Biography
Michael V. Lane (January 6, 1933 β June 1, 2015) was an American actor and professional wrestler. Lane's size (height 6'8" or 2.03 m, weight 275 lbs or 125 kg) led him to work in the King Bros. Circus boxing tent and wrestling tent. He also wrestled professionally under the name "Tarzan Mike" in 1952β1959. While filming The Harder They Fall, Lane was given dramatic and boxing lessons to appear as the giant Toro Moreno, an outclassed boxer based on Primo Carnera.Lane made numerous television appearances including a role as a country bumpkin who gets talked into boxing by Bret Maverick (James Garner) and Dandy Jim Buckley (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) in an epic 1957 episode of Maverick entitled "Stampede." Lane also had a regular role as Frank N. Stein in Monster Squad (1976).
Filmography
all 26
Movies 19
TV Shows 7
Producer 1
Demon Keeper (1994)
Curse of the Crystal Eye (1991)
Grotesque (1988)
Code Name: Zebra (1987)
The Cold War Killers (1986)
Stryker (1983)
Knight Rider (1982)
Monster Squad (1976)
Zebra Force (1976)
The Master Gunfighter (1975)
Gone with the West (1975)
The Rockford Files (1974)
A Name for Evil (1973)
The No Mercy Man (1973)
Love, American Style (1969)
Stay Away, Joe (1968)
The Way West (1967)
Batman (1966)
The Outer Limits (1963)
Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules (1962)
Valley of the Dragons (1961)
Who Was That Lady? (1960)
Frankenstein 1970 (1958)
Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957)
Maverick (1957)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
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GenderMale
Birthday1933-01-06
Deathday2015-06-01 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceWashington, D.C., United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsMichael Lane
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