Jack Huston, known for his acting work in Boardwalk Empire and American Hustle, has come aboard to direct a biopic centered ...

LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) - John Hurt, the wiry English actor who played a drug addict in "Midnight Express," Kane in "Alien," the title character in "The Elephant Man," and Winston Smith in "1984 ...

The so-called Elephant Man was born Joseph Merrick at Leicester, England, in 1862. Up until the age of 5, Merrick’s physiognomy was, from all accounts, that of any healthy child. The subsequently ...

The unmarked grave of Joseph Merrick, who is better known as the Elephant Man, has been traced after ... an award-winning play and a film starring John Hurt Mrs Vigor-Mungovin, who has written ...

David Lynch directed an Oscar-nominated biopic that starred John Hurt in 1980, titled The Elephant Man, and Merrick has appeared in countless books, shows, plays and even an opera. According to ...