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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 22, 1936
Died
September 8, 2021
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Arthur Metrano
- Arthur M. Metrano
- Harry Metrano
Art Metrano
0.3 Popularity
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
5.8
Homeless Man
Good Advice
2001
6.8
Teddy Caruso
The District
2000
5.8
Dr. Steinberg
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
5.8
Sheriff Meiser
Police Academy: The Series
1997
5.3
Judge
Murder in Mind
1997
7.0
Profiler
1996
5.3
Pacific Blue
1996
7.2
Elijah Horn
Chicago Hope
1994
7.0
Driver
Party of Five
1994
7.0
Justice of the Peace
Party of Five
1994
Credits
Good Advice
as Homeless Man
2001
5.8
The District
as Teddy Caruso
2000
6.8
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Dr. Steinberg
1998
5.8
Police Academy: The Series
as Sheriff Meiser
1997
5.8
Murder in Mind
as Judge
1997
5.3
Profiler
1996
7.0
Pacific Blue
1996
5.3
Chicago Hope
as Elijah Horn
1994
7.2
Party of Five
as Driver
1994
7.0
Party of Five
as Justice of the Peace
1994
7.0
The John Larroquette Show
as Jim
1993
6.7
Toys
as Guard at Desk
1992
5.3
Strawberry Road
as Jill's father
1991
10.0
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
as Vic
1989
2.5
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
as Agent 712
1989
0.0
21 Jump Street
as Larry Stubbs
1987
7.2
L.A. Law
as Judge Richard Fiorello
1986
7.0
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
as Commandant Mauser
1986
5.8
🎬
Tough Cookies
1986
5.0
The Golden Girls
as Judge
1985
7.6
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
as Lieutenant Mauser
1985
6.1
Malibu Express
as Matthew
1985
4.8
Teachers
as Troy
1984
5.6
Hunter
as Bert Nadell
1984
7.1
Punky Brewster
as Lenny The Loop
1984
7.3
Masquerade
as Nick Carapopolus
1983
5.0
Breathless
as Birnbaum
1983
5.8
The A-Team
as Nick Gretsch
1983
7.5
Hotel
1982
6.8
Wogan
as Self
1982
4.5
Cagney & Lacey
1982
7.0
Joanie Loves Chachi
as Rico Mastorelli
1982
5.1
No Man's Valley
as Abe (voice)
1981
6.0
History of the World: Part I
as Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire
1981
6.8
Going Ape!
as Joey
1981
4.3
Hill Street Blues
1981
7.6
Cheaper to Keep Her
as Tony Turino
1981
2.5
🎬
A Cry for Love
1980
0.0
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
as Gas Station Attendant
1980
5.0
Benson
1979
7.1
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
1979
5.6
Seven
as Kinsella
1979
5.7
The White Shadow
as Walter Preston
1978
7.1
🎬
Human Feelings
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1978
0.0
Flying High
1978
4.5
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
7.6
Matilda
as Gordon Baum
1978
5.2
The Ted Knight Show
1978
5.0
The Incredible Hulk
as Charlie
1977
7.2
🎬
Loves Me, Loves Me Not
1977
0.0
Warhead
as Mario
1977
3.0
Charlie's Angels
as Alfred Blue
1976
6.7
Brinks: The Great Robbery
as Julius Mareno
1976
0.0
The Practice
1976
7.5
Wonder Woman
as Friedman
1975
7.0
Starsky & Hutch
1975
7.3
Linda Lovelace for President
as The Sheik
1975
3.8
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
as Waiter
1975
2.5
The Strongest Man in the World
as TV Color Man
1975
6.1
Barney Miller
as Det. Mike Lovatelli
1975
7.3
Baretta
1975
6.4
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
7.6
Movin' On
1974
6.4
Dirty O'Neil
as Lassiter
1974
4.5
Kojak
as Mike Tomaso
1973
7.0
The All-American Boy
as Jay David Swooze
1973
2.7
Adam's Rib
as Pete
1973
5.0
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
as Mario Burtoli
1973
4.4
Steambath
as Longshoreman
1973
4.9
Toma
1973
7.8
Police Story
1973
6.9
The Heartbreak Kid
as Ententainer
1972
6.5
They Only Kill Their Masters
as Malcolm
1972
4.9
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.0
🎬
The Partners
1971
5.0
🎬
The Chicago Teddy Bears
1971
5.5
All in the Family
as Jack
1971
7.8
The Partridge Family
as Mike Young
1970
6.8
Norma
as Delivery Man
1970
2.0
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
as Max
1969
7.6
In Name Only
as Joe
1969
0.0
Love, American Style
as Barney
1969
6.1
🎬
The Barbara McNair Show
as Self
1969
0.0
Then Came Bronson
as Barker
1969
4.1
The Good Guys
1968
6.0
The Mod Squad
as Parking Lot Attendant
1968
6.2
The Outcasts
as Sheriff Calloway
1968
5.3
Adam-12
as Will Davis
1968
7.0
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as The Amazing Metrano (uncredited)
1968
6.6
Mannix
1967
6.7
The High Chaparral
as Bartender
1967
6.6
Ironside
1967
6.8
That Girl
1966
6.1
Bewitched
1964
7.9
🎬
Vacation Playhouse
as Big D
1963
7.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Rocket Attack U.S.A.
as Truck Driver
1960
2.0