Mike Lane
Michael V. Lane was an American actor and professional wrestler. He is best known for his role as Toro Moreno in the The Harder They Fall, a film noir based on the Primo Carnera boxing scandal.
Biography
Lane's size led him to work in the King Bros. Circus boxing tent and wrestling tent. He also wrestled professionally under the name "Tarzan Mike" in 1952–1959. 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 and Dandy Jim Buckley in an epic 1957 episode of Maverick entitled "Stampede." Lane also had a regular role as Frank N. Stein in Monster Squad.