Acting
Art Metrano
EN, JA, DE, HE cinema · 38 credits
Born
22 September 1936
Died
8 September 2021 (aged 84)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Arthur Metrano · Arthur M. Metrano · Harry 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.
Known for
Filmography
Good Advice
as Homeless Man
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Dr. Steinberg
Murder in Mind
as Judge
Toys
as Guard at Desk
Strawberry Road
as Jill's father
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
as Agent 712
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
as Commandant Mauser
Malibu Express
as Matthew
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
as Lieutenant Mauser
Teachers
as Troy
Breathless
as Birnbaum
History of the World: Part I
as Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire
Cheaper to Keep Her
as Tony Turino
No Man's Valley
as Abe (voice)
Going Ape!
as Joey
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
as Gas Station Attendant
Seven
as Kinsella
Human Feelings
1978
Human Feelings
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Matilda
as Gordon Baum
Warhead
as Mario
Brinks: The Great Robbery
as Julius Mareno
Linda Lovelace for President
as The Sheik
The Strongest Man in the World
as TV Color Man
Dirty O'Neil
as Lassiter
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
as Mario Burtoli
The All-American Boy
as Jay David Swooze
Steambath
as Longshoreman
The Heartbreak Kid
as Entertainer
They Only Kill Their Masters
as Malcolm
Norma
as Delivery Man
Then Came Bronson
as Barker
In Name Only
as Joe
Rocket Attack U.S.A.
as Truck Driver