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About Clifford Thompson
- Clifford Marshall Thompson (October 18, 1904 – October 15, 1955) was one of the world's tallest men, and remains the tallest man to ever appear in a Hollywood film.Although born in Rugby, North Dakota, as a child Thompson moved with his parents to Scandinavia, Wisconsin.
- He claimed to be 8 feet 7 inches (2.62 m) and weigh 460 pounds (210 kg), but according to thetallestman.com, his actual height was about 7 feet 5 inches (2.26 m).
- Although, a researcher named Craig Albert, more recently used photo-analysis to determine his size was somewhere between 8’3? and 8’6? tall.
- He was known as "The Scandinavian Giant," "The Wisconsin Paul Bunyan," and "Count Olaf".
- Thompson appeared in many Hollywood films, including A Day in the Life of a Giant and Seal Skins.
- Later he enrolled in Marquette University and earned a law degree.A biography of Robert Pershing Wadlow recites that Thompson made a challenge to Wadlow to come to his hometown to prove that Robert was just 'another faker'.
- When both men walked on stage, Wadlow held out his arm and Thompson was easily under it.
- To which Wadlow replied "When you grow up you will be an awfully big boy."
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