Name
Art Metrano
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1936-09-22
Deathday
2021-09-08 (85 years old)
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.
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Known For
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- 1983 Breathless as Birnbaum
- 1981 History of the World: Part I as Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire
- 1981 Cheaper to Keep Her as Tony Turino
- 1975 Linda Lovelace for President as The Sheik
- 1984 Teachers as Troy
- 1978 Human Feelings as Cab Driver (uncredited)
- 1972 The Heartbreak Kid as Entertainer
- 1972 They Only Kill Their Masters as Malcolm
- 1985 Malibu Express as Matthew
- 1974 Dirty O'Neil as Lassiter
- 1973 Slaughter's Big Rip-Off as Mario Burtoli
- 1981 No Man's Valley as Abe (voice)
- 1979 Seven as Kinsella
- 1978 Matilda as Gordon Baum
- 1969 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Max
- 1969 Then Came Bronson as Barker
- 1985 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment as Lieutenant Mauser
- 1986 Police Academy 3: Back in Training as Commandant Mauser
- 1989 Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears as Agent 712
- 1998 How Stella Got Her Groove Back as Dr. Steinberg
- 1989 Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers as Vic
- 1980 How to Beat the High Cost of Living as Gas Station Attendant
- 1980 A Cry for Love
- 1970 Norma as Delivery Man
- 1975 The Treasure of Jamaica Reef as Waiter
- 1975 The Strongest Man in the World as TV Color Man
- 1973 The All-American Boy as Jay David Swooze
- 1960 Rocket Attack U.S.A. as Truck Driver
- 2001 Good Advice as Homeless Man
- 1977 Warhead as Mario
- 1981 Going Ape! as Joey
- 1969 In Name Only as Joe
- 1976 Brinks: The Great Robbery as Julius Mareno
- 1973 Steambath as Longshoreman
- 1997 Murder in Mind as Judge
- 1991 Strawberry Road as Jill's father
- 1992 Toys as Guard at Desk
- 1988 Lool
- 1974 Movin' On ( 5 episodes )
- 1982 Joanie Loves Chachi ( 17 episodes ) as Rico Mastorelli
- 1978 WKRP in Cincinnati ( 1 episode )
- 2000 The District ( 1 episode ) as Teddy Caruso
- 1986 L.A. Law ( 4 episodes ) as Judge Richard Fiorello
- 1983 The A-Team ( 1 episode ) as Nick Gretsch
- 1975 Starsky & Hutch ( 1 episode )
- 1968 The Good Guys ( 1 episode )
- 1979 Benson ( 1 episode )
- 1985 The Golden Girls ( 1 episode ) as Judge
- 1979 Fred and Barney Meet The Thing ( 26 episodes )
- 1971 All in the Family ( 1 episode ) as Jack
- 1966 That Girl ( 1 episode )
- 1972 The Streets of San Francisco ( 1 episode )
- 1975 Baretta ( 3 episodes )
- 1975 Barney Miller ( 1 episode ) as Det. Mike Lovatelli
- 1984 Punky Brewster ( 1 episode ) as Lenny The Loop
- 1976 Charlie's Angels ( 2 episodes ) as Alfred Blue
- 1981 Hill Street Blues ( 1 episode )
- 1967 Mannix ( 1 episode )
- 1982 Hotel ( 1 episode )
- 1968 The Mod Squad ( 1 episode ) as Parking Lot Attendant
- 1973 Kojak ( 1 episode ) as Mike Tomaso
- 1982 Cagney & Lacey ( 1 episode )
- 1964 Bewitched ( 5 episodes )
- 1975 Wonder Woman ( 1 episode ) as Friedman
- 1984 Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Bert Nadell
- 1967 Ironside ( 4 episodes )
- 1994 Chicago Hope ( 1 episode ) as Elijah Horn
- 1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker ( 1 episode )
- 1978 The White Shadow ( 1 episode ) as Walter Preston
- 1968 The Outcasts ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff Calloway
- 1973 Police Story ( 2 episodes )
- 1967 The High Chaparral ( 1 episode ) as Bartender
- 1971 The Partners ( 1 episode )
- 1971 The Chicago Teddy Bears ( 13 episodes )
- 1973 Adam's Rib ( 1 episode ) as Pete
- 1973 Toma ( 1 episode )
- 1963 Vacation Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Big D
- 1978 Flying High ( 1 episode )
- 1969 The Barbara McNair Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1986 Tough Cookies ( 8 episodes )
- 1976 The Practice ( 1 episode )
- 1978 The Ted Knight Show ( 1 episode )
- 1977 Loves Me, Loves Me Not ( 6 episodes )
- 1983 Masquerade ( 1 episode ) as Nick Carapopolus
- 1997 Police Academy: The Series ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff Meiser
- 1968 Adam-12 ( 1 episode ) as Will Davis
- 1982 Wogan ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1987 21 Jump Street ( 1 episode ) as Larry Stubbs
- 1993 The John Larroquette Show ( 1 episode ) as Jim
- 1977 The Incredible Hulk ( 1 episode ) as Charlie
- 1969 Love, American Style ( 1 episode ) as Barney
- 1996 Pacific Blue ( 1 episode )
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1996 Profiler ( 1 episode )
- 1970 The Partridge Family ( 1 episode ) as Mike Young
- 1994 Party of Five ( 1 episode ) as Driver
- 1994 Party of Five ( 1 episode ) as Justice of the Peace
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( 2 episodes ) as The Amazing Metrano (uncredited)
