Stephen Boyd

On his passing, Stephen Boyd was interred in Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Chatsworth, California. with girlfriend Annie, her four kids and their 3 dogs. He died of a heart attack while playing golf. Lives in L.A. His career declined in the 70s and he appeared in several European potboilers before making a comeback in Michael Apted's British gangster thriller The Squeeze (1977). Carradine also played a reoccurring role in seasons two and three on the television show Alias. His non-epic roles included the musical Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) opposite Doris Day, the Hollywood melodrama The Oscar (1966), the sci-fi special effects extravaganza Fantastic Voyage (1966), the spy thriller Assignment K (1969) and the international Western Shalako (1969), shot in Spain. Coco d'Este (20 February 1998 - 12 December 2001) (divorced), Gail Jensen (4 December 1988 - 1997) (divorced), Linda Gilbert (1977 - 1983) (divorced) 1 daughter, Donna Lee Becht (December 1960 - ?)(divorced) 1 child.

Boyd also appeared in John Huston's Biblical epic The Bible...in the Beginning (1966) and was top-billed in another costumed epic Genghis Khan (1965), filmed in Yugoslavia. He appeared in the French-produced Napoleonic epic Imperial Venus (1962), playing opposite Gina Lollobrigida. Has been married and divorced four times. Mankiewicz and the role of Mark Antony went to Richard Burton). Has a devotion to music and has recorded 60 tracks from various musical genres and has sung in several movies. He was originally chosen to play Mark Antony opposite Elizabeth Taylor in 20th Century-Fox's epic production of Cleopatra under the direction of Rouben Mamoulian, but eventually withdrew from the problem-plagued production when he commmitted to star in The Fall of the Roman Empire (Cleopatra was later directed by Joseph L. Has a lifelong fascination with Eastern philosophies and culture which resulted in him writing the book "Spirit of the Shaolin" about the philosophy of Kung Fu. His role as Messala in Ben-Hur (1959) propelled him to international fame and he was thereafter fated to play roles wearing breastplates and Roman togas, as in Samuel Bronston's The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), in which he co-starred with Sophia Loren. He subsequently served 48 hours in jail and did community service.

He went to Hollywood and appeared as second leads in a variety of films. He was convicted of drunk driving October 1998. Boyd began in British films, but it was his role in a 1957 French film Les bijoutiers du clair de lune (English title: Heaven Fell That Night) opposite Brigitte Bardot that got him noticed. He began studying the Martial Arts after getting cast in "Kung Fu". Stephen Boyd (July 4, 1931 - June 2, 1977) - was an Irish actor, born in Glengormley in Northern Ireland, who starred in over fifty films. He studied drama at San Fransisco State University. Most recently, he played the title role in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill volumes one and two, starring Uma Thurman.

He has also played many roles in motion pictures, beginning with one as a gunslinger in Taggart, a 1964 western film based on a novel by Louis L'Amour. He starred in the television series, Shane, but was best known for the role of Kwai Chang Caine in the television series Kung Fu. He is the son of actor John Carradine, the brother of Keith Carradine, and half-brother of Robert Carradine. David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine December 8, 1936 in Hollywood, California) is an American actor and ex-Marine.