John Hurt as Joseph Merrick in The Elephant Man ... with five weeks to design the inimitable appearance of the elephant man, and took Merrick’s skeleton out of the London Hospital Museum in ...

A disability charity has criticised a show set to appear on the BBC for casting Charlie Heaton in a remake of the Elephant Man. The Stranger Things actor will play Joseph Merrick - who had severe ...

Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man, was the most shockingly disfigured person in history. His massive, bulbous head was so heavy that he had to sleep sitting up. Some parts of his body were grossly ...