Art Metrano

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1936-09-22

Died: 2021-09-08

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1960	Rocket Attack U.S.A.	Truck Driver	20
2	1969	Then Came Bronson	Barker	52
3	1969	In Name Only	Joe	0
4	1969	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?	Max	76
5	1970	Norma	Delivery Man	23
6	1972	They Only Kill Their Masters	Malcolm	53
7	1972	The Heartbreak Kid	Ententainer	66
8	1973	Steambath	Longshoreman	54
9	1973	Slaughter's Big Rip-Off	Mario Burtoli	48
10	1973	The All-American Boy	Jay David Swooze	30
11	1974	Dirty O'Neil	Lassiter	46
12	1975	The Strongest Man in the World	TV Color Man	61
13	1975	Linda Lovelace for President	The Sheik	41
14	1975	The Treasure of Jamaica Reef	Waiter	26
15	1976	Brinks: The Great Robbery	Julius Mareno	0
16	1977	Warhead	Mario	30
17	1978	Matilda	Gordon Baum	52
18	1978	Human Feelings	Cab Driver (uncredited)	0
19	1979	Seven	Kinsella	59
20	1980	How to Beat the High Cost of Living	Gas Station Attendant	51
21	1980	A Cry for Love		0
22	1981	Cheaper to Keep Her	Tony Turino	25
23	1981	Going Ape!	Joey	43
24	1981	History of the World: Part I	Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire	68
25	1981	No Man's Valley	Abe (voice)	60
26	1983	Breathless	Birnbaum	59
27	1984	Teachers	Troy	56
28	1985	Malibu Express	Matthew	48
29	1985	Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment	Lieutenant Mauser	61
30	1986	Police Academy 3: Back in Training	Commandant Mauser	58
31	1989	Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears	Agent 712	0
32	1989	Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers	Vic	21
33	1991	Strawberry Road	Jill's father	100
34	1992	Toys	Guard at Desk	53
35	1997	Murder in Mind	Judge	53
36	1998	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Dr. Steinberg	58
37	2001	Good Advice	Homeless Man	59

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
2	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
3	1963	Vacation Playhouse	Big D	70
4	1964	Bewitched		79
5	1966	That Girl		63
6	1967	Ironside		68
7	1967	The High Chaparral	Bartender	65
8	1967	Mannix		67
9	1968	Adam-12	Will Davis	70
10	1968	The Outcasts	Sheriff Calloway	53
11	1968	The Mod Squad	Parking Lot Attendant	63
12	1968	The Good Guys		60
13	1969	The Barbara McNair Show	Self	0
14	1969	Love, American Style	Barney	61
15	1971	All in the Family	Jack	79
16	1971	The Chicago Teddy Bears		55
17	1971	The Partners		50
18	1972	The Streets of San Francisco		69
19	1973	Police Story		69
20	1973	Toma		78
21	1973	Adam's Rib	Pete	50
22	1973	Kojak	Mike Tomaso	70
23	1974	Movin' On		52
24	1974	Kolchak: The Night Stalker		76
25	1975	Baretta		63
26	1975	Barney Miller	Det. Mike Lovatelli	73
27	1975	Starsky & Hutch		73
28	1975	Wonder Woman	Friedman	70
29	1976	The Practice		75
30	1976	Charlie's Angels	Alfred Blue	67
31	1977	Loves Me, Loves Me Not		0
32	1977	The Incredible Hulk	Charlie	73
33	1978	The Ted Knight Show		50
34	1978	WKRP in Cincinnati		75
35	1978	Flying High		45
36	1978	The White Shadow	Walter Preston	70
37	1979	Fred and Barney Meet The Thing		57
38	1979	Benson		71
39	1981	Hill Street Blues		76
40	1982	Joanie Loves Chachi	Rico Mastorelli	51
41	1982	Cagney & Lacey		69
42	1982	Wogan	Self	45
43	1982	Hotel		68
44	1983	The A-Team	Nick Gretsch	75
45	1983	Masquerade	Nick Carapopolus	50
46	1984	Punky Brewster	Lenny The Loop	74
47	1984	Hunter	Bert Nadell	72
48	1985	The Golden Girls	Judge	75
49	1986	Tough Cookies		50
50	1986	L.A. Law	Judge Richard Fiorello	71
51	1987	21 Jump Street	Larry Stubbs	72
52	1993	The John Larroquette Show	Jim	67
53	1994	Chicago Hope		72
54	1996	Pacific Blue		53
55	1997	Police Academy: The Series	Sheriff Meiser	58
56	2000	The District	Teddy Caruso	68

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