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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Known for
Love, American Style
Barney
Charlie's Angels
Alfred Blue
The A-Team
Nick Gretsch
L.A. Law
Judge Richard Fiorello
Mannix
The Incredible Hulk
Charlie
Kojak
Mike Tomaso
The John Larroquette Show
Jim
21 Jump Street
Larry Stubbs
The White Shadow
Walter Preston
The Golden Girls
Judge
Barney Miller
Det. Mike Lovatelli
The District
Teddy Caruso
Hunter
Bert Nadell
The Streets of San Francisco
Punky Brewster
Lenny The Loop
Bewitched
The Mod Squad
Parking Lot Attendant
Police Story
All in the Family
Jack
Baretta
Ironside
Cagney & Lacey
That Girl
The Outcasts
Sheriff Calloway
Vacation Playhouse
Big D
Movin' On
Toma
Chicago Hope
Hill Street Blues
Adam-12
Will Davis
Starsky & Hutch
WKRP in Cincinnati
Flying High
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Masquerade
Nick Carapopolus
The Barbara McNair Show
Self
Hotel
Benson
The Good Guys
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
Wonder Woman
Friedman
The Partners
The Practice
The Chicago Teddy Bears
The High Chaparral
Bartender
Pacific Blue
Police Academy: The Series
Sheriff Meiser
The Ted Knight Show
Loves Me, Loves Me Not
Adam's Rib
Pete
Joanie Loves Chachi
Rico Mastorelli
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Lieutenant Mauser
Malibu Express
Matthew
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Commandant Mauser
Breathless
Birnbaum
History of the World: Part I
Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire
Toys
Guard at Desk
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Dr. Steinberg
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Max
The Strongest Man in the World
TV Color Man
Teachers
Troy
Good Advice
Homeless Man
Tough Cookies
They Only Kill Their Masters
Malcolm
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Gas Station Attendant
Rocket Attack U.S.A.
Truck Driver
Brinks: The Great Robbery
Julius Mareno
Going Ape!
Joey
Strawberry Road
Jill's father
The Heartbreak Kid
Ententainer
Seven
Kinsella
Human Feelings
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Mario Burtoli
Matilda
Gordon Baum
Murder in Mind
Judge
In Name Only
Joe
Then Came Bronson
Barker
Linda Lovelace for President
The Sheik
Steambath
Longshoreman
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
Waiter
A Cry for Love
Dirty O'Neil
Lassiter
Cheaper to Keep Her
Tony Turino
The All-American Boy
Jay David Swooze
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
Agent 712
Warhead
Mario
Norma
Delivery Man
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
Vic
No Man's Valley
Abe (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Wogan
Self