Art Metrano

Known for ActingBorn 1936-09-22Died 2021-09-08New 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.Read more

Movies & web series

A Cry for Love

Human Feelings

Brinks: The Great Robbery

Strawberry Road

Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears

Loves Me, Loves Me Not

Vacation Playhouse

Bewitched

All in the Family

The Golden Girls

Hill Street Blues

WKRP in Cincinnati

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Masquerade

The A-Team

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

The Practice

Adam's Rib

Chicago Hope

Punky Brewster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Barney Miller

21 Jump Street

Starsky & Hutch

Profiler

The Incredible Hulk

L.A. Law

Hunter

Party of Five

The White Shadow

Benson

Kojak

Tough Cookies

No Man's Valley

The District

Cagney & Lacey

Adam-12

The John Larroquette Show

Wonder Woman

The Streets of San Francisco

Police Story

In Name Only

The Good Guys

Hotel

The Partridge Family

Ironside

Toma

History of the World: Part I