
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
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A Cry for Love
1980 · Movie
Human Feelings
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Human Feelings
1978 · Movie
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Brinks: The Great Robbery
1976 · Movie
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Strawberry Road
1991 · Movie
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Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
1989 · Movie
Loves Me, Loves Me Not
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Loves Me, Loves Me Not
1977 · Series
Vacation Playhouse
★ 8.0View details →
Vacation Playhouse
1963 · Series
★ 7.9View details →
Bewitched
1964 · Series
★ 7.8View details →
All in the Family
1971 · Series
★ 7.6View details →
The Golden Girls
1985 · Series
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Hill Street Blues
1981 · Series
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WKRP in Cincinnati
1978 · Series
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Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · Series
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Masquerade
1983 · Series
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The A-Team
1983 · Series
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969 · Movie
★ 7.5View details →
The Practice
1976 · Series
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Adam's Rib
1973 · Series
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Chicago Hope
1994 · Series
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Punky Brewster
1984 · Series
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
★ 7.4View details →
Barney Miller
1975 · Series
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21 Jump Street
1987 · Series
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Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Series
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Profiler
1996 · Series
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The Incredible Hulk
1977 · Series
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L.A. Law
1986 · Series
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Hunter
1984 · Series
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Party of Five
1994 · Series
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The White Shadow
1978 · Series
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Benson
1979 · Series
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Kojak
1973 · Series
Tough Cookies
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Tough Cookies
1986 · Series
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No Man's Valley
1981 · Movie
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The District
2000 · Series
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Cagney & Lacey
1982 · Series
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Adam-12
1968 · Series
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The John Larroquette Show
1993 · Series
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Wonder Woman
1975 · Series
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The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Series
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Police Story
1973 · Series
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In Name Only
1969 · Movie
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The Good Guys
1968 · Series
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Hotel
1982 · Series
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The Partridge Family
1970 · Series
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Ironside
1967 · Series
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Toma
1973 · Series
★ 6.8View details →
History of the World: Part I
1981 · Movie