Art Metrano
Acting
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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.
Filmography
Good Advice
2001
The District
2000
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
Police Academy: The Series
1997
Murder in Mind
1997
Profiler
1996
Pacific Blue
1996
Chicago Hope
1994
Party of Five
1994
The John Larroquette Show
1993
Toys
1992
Strawberry Road
1991
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
1989
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
1989
21 Jump Street
1987
L.A. Law
1986
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1986
Tough Cookies
1986
The Golden Girls
1985
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
1985
Malibu Express
1985
Teachers
1984
Hunter
1984
Punky Brewster
1984
Masquerade
1983
Breathless
1983
The A-Team
1983
Hotel
1982
Wogan
1982
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Joanie Loves Chachi
1982
No Man's Valley
1981
History of the World: Part I
1981
Going Ape!
1981
Hill Street Blues
1981
Cheaper to Keep Her
1981
A Cry for Love
1980
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
1980
Benson
1979
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
1979
Seven
1979
The White Shadow
1978
Human Feelings
1978
Flying High
1978
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
Matilda
1978
The Ted Knight Show
1978
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Loves Me, Loves Me Not
1977
Warhead
1977
Charlie's Angels
1976
Brinks: The Great Robbery
1976
The Practice
1976
Wonder Woman
1975
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Linda Lovelace for President
1975
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
1975
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
Barney Miller
1975
Baretta
1975
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Movin' On
1974
Dirty O'Neil
1974
The All-American Boy
1973
Kojak
1973
Toma
1973
Adam's Rib
1973
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
Steambath
1973
Police Story
1973
The Heartbreak Kid
1972
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Partners
1971
The Chicago Teddy Bears
1971
All in the Family
1971
The Partridge Family
1970
Norma
1970
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969
In Name Only
1969
Love, American Style
1969
The Barbara McNair Show
1969
Then Came Bronson
1969
The Good Guys
1968
The Mod Squad
1968
The Outcasts
1968
Adam-12
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Mannix
1967
The High Chaparral
1967
Ironside
1967
That Girl
1966
Bewitched
1964
Vacation Playhouse
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Rocket Attack U.S.A.
1960