From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arthur "Art" Metrano (born September 22, 1936) is 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.
Movie | Good Advice | Homeless Man | 2001-11-15 |
Series | The District | Unknown | 2000-10-07 |
Movie | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Dr. Steinberg | 1998-08-14 |
Movie | Murder in Mind | Judge | 1997-08-01 |
Series | Chicago Hope | Unknown | 1994-09-18 |
Movie | Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears | Agent 712 | 1989-08-17 |
Movie | Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers | Vic | 1989-10-11 |
Series | Tough Cookies | 1986-03-05 | |
Movie | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | Commandant Mauser | 1986-03-20 |
Series | L.A. Law | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
Movie | Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment | Lieutenant Mauser | 1985-03-28 |
Movie | Malibu Express | Matthew | 1985-03-01 |
Series | The Golden Girls | Unknown | 1985-09-14 |
Series | Punky Brewster | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
Series | Hunter | Unknown | 1984-09-18 |
Movie | Teachers | Troy | 1984-10-05 |
Series | The A-Team | Unknown | 1983-01-23 |
Movie | Breathless | Birnbaum | 1983-05-13 |
Series | Masquerade | Nick | 1983-12-15 |
Series | Joanie Loves Chachi | Rico Mastorelli | 1982-03-23 |
Series | Cagney & Lacey | Unknown | 1982-03-25 |
Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
Movie | Going Ape! | Joey | 1981-04-10 |
Movie | Cheaper to Keep Her | Tony Turino | 1981-01-01 |
Movie | History of the World: Part I | Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire | 1981-06-12 |
Movie | No Man's Valley | Abe (voice) | 1981-11-23 |
Movie | How to Beat the High Cost of Living | Gas Station Attendant | 1980-07-11 |
Movie | A Cry for Love | 1980-10-20 | |
Movie | Seven | Kinsella | 1979-09-07 |
Series | Fred and Barney Meet The Thing | 1979-09-08 | |
Series | Benson | Unknown | 1979-09-13 |
Movie | Matilda | Gordon Baum | 1978-06-22 |
Series | WKRP in Cincinnati | Unknown | 1978-09-18 |
Movie | Human Feelings | Cab Driver (uncredited) | 1978-10-16 |
Movie | Warhead | Mario | 1977-02-15 |
Series | The Incredible Hulk | Unknown | 1977-11-04 |
Movie | Brinks: The Great Robbery | Julius Mareno | 1976-03-26 |
Series | Charlie's Angels | Unknown | 1976-09-22 |
Movie | The Strongest Man in the World | TV Color Man | 1975-02-06 |
Series | Barney Miller | Unknown | 1975-01-23 |
Movie | The Treasure of Jamaica Reef | Waiter | 1975-03-01 |
Series | Baretta | Unknown | 1975-01-17 |
Movie | Linda Lovelace for President | The Sheik | 1975-03-01 |
Series | Wonder Woman | Unknown | 1975-11-07 |
Series | Starsky & Hutch | Unknown | 1975-09-10 |
Series | Movin' On | Unknown | 1974-05-08 |
Movie | Dirty O'Neil | Lassiter | 1974-05-01 |
Series | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
Movie | Steambath | Longshoreman | 1973-05-04 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Movie | Slaughter's Big Rip Off | Mario Burtoli | 1973-08-31 |
Movie | The All-American Boy | Jay David Swooze | 1973-10-24 |
Series | Kojak | Unknown | 1973-10-24 |
Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
Movie | The Heartbreak Kid | Ententainer | 1972-12-17 |
Movie | They Only Kill Their Masters | Malcolm | 1972-11-22 |
Series | All in the Family | Unknown | 1971-01-12 |
Series | The Chicago Teddy Bears | 1971-09-17 | |
Movie | Norma | Delivery Man | 1970-03-01 |
Movie | Then Came Bronson | Barker | 1969-03-24 |
Movie | In Name Only | Joe | 1969-11-25 |
Movie | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | Max | 1969-12-10 |
Series | The Outcasts | Unknown | 1968-09-23 |
Series | The Good Guys | Unknown | 1968-09-25 |
Series | The Mod Squad | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Series | The High Chaparral | Unknown | 1967-09-10 |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Series | That Girl | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
Series | Bewitched | Unknown | 1964-09-17 |
Movie | Rocket Attack U.S.A. | Truck Driver | 1960-03-24 |