Art Metrano
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 22, 1936
- Died
- September 8, 2021 (aged 84)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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
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Filmography
Good Advice
Movie · as Homeless Man
The District
TV · as Teddy Caruso · 1 ep
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Movie · as Dr. Steinberg
Murder in Mind
Movie · as Judge
Police Academy: The Series
TV · as Sheriff Meiser · 1 ep
Pacific Blue
TV · 1 ep
Profiler
TV · 1 ep
Chicago Hope
TV · as Elijah Horn · 1 ep
Party of Five
TV · as Driver, Justice of the Peace · 1 ep
The John Larroquette Show
TV · as Jim · 1 ep
Toys
Movie · as Guard at Desk
Strawberry Road
Movie · as Jill's father
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
Movie · as Agent 712
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
Movie · as Vic
Lool
Movie
21 Jump Street
TV · as Larry Stubbs · 1 ep
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Movie · as Commandant Mauser
L.A. Law
TV · as Judge Richard Fiorello · 4 eps
Tough Cookies
TV · 8 eps
Malibu Express
Movie · as Matthew
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Movie · as Lieutenant Mauser
The Golden Girls
TV · as Judge · 1 ep
Teachers
Movie · as Troy
Punky Brewster
TV · as Lenny The Loop · 1 ep
Hunter
TV · as Bert Nadell · 1 ep
Breathless
Movie · as Birnbaum
The A-Team
TV · as Nick Gretsch · 1 ep
Masquerade
TV · as Nick Carapopolus · 1 ep
Joanie Loves Chachi
TV · as Rico Mastorelli · 17 eps
Hotel
TV · 1 ep
Cagney & Lacey
TV · 1 ep
Wogan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
History of the World: Part I
Movie · as Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire
Cheaper to Keep Her
Movie · as Tony Turino
No Man's Valley
Movie · as Abe (voice)
Going Ape!
Movie · as Joey
Hill Street Blues
TV · 1 ep
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Movie · as Gas Station Attendant
A Cry for Love
Movie
Seven
Movie · as Kinsella
Benson
TV · 1 ep
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
TV · 26 eps
Human Feelings
Movie · as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Matilda
Movie · as Gordon Baum
WKRP in Cincinnati
TV · 1 ep
The White Shadow
TV · as Walter Preston · 1 ep
Flying High
TV · 1 ep
The Ted Knight Show
TV · 1 ep
Warhead
Movie · as Mario
Loves Me, Loves Me Not
TV · 6 eps
The Incredible Hulk
TV · as Charlie · 1 ep
Brinks: The Great Robbery
Movie · as Julius Mareno
Charlie's Angels
TV · as Alfred Blue · 2 eps
The Practice
TV · 1 ep
Linda Lovelace for President
Movie · as The Sheik
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
Movie · as Waiter
The Strongest Man in the World
Movie · as TV Color Man
Starsky & Hutch
TV · 1 ep
Baretta
TV · 3 eps
Barney Miller
TV · as Det. Mike Lovatelli · 1 ep
Wonder Woman
TV · as Friedman · 1 ep
Dirty O'Neil
Movie · as Lassiter
Movin' On
TV · 5 eps
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV · 1 ep
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Movie · as Mario Burtoli
The All-American Boy
Movie · as Jay David Swooze
Steambath
Movie · as Longshoreman
Kojak
TV · as Mike Tomaso · 1 ep
Police Story
TV · 2 eps
Adam's Rib
TV · as Pete · 1 ep
Toma
TV · 1 ep
The Heartbreak Kid
Movie · as Entertainer
They Only Kill Their Masters
Movie · as Malcolm
The Streets of San Francisco
TV · 1 ep
All in the Family
TV · as Jack · 1 ep
The Partners
TV · 1 ep
The Chicago Teddy Bears
TV · 13 eps
Norma
Movie · as Delivery Man
The Partridge Family
TV · as Mike Young · 1 ep
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Movie · as Max
Then Came Bronson
Movie · as Barker
In Name Only
Movie · as Joe
The Barbara McNair Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Love, American Style
TV · as Barney · 1 ep
The Good Guys
TV · 1 ep
The Mod Squad
TV · as Parking Lot Attendant · 1 ep
The Outcasts
TV · as Sheriff Calloway · 1 ep
Adam-12
TV · as Will Davis · 1 ep
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as The Amazing Metrano (uncredited) · 2 eps
Mannix
TV · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · 4 eps
The High Chaparral
TV · as Bartender · 1 ep
That Girl
TV · 1 ep
Bewitched
TV · 5 eps
Vacation Playhouse
TV · as Big D · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Rocket Attack U.S.A.
Movie · as Truck Driver