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 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 (
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==