Maurice Oyle is the manager of Grynde, an American meat producing company. (In the original French, his name is Tom Awake; in the redrawn French edition his name is Tom Hawake. Tom manages Slift & Co., a play on Swift & Co.)
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Maurice Oyle's original design as Tom Awake as seen in the book series
Oyle is secretly in contact with the Director of Kidnap Inc, Bugsy Kidnap. When Kidnap escapes from Tintin by falling through a trapdoor, he calls Oyle and tells him to get rid of Tintin.
The next day, Tintin receives a letter from Grynde telling them to come and visit their factory. Oyle takes him upstairs to where the meat cutting is done, and activates a switch making the fence fall down into the cutting machine. He then noticed that the machines had stopped and was abrasively informed by his workers that there is a strike and realized that Tintin might have survived.
After he pulled Tintin out of the machine, Tintin forgave him, but didn't ruled him it out of his suspicious activities as he could be working for Kidnap. Oyle called Kidnap to inform him about his failure to assassinate Tintin, and Kidnap, enraged, told him that the $5,000 will be forgotten.
Then, Kidnap appeared to Oyle's office, and which case, Oyle was surprised to see him. Oyle was trying to tell him he didn't call him anyway, and as a result, Kidnap knocked him out, accusing Oyle for prank calling him, when in fact he didn't. He is last seen along with Kidnap being taking away to prison.