raquel-welch-ben-hur-star-stephen-boyd-was-gay/ Comments on this article also state that Gore Vidal outed him in in his autobiography "Palimpsest" in 1995 Adagio67 (talk) 14:40, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

This is inaccurate. In "Palimpsest", Gore Vidal is talking about the character Messala in Ben Hur as being gay, not Stephen Boyd himself. Stephen Boyd had an affair with both Brigitte Bardot and Marisa Mell. In fact, he had a gypsy wedding with Marisa Mell which she describes in her own autobiography "Cover Love". http://marisa-mell.blogspot.com/2008/09/marta-or-dopo-di-che-uccide-il-maschio.html

His marriage only lasted for a few days because it was a front. (HelmannArticle (talk) 11:08, 25 September 2015 (UTC))

Don't just make bald, unsupported statements like that. What is your source for this assertion? -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 11:12, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Mariella di Sarzana filed for divorce after only a few days when she found out he was gay. MGM had to prevent this from being published otherwise it might have affected "Ben Hur"'s performance at the box office. (HelmannArticle (talk) 11:41, 25 September 2015 (UTC))

Quote: "Don't just make bald, unsupported statements like that. What is your source for this assertion?" -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 11:56, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Vidal mentioned it when talking about "Ben Hur". (HelmannArticle (talk) 18:02, 25 September 2015 (UTC))

Stephen Boyd

The inclusion of Stephen Boyd as a Scientologist based on a single source (Malko) is rather shaky. Do we have any sources where he actually identifies himself as a Scientologist, or that he had a long-term association with the group? I'd certainly prefer having at least an additional source to back up the claim that he considered himself a Scientologist. Laval (talk) 14:59, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Yes, Stephen was a proclaimed Scientologist. http://www.xenu-directory.net/news/library-item.php?iid=4761 Robespierre9 (talk) 21:43, 12 May 2015 (UTC) Robespierre9 (talk) 21:43, 12 May 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robespierre9 (talk • contribs) 21:39, 12 May 2015 (UTC)