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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Art Metrano, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The A-Team

The Mike Douglas Show

Ironside

Adam-12

Mannix

Bewitched

Hill Street Blues

All Movies (37)

• Good Advice2001 · as Homeless Man
• How Stella Got Her Groove Back1998 · as Dr. Steinberg
• Murder in Mind1997 · as Judge
• Toys1992 · as Guard at Desk
• Strawberry Road1991 · as Jill's father
• Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers1989 · as Vic
• Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears1989 · as Agent 712
• Police Academy 3: Back in Training1986 · as Commandant Mauser
• Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment1985 · as Lieutenant Mauser
• Malibu Express1985 · as Matthew
• Teachers1984 · as Troy
• Breathless1983 · as Birnbaum
• No Man's Valley1981 · as Abe (voice)
• History of the World: Part I1981 · as Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire
• Going Ape!1981 · as Joey
• Cheaper to Keep Her1981 · as Tony Turino
• A Cry for Love1980
• How to Beat the High Cost of Living1980 · as Gas Station Attendant
• Seven1979 · as Kinsella
• Human Feelings1978 · as Cab Driver (uncredited)
• Matilda1978 · as Gordon Baum
• Warhead1977 · as Mario
• Brinks: The Great Robbery1976 · as Julius Mareno
• Linda Lovelace for President1975 · as The Sheik
• The Treasure of Jamaica Reef1975 · as Waiter
• The Strongest Man in the World1975 · as TV Color Man
• Dirty O'Neil1974 · as Lassiter
• The All-American Boy1973 · as Jay David Swooze
• Slaughter's Big Rip-Off1973 · as Mario Burtoli
• Steambath1973 · as Longshoreman
• The Heartbreak Kid1972 · as Entertainer
• They Only Kill Their Masters1972 · as Malcolm
• Norma1970 · as Delivery Man
• They Shoot Horses, Don't They?1969 · as Max
• In Name Only1969 · as Joe
• Then Came Bronson1969 · as Barker
• Rocket Attack U.S.A.1960 · as Truck Driver

All TV Shows (61)

• The District2000 · as Teddy Caruso
• Police Academy: The Series1997 · as Sheriff Meiser
• Profiler1996
• Pacific Blue1996
• Chicago Hope1994 · as Elijah Horn
• Party of Five1994 · as Driver
• Party of Five1994 · as Justice of the Peace
• The John Larroquette Show1993 · as Jim
• 21 Jump Street1987 · as Larry Stubbs
• L.A. Law1986 · as Judge Richard Fiorello
• Tough Cookies1986
• The Golden Girls1985 · as Judge
• Hunter1984 · as Bert Nadell
• Punky Brewster1984 · as Lenny The Loop
• Masquerade1983 · as Nick Carapopolus
• The A-Team1983 · as Nick Gretsch
• Hotel1982
• Wogan1982 · as Self
• Cagney & Lacey1982
• Joanie Loves Chachi1982 · as Rico Mastorelli
• Hill Street Blues1981
• Benson1979
• Fred and Barney Meet The Thing1979
• The White Shadow1978 · as Walter Preston
• Flying High1978
• WKRP in Cincinnati1978
• The Ted Knight Show1978
• The Incredible Hulk1977 · as Charlie
• Loves Me, Loves Me Not1977
• Charlie's Angels1976 · as Alfred Blue
• The Practice1976
• Wonder Woman1975 · as Friedman
• Starsky & Hutch1975
• Barney Miller1975 · as Det. Mike Lovatelli
• Baretta1975
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker1974
• Movin' On1974
• Kojak1973 · as Mike Tomaso
• Toma1973
• Adam's Rib1973 · as Pete
• Police Story1973
• The Streets of San Francisco1972
• The Partners1971
• The Chicago Teddy Bears1971
• All in the Family1971 · as Jack
• The Partridge Family1970 · as Mike Young
• Love, American Style1969 · as Barney
• The Barbara McNair Show1969 · as Self
• The Good Guys1968
• The Mod Squad1968 · as Parking Lot Attendant
• The Outcasts1968 · as Sheriff Calloway
• Adam-121968 · as Will Davis
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as The Amazing Metrano (uncredited)
• Mannix1967
• The High Chaparral1967 · as Bartender
• Ironside1967
• That Girl1966
• Bewitched1964
• Vacation Playhouse1963 · as Big D
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self