Biography
Arthur "Art" Metrano (September 22, 1936 β 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 β "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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Filmography
all 90
TV Shows 53
Movies 37
self 3
Good Advice (2001)
The District (2000)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
Police Academy: The Series (1997)
Murder in Mind (1997)
Chicago Hope (1994)
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)
Springtime in Vienna (1984)
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)
Amy Prentiss (1974)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Amy Prentiss (1974)
Movin' On (1974)
Dirty O'Neil (1974)
The All-American Boy (1973)
Kojak (1973)
Adam's Rib (1973)
Slaughter's Big Rip Off (1973)
Steambath (1973)
Toma (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)
Norma (1970)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
In Name Only (1969)
The Barbara McNair Show (1969)
Then Came Bronson (1969)
The Good Guys (1968)
The Mod Squad (1968)
The Outcasts (1968)
Adam-12 (1968)
Mannix (1967)
The High Chaparral (1967)
Ironside (1967)
That Girl (1966)
Bewitched (1964)
Vacation Playhouse (1963)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Rocket Attack U.S.A. (1960)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1936-09-22
Deathday2021-09-08 (84 years old)
Birth NameHarpo Mesistrano
Birth PlaceBensonhurst, United States of America
ChildrenZoe Bella Metrano
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesHollywood, United States of America
Also Known AsArthur Metrano, Arthur M. Metrano, Harry Metrano
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