Art Metrano
Biography
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.
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Full filmography
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The A-Team (1983) as Nick Gretsch
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Ironside (1967)
- Chicago Hope (1994) as Elijah Horn
- Mannix (1967)
- Hill Street Blues (1981)
- Adam-12 (1968) as Will Davis
- Bewitched (1964)
- Charlie's Angels (1976) as Alfred Blue
- 21 Jump Street (1987) as Larry Stubbs
- Wogan (1982) as Self
- Love, American Style (1969) as Barney
- L.A. Law (1986) as Judge Richard Fiorello
- The Golden Girls (1985) as Judge
- Party of Five (1994) as Driver
- Party of Five (1994) as Justice of the Peace
- Cagney & Lacey (1982)
- Hunter (1984) as Bert Nadell
- Hotel (1982)
- Profiler (1996)
- Barney Miller (1975) as Det. Mike Lovatelli
- The Incredible Hulk (1977) as Charlie
- Starsky & Hutch (1975)