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.
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Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-09-22
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Breathless
1983
5.80
History of the World: Part I
1981
6.79
Cheaper to Keep Her
1981
2.50
Linda Lovelace for President
1975
4.10
Teachers
1984
5.60
Human Feelings
1978
0.00
The Heartbreak Kid
1972
6.60
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972
5.30
Malibu Express
1985
4.87
Dirty O'Neil
1974
4.64
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
4.80
No Man's Valley
1981
6.00
Seven
1979
5.87
Matilda
1978
5.20
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969
7.60
Then Came Bronson
1969
5.20
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
1989
0.00
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
5.80
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
1989
2.11
A Cry for Love
1980
0.00
Norma
1970
2.33
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
1975
2.64
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
6.10
The All-American Boy
1973
3.00
Rocket Attack U.S.A.
1960
2.00
Good Advice
2001
5.90
Warhead
1977
3.00
Going Ape!
1981
4.20
In Name Only
1969
0.00
Brinks: The Great Robbery
1976
0.00
Steambath
1973
5.40
Murder in Mind
1997
5.30
Strawberry Road
1991
10.00
Toys
1992
5.30