Michael V. Lane (January 6, 1933 – June 1, 2015) was an American actor and professional wrestler.

[1] Lane's size (height 6'8" or 2.03 m, weight 275 lbs or 125 kg) led him to work in the King Bros.

[2] While filming The Harder They Fall,[3] Lane was given dramatic and boxing lessons to appear as the giant Toro Moreno, an outclassed boxer based on Primo Carnera.

[4] 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).