<P> Merrick escapes from Bytes with the help of his fellow freakshow attractions . Upon returning to London, he is harassed through Liverpool Street station by several young boys and accidentally knocks down a young girl . Merrick is chased, unmasked, and cornered by an angry mob . He cries, "I am not an elephant! I am not an animal! I am a human being! I...am...a...man!" before collapsing . Policemen return Merrick to the hospital and Treves . He recovers some of his health, but is dying of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease . Treves and Mrs. Mothershead take Merrick to see one of Mrs. Kendal's shows at the theatre, and Kendal dedicates the performance to him . A proud Merrick receives a standing ovation from the audience . Back at the hospital, Merrick thanks Treves for all he has done, and completes his church model . He lies down on his back in bed, imitating a sleeping child in a picture on his wall, and dies in his sleep . Merrick is consoled by a vision of his mother, who quotes Lord Tennyson's "Nothing Will Die". </P> <Ul> <Li> John Hurt as John Merrick, an intelligent, friendly and kind - hearted man who is feared by most people in his society because of his severe deformity </Li> <Li> Anthony Hopkins as Frederick Treves, a doctor who takes John from the freakshow to work in the hospital </Li> <Li> Anne Bancroft as Madge Kendal </Li> <Li> John Gielgud as Francis Carr - Gomm </Li> <Li> Wendy Hiller as Mrs Mothershead </Li> <Li> Freddie Jones as Mr. Bytes, the ringmaster (based on Tom Norman) </Li> <Li> Dexter Fletcher as Bytes' boy </Li> <Li> Michael Elphick as Jim, the night porter </Li> <Li> Hannah Gordon as Ann Treves </Li> <Li> Helen Ryan as Alexandra, Princess of Wales </Li> <Li> John Standing as Fox </Li> <Li> Lesley Dunlop as Nora, Merrick's nurse </Li> <Li> Phoebe Nicholls as Mary Jane Merrick </Li> <Li> Morgan Sheppard as man in pub </Li> <Li> Kenny Baker as plumed dwarf </Li> </Ul> <Li> John Hurt as John Merrick, an intelligent, friendly and kind - hearted man who is feared by most people in his society because of his severe deformity </Li> <Li> Anthony Hopkins as Frederick Treves, a doctor who takes John from the freakshow to work in the hospital </Li>

Who played the elephant man in the 1980 movie