Art Metrano
Acting • Born 1936-09-22 – Died 2021-09-08
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Art Metrano, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
98 credits
Breathless
Movie • 1983
Birnbaum
History of the World: Part I
Movie • 1981
Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire
Cheaper to Keep Her
Movie • 1981
Tony Turino
Linda Lovelace for President
Movie • 1975
The Sheik
Teachers
Movie • 1984
Troy
Human Feelings
Movie • 1978
Cab Driver (uncredited)
The Heartbreak Kid
Movie • 1972
Entertainer
They Only Kill Their Masters
Movie • 1972
Malcolm
Malibu Express
Movie • 1985
Matthew
Dirty O'Neil
Movie • 1974
Lassiter
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Movie • 1973
Mario Burtoli
No Man's Valley
Movie • 1981
Abe (voice)
Seven
Movie • 1979
Kinsella
Matilda
Movie • 1978
Gordon Baum
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Movie • 1969
Max
Then Came Bronson
Movie • 1969
Barker
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Movie • 1985
Lieutenant Mauser
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Movie • 1986
Commandant Mauser
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
Movie • 1989
Agent 712
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Movie • 1998
Dr. Steinberg
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
Movie • 1989
Vic
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Movie • 1980
Gas Station Attendant
A Cry for Love
Movie • 1980
Norma
Movie • 1970
Delivery Man
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
Movie • 1975
Waiter
The Strongest Man in the World
Movie • 1975
TV Color Man
The All-American Boy
Movie • 1973
Jay David Swooze
Rocket Attack U.S.A.
Movie • 1960
Truck Driver
Good Advice
Movie • 2001
Homeless Man
Warhead
Movie • 1977
Mario
Going Ape!
Movie • 1981
Joey
In Name Only
Movie • 1969
Joe
Brinks: The Great Robbery
Movie • 1976
Julius Mareno
Steambath
Movie • 1973
Longshoreman
Murder in Mind
Movie • 1997
Judge
Strawberry Road
Movie • 1991
Jill's father
Toys
Movie • 1992
Guard at Desk
Movin' On
TV • 1974
Joanie Loves Chachi
TV • 1982
Rico Mastorelli
WKRP in Cincinnati
TV • 1978
The District
TV • 2000
Teddy Caruso
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Richard Fiorello
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Nick Gretsch
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
The Good Guys
TV • 1968
Benson
TV • 1979
The Golden Girls
TV • 1985
Judge
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
TV • 1979
All in the Family
TV • 1971
Jack
That Girl
TV • 1966
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Baretta
TV • 1975
Barney Miller
TV • 1975
Det. Mike Lovatelli
Punky Brewster
TV • 1984
Lenny The Loop
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Alfred Blue
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Mannix
TV • 1967
Hotel
TV • 1982
The Mod Squad
TV • 1968
Parking Lot Attendant
Kojak
TV • 1973
Mike Tomaso
Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982
Bewitched
TV • 1964
Wonder Woman
TV • 1975
Friedman
Hunter
TV • 1984
Bert Nadell
Ironside
TV • 1967
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Elijah Horn
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV • 1974
The White Shadow
TV • 1978
Walter Preston
The Outcasts
TV • 1968
Sheriff Calloway
Police Story
TV • 1973
The High Chaparral
TV • 1967
Bartender
The Partners
TV • 1971
The Chicago Teddy Bears
TV • 1971
Adam's Rib
TV • 1973
Pete
Toma
TV • 1973
Vacation Playhouse
TV • 1963
Big D
Flying High
TV • 1978
The Barbara McNair Show
TV • 1969
Self
Tough Cookies
TV • 1986
The Practice
TV • 1976
The Ted Knight Show
TV • 1978
Loves Me, Loves Me Not
TV • 1977
Masquerade
TV • 1983
Nick Carapopolus
Police Academy: The Series
TV • 1997
Sheriff Meiser
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Will Davis
Wogan
TV • 1982
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
21 Jump Street
TV • 1987
Larry Stubbs
The John Larroquette Show
TV • 1993
Jim
The Incredible Hulk
TV • 1977
Charlie
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Barney
Pacific Blue
TV • 1996
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Profiler
TV • 1996
The Partridge Family
TV • 1970
Mike Young
Party of Five
TV • 1994
Driver
Party of Five
TV • 1994
Justice of the Peace
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
The Amazing Metrano (uncredited)