Art Metrano
Known for: Acting
Born: September 22, 1936
Died: September 8, 2021
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
38 movies · 60 TV shows, newest first
5.9
Good Advice
2001
6.9
The District
2000
5.8
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
5.6
Police Academy: The Series
1997
5.4
Murder in Mind
1997
7.0
Profiler
1996
5.3
Pacific Blue
1996
7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
7.0
Party of Five
1994
6.8
The John Larroquette Show
1993
5.3
Toys
1992
9.5
Strawberry Road
1991
3.1
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
1989
9.0
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
1989
NR
Lool
1988
7.3
21 Jump Street
1987
7.1
L.A. Law
1986
5.8
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
19867.0
Tough Cookies
1986
7.6
The Golden Girls
1985
6.1
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
1985
4.8
Malibu Express
1985
5.7
Teachers
1984
7.1
Hunter
1984
7.2
Punky Brewster
1984
7.5
Masquerade
1983
5.9
Breathless
1983
7.5
The A-Team
1983
6.8
Hotel
1982
5.3
Wogan
1982
6.9
Cagney & Lacey
1982
5.1
Joanie Loves Chachi
1982
7.0
No Man's Valley
1981
6.7
History of the World: Part I
1981
4.5
Going Ape!
1981
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
4.3
Cheaper to Keep Her
198110.0
A Cry for Love
1980
5.3
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
1980
7.1
Benson
1979
6.0
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
1979
5.8
Seven
1979
7.1
The White Shadow
197810.0
Human Feelings
1978
6.3
Flying High
1978
7.6
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
5.7
Matilda
1978
6.5
The Ted Knight Show
1978
7.2
The Incredible Hulk
19779.0
Loves Me, Loves Me Not
1977
3.7
Warhead
1977
6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976
10.0
Brinks: The Great Robbery
1976
7.5
The Practice
1976
7.0
Wonder Woman
1975
7.3
Starsky & Hutch
1975
4.1
Linda Lovelace for President
1975
3.0
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
1975
6.2
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
7.3
Barney Miller
1975
6.5
Baretta
1975
7.7
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
6.3
Movin' On
1974
4.7
Dirty O'Neil
1974
4.0
The All-American Boy
1973
7.2
Kojak
1973
6.8
Toma
1973
7.5
Adam's Rib
1973
4.8
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
5.1
Steambath
1973
7.0
Police Story
1973
6.7
The Heartbreak Kid
1972
5.1
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972
7.1
The Streets of San Francisco
19726.5
The Partners
19716.7
The Chicago Teddy Bears
1971
7.8
All in the Family
1971
6.8
The Partridge Family
1970
3.2
Norma
1970
7.6
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969
7.0
In Name Only
1969
6.2
Love, American Style
1969
NR
The Barbara McNair Show
1969
4.9
Then Came Bronson
1969
7.0
The Good Guys
1968
6.1
The Mod Squad
1968
6.5
The Outcasts
1968
7.1
Adam-12
1968
6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
6.8
Mannix
1967
6.8
The High Chaparral
1967
6.8
Ironside
1967
6.2
That Girl
1966
7.9
Bewitched
19648.0
Vacation Playhouse
1963
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
2.2
Rocket Attack U.S.A.
1960