Art Metrano

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.

Cast

Breathless

(Birnbaum)

History of the World: Part I

(Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire)

Cheaper to Keep Her

(Tony Turino)

Linda Lovelace for President

(The Sheik)

Teachers

(Troy)

Human Feelings

(Cab Driver (uncredited))

The Heartbreak Kid

(Ententainer)

They Only Kill Their Masters

(Malcolm)

Malibu Express

(Matthew)

Dirty O'Neil

(Lassiter)

Slaughter's Big Rip Off

(Mario Burtoli)

No Man's Valley

(Abe (voice))

Seven

(Kinsella)

Matilda

(Gordon Baum)

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

(Max)

Then Came Bronson

(Barker)

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

(Lieutenant Mauser)

Police Academy 3: Back in Training

(Commandant Mauser)

Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears

(Agent 712)

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

(Dr. Steinberg)

Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers

(Vic)

How to Beat the High Cost of Living

(Gas Station Attendant)

A Cry for Love

Norma

(Delivery Man)

The Treasure of Jamaica Reef

(Waiter)

The Strongest Man in the World

(TV Color Man)

The All-American Boy

(Jay David Swooze)

Rocket Attack U.S.A.

(Truck Driver)

Good Advice

(Homeless Man)

Warhead

(Mario)

Going Ape!

(Joey)

In Name Only

(Joe)

Brinks: The Great Robbery

(Julius Mareno)

Steambath

(Longshoreman)

Murder in Mind

(Judge)

Movin' On

Joanie Loves Chachi

(Rico Mastorelli)

WKRP in Cincinnati

The District

(Teddy Caruso)

L.A. Law

(Judge Richard Fiorello)

Starsky & Hutch

The A-Team

(Nick Gretsch)

The Good Guys

The Golden Girls

(Judge)

Benson

Fred and Barney Meet The Thing

All in the Family

(Jack)

That Girl

The Streets of San Francisco

Baretta

Barney Miller

(Det. Mike Lovatelli)

Punky Brewster

(Lenny The Loop)

Charlie's Angels

(Alfred Blue)

Hill Street Blues

Mannix

Hotel

The Mod Squad

(Parking Lot Attendant)

Kojak

(Mike Tomaso)

Cagney & Lacey

Bewitched

Wonder Woman

(Friedman)

Hunter

(Bert Nadell)

Ironside

Chicago Hope

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

The White Shadow

(Walter Preston)

The Outcasts

(Sheriff Calloway)

Police Story

The High Chaparral

(Bartender)

The Partners

The Chicago Teddy Bears

Adam's Rib

(Pete)

Toma

Vacation Playhouse

(Big D)

Flying High

The Barbara McNair Show

(Self)

Tough Cookies

The Practice

The Ted Knight Show

Loves Me, Loves Me Not

Masquerade

(Nick Carapopolus)

Police Academy: The Series

(Sheriff Meiser)

Adam-12

(Will Davis)

Wogan

(Self)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

(Self)

21 Jump Street

(Larry Stubbs)

The John Larroquette Show

(Jim)

The Incredible Hulk

(Charlie)

Love, American Style

(Barney)

Pacific Blue

The Mike Douglas Show

(Self)