Art Metrano
Actor/Actriz
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Movies
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TV Shows
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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As Actor/Actress
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Mannix
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Hechizada
El Equipo A
Nick Gretsch
Ironside
Hill Street Blues
Los ángeles de Charlie
Alfred Blue
Love, American Style
Barney
Chicago Hope
Elijah Horn
Adam-12
Will Davis
L.A. Law
Judge Richard Fiorello
21 Jump Street
Larry Stubbs
Barney Miller
Det. Mike Lovatelli
Hunter
Bert Nadell
Hotel
Años Dorados
Judge
Party of Five
Driver
El increíble Hulk
Charlie
Wogan
Self
Pacific Blue
Cagney & Lacey
Starsky y Hutch
Profiler
The District
Teddy Caruso
Kojak
Mike Tomaso
Baretta
All in the Family
Jack
That Girl
Las calles de San Francisco