In the US, Maurice Tillet became a star. Not only did he allow himself to be studied and measured by a team of Harvard professors, he also posed as a Neanderthal Man at the Museum of Natural History.

Film production is full of surprises. Some of the iconic movies we know and love could have looked entirely different if key roles had been cast with different actors. There are also unforgettable ...

M. Maurice Tillet is an amiable Frenchman who recently journeyed to the U. S. to engage in wrestling bouts. His nickname is “The Angel.” Much excited by photographs of his monstrous head were ...

Maurice Tillet, otherwise known as 'The French Angel' was a Russian-French-American pro wrestler and world heavyweight champion in the 1930s and '40s.

Meet Maurice Tillet, The Man Rumored To Have Inspired Shrek. By. Olumide-December 30, 2014 ...

Maurice Tillet was born in Russia in 1917 and moved to France with his parents as a child. Let’s get the Wayne Rooney joke out of the way first: no, the balding, pug-eared, spherically-headed ...

Vintage gelatin silver print, mounted on board, printed 1945. This playfully candid image by Irving Penn captures an odd couple joking around in the studio. Maurice Tillet was a professional wrestler ...

The man on the right is the incredible French Angel, the Freak Ogre of the Ring, the one, the only Maurice Tillet. Don’t let the grotesque mug fool you: this guy spoke an incredible 14 languages ...

Known formally as Maurice Tillet, a Russian-born Frenchman, the man rose to prominence as a wrestling star in the 1930s and '40s. Born in 1903, Tillet is said to have been called "angel" by his ...

Maurice Tillet was born in Russia in 1917 and moved to France with his parents as a child. Let’s get the Wayne Rooney joke out of the way first: no, the balding, pug-eared, spherically-headed ...

WAS the character of Shrek a re-imagining of this guy? Comparing the two reveals an uncanny resemblance too good to ignore. The resemblance between the two are too coincidental to pass up, even ...