Art Metrano
Acting
1936-09-22 · New York City, New York, USA
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
Good Advice
2001 · Movie
The District
2000 · Series
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998 · Movie
Police Academy: The Series
1997 · Series
Murder in Mind
1997 · Movie
Profiler
1996 · Series
Pacific Blue
1996 · Series
Chicago Hope
1994 · Series
Party of Five
1994 · Series
The John Larroquette Show
1993 · Series
Toys
1992 · Movie
Strawberry Road
1991 · Movie
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
1989 · Movie
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
1989 · Movie
21 Jump Street
1987 · Series
L.A. Law
1986 · Series
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1986 · Movie
Tough Cookies
1986 · Series
The Golden Girls
1985 · Series
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
1985 · Movie
Malibu Express
1985 · Movie
Teachers
1984 · Movie
Hunter
1984 · Series
Punky Brewster
1984 · Series
Masquerade
1983 · Series
Breathless
1983 · Movie
The A-Team
1983 · Series
Hotel
1982 · Series
Wogan
1982 · Series
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · Series
Joanie Loves Chachi
1982 · Series
No Man's Valley
1981 · Movie
History of the World: Part I
1981 · Movie
Going Ape!
1981 · Movie
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Series
Cheaper to Keep Her
1981 · Movie
A Cry for Love
1980 · Movie
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
1980 · Movie
Benson
1979 · Series
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
1979 · Series
Seven
1979 · Movie
The White Shadow
1978 · Series
Human Feelings
1978 · Movie
Flying High
1978 · Series
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978 · Series
Matilda
1978 · Movie
The Ted Knight Show
1978 · Series
The Incredible Hulk
1977 · Series
Loves Me, Loves Me Not
1977 · Series
Warhead
1977 · Movie
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Series
Brinks: The Great Robbery
1976 · Movie
The Practice
1976 · Series
Wonder Woman
1975 · Series
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Series
Linda Lovelace for President
1975 · Movie
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
1975 · Movie
The Strongest Man in the World
1975 · Movie
Barney Miller
1975 · Series
Baretta
1975 · Series
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · Series
Movin' On
1974 · Series
Dirty O'Neil
1974 · Movie
Kojak
1973 · Series
The All-American Boy
1973 · Movie
Toma
1973 · Series
Adam's Rib
1973 · Series
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973 · Movie
Steambath
1973 · Movie
Police Story
1973 · Series
The Heartbreak Kid
1972 · Movie
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972 · Movie
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Series
The Partners
1971 · Series
The Chicago Teddy Bears
1971 · Series
All in the Family
1971 · Series
The Partridge Family
1970 · Series
Norma
1970 · Movie
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969 · Movie
In Name Only
1969 · Movie
Love, American Style
1969 · Series
The Barbara McNair Show
1969 · Series
Then Came Bronson
1969 · Movie
The Good Guys
1968 · Series
The Mod Squad
1968 · Series
The Outcasts
1968 · Series
Adam-12
1968 · Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Series
Mannix
1967 · Series
The High Chaparral
1967 · Series
Ironside
1967 · Series
That Girl
1966 · Series
Bewitched
1964 · Series
Vacation Playhouse
1963 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Rocket Attack U.S.A.
1960 · Movie