William 'Stage' Boyd
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American stage and film actor, born in 1889. A Broadway performer who moved into sound pictures, he was often cast as heavies, including Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist (1933). His career declined after a series of arrests in the mid-1930s. He died in 1935.
Acted In
Drama
The earliest sound adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel, made on a shoestring by Poverty Row studio Monogram. Young Dickie Moore plays the workhouse orphan who falls in with Fagin's gang of boy pickpockets, with Irving Pichel as Fagin and William "Stage" Boyd as the brutal Bill Sikes. Stripped to the bare bones of the story by its tight budget, the film nevertheless preserves the novel's core scenes and was the only talking-picture Oliver Twist for more than a decade. The film is in the public domain.
Drama
Oliver Twist
1933 - as Bill Sikes
Crime, Mystery
A 1930 pre-Code crime film directed by Frank Tuttle and based on the 1926 novel by S. S. Van Dine. William Powell stars as the aristocratic detective Philo Vance, investigating the murder of a wealthy broker at his Long Island estate. The film co-stars William "Stage" Boyd, Eugene Pallette, Paul Lukas, and Natalie Moorhead. The screenplay was adapted by Bartlett Cormack. The film entered the public domain on January 1, 2026.
Crime · Mystery · Thriller
The Benson Murder Case
1930 - as Harry Gray