Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 22, 1936
Died
Sep 08, 2021
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
97 titles
Art Metrano
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.
Known For
Filmography
Good Advice
Homeless Man
The District
Teddy Caruso
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Dr. Steinberg
Police Academy: The Series
Sheriff Meiser
Murder in Mind
Judge
Profiler
Pacific Blue
Chicago Hope
Elijah Horn
Party of Five
Driver
The John Larroquette Show
Jim
Toys
Guard at Desk
Strawberry Road
Jill's father
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
Vic
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
Agent 712
21 Jump Street
Larry Stubbs
L.A. Law
Judge Richard Fiorello
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Commandant Mauser
Tough Cookies
The Golden Girls
Judge
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Lieutenant Mauser
Malibu Express
Matthew
Teachers
Troy
Hunter
Bert Nadell
Punky Brewster
Lenny The Loop
Masquerade
Nick Carapopolus
Breathless
Birnbaum
The A-Team
Nick Gretsch
Hotel
Wogan
Self
Cagney & Lacey
Joanie Loves Chachi
Rico Mastorelli
No Man's Valley
Abe (voice)
History of the World: Part I
Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire
Going Ape!
Joey
Hill Street Blues
Cheaper to Keep Her
Tony Turino
A Cry for Love
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Gas Station Attendant
Benson
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
Seven
Kinsella
The White Shadow
Walter Preston
Human Feelings
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Flying High
WKRP in Cincinnati
Matilda
Gordon Baum
The Ted Knight Show
The Incredible Hulk
Charlie
Loves Me, Loves Me Not
Warhead
Mario