Art Metrano
Acting
- Born:
- 1936-09-22
- Died:
- 2021-09-08
- Place of birth:
- 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
Filmography
Good Advice
The District
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Police Academy: The Series
Murder in Mind
Profiler
Pacific Blue
Chicago Hope
Party of Five
The John Larroquette Show
Toys
Strawberry Road
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
Lool
21 Jump Street
L.A. Law
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Tough Cookies
The Golden Girls
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Malibu Express
Teachers
Hunter
Punky Brewster
Masquerade
Breathless
The A-Team
Hotel
Wogan
Cagney & Lacey
Joanie Loves Chachi
No Man's Valley
History of the World: Part I
Going Ape!
Hill Street Blues
Cheaper to Keep Her
A Cry for Love
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Benson
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
Seven
The White Shadow
Human Feelings
Flying High
WKRP in Cincinnati
Matilda
The Ted Knight Show
The Incredible Hulk
Loves Me, Loves Me Not
Warhead
Charlie's Angels
Brinks: The Great Robbery
The Practice
Wonder Woman
Starsky & Hutch
Linda Lovelace for President
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
The Strongest Man in the World
Barney Miller
Baretta
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Movin' On
Dirty O'Neil
The All-American Boy
Kojak
Toma
Adam's Rib
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Steambath
Police Story
The Heartbreak Kid
They Only Kill Their Masters
The Streets of San Francisco
The Partners
The Chicago Teddy Bears
All in the Family
The Partridge Family
Norma
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
In Name Only
Love, American Style
The Barbara McNair Show
Then Came Bronson
The Good Guys
The Mod Squad
The Outcasts
Adam-12
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Mannix
The High Chaparral
Ironside
That Girl
Bewitched
Vacation Playhouse
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Rocket Attack U.S.A.