Art Metrano
Arthur "Art" Metrano (September 22, 1936 – September 8, 2021) was an American actor and comedian, born in Brooklyn, New York City. Metrano may be best known for his role as Lt./Capt./Cmdt. Mauser in Police Academy 2 and Police Academy 3.
Metrano's first film role was as a truck driver in the 1961 Cold War thriller Rocket Attack U.S.A.. Among Metrano's TV guest appearances was a 1968 episode of Ironside. However, he is better known for his frequent appearances on talk and variety shows in the early 1970s, especially The Tonight Show, as a "magician" performing absurd tricks, such as making his fingers "jump" from one hand to another, while constantly humming an inane theme song – "Fine and Dandy", an early 1930s composition by Kay Swift. In December 2007, Metrano filed a lawsuit against Family Guy, asserting copyright infringement, and asking for damages in excess of two million dollars.
Due to a fall at home in 1989, Metrano seriously injured his spinal cord and is disabled. Currently, he tours with his one-man show, "Jews Don't Belong On Ladders...An Accidental Comedy", which has raised more than $75,000 for Project Support for Spinal Cord Injury, to help buy crutches, wheelchairs, and supplies for handicapped people.
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Films (38)
Le Courtier du cœur
2001 · Homeless Man
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998 · Dr. Steinberg
Murder in Mind
1997 · Judge
Toys
1992 · Guard at Desk
Strawberry Road
1991 · Jill's father
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
1989 · Vic
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
1989 · Agent 712
Lool
1988
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1986 · Commandant Mauser
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
1985 · Lieutenant Mauser
Malibu Express
1985 · Matthew
Teachers
1984 · Troy
Breathless
1983 · Birnbaum
No Man's Valley
1981 · Abe (voice)
History of the World: Part I
1981 · Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire
Going Ape!
1981 · Joey
Cheaper to Keep Her
1981 · Tony Turino
A Cry for Love
1980
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
1980 · Gas Station Attendant
Seven
1979 · Kinsella
Human Feelings
1978 · Cab Driver (uncredited)
Matilda
1978 · Gordon Baum
Warhead
1977 · Mario
Brinks: The Great Robbery
1976 · Julius Mareno
Linda Lovelace for President
1975 · The Sheik
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
1975 · Waiter
The Strongest Man in the World
1975 · TV Color Man
Dirty O'Neil
1974 · Lassiter
The All-American Boy
1973 · Jay David Swooze
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973 · Mario Burtoli
Steambath
1973 · Longshoreman
The Heartbreak Kid
1972 · Entertainer
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972 · Malcolm
Norma
1970 · Delivery Man
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969 · Max
In Name Only
1969 · Joe
Then Came Bronson
1969 · Barker
Rocket Attack U.S.A.
1960 · Truck Driver
Séries (60)
The District
2000 · Teddy Caruso
Police Academy: The Series
1997 · Sheriff Meiser
Profiler
1996
Pacific Blue
1996
Chicago Hope
1994 · Elijah Horn
Party of Five
1994 · Driver, Justice of the Peace
The John Larroquette Show
1993 · Jim
21 Jump Street
1987 · Larry Stubbs
L.A. Law
1986 · Judge Richard Fiorello
Tough Cookies
1986
The Golden Girls
1985 · Judge
Hunter
1984 · Bert Nadell
Punky Brewster
1984 · Lenny The Loop
Masquerade
1983 · Nick Carapopolus
The A-Team
1983 · Nick Gretsch
Hotel
1982
Wogan
1982 · Self
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Joanie Loves Chachi
1982 · Rico Mastorelli
Hill Street Blues
1981
Benson
1979
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
1979
The White Shadow
1978 · Walter Preston
Flying High
1978
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
The Ted Knight Show
1978
The Incredible Hulk
1977 · Charlie
Loves Me, Loves Me Not
1977
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Alfred Blue
The Practice
1976
Wonder Woman
1975 · Friedman
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Barney Miller
1975 · Det. Mike Lovatelli
Baretta
1975
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Movin' On
1974
Kojak
1973 · Mike Tomaso
Toma
1973
Adam's Rib
1973 · Pete
Police Story
1973
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Partners
1971
The Chicago Teddy Bears
1971
All in the Family
1971 · Jack
The Partridge Family
1970 · Mike Young
Love, American Style
1969 · Barney
The Barbara McNair Show
1969 · Self
The Good Guys
1968
The Mod Squad
1968 · Parking Lot Attendant
The Outcasts
1968 · Sheriff Calloway
Adam-12
1968 · Will Davis
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · The Amazing Metrano (uncredited)
Mannix
1967
The High Chaparral
1967 · Bartender
Ironside
1967
That Girl
1966
Bewitched
1964
Vacation Playhouse
1963 · Big D
The Tonight Show avec Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self