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.
97 acting credits
Acting · 97
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Mannix
1967
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The A-Team
1983
Bewitched
1964
Ironside
1967
Charlie's Angels
1976
Hill Street Blues
1981
Love, American Style
1969
Adam-12
1968
Chicago Hope
1994
Hunter
1984
Barney Miller
1975
21 Jump Street
1987
Hotel
1982
Party of Five
1994
The Golden Girls
1985
L.A. Law
1986
Wogan
1982
Pacific Blue
1996
Cagney & Lacey
1982
The Incredible Hulk
1977
The District
2000
Profiler
1996
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Kojak
1973
All in the Family
1971
That Girl
1966
Baretta
1975
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The High Chaparral
1967
Benson
1979
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
The Mod Squad
1968
Wonder Woman
1975
Punky Brewster
1984
Police Story
1973
The Partridge Family
1970
The John Larroquette Show
1993
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
The White Shadow
1978
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Masquerade
1983
Flying High
1978
Toma
1973
Movin' On
1974
The Outcasts
1968
Adam's Rib
1973
The Partners
1971
The Good Guys
1968
Joanie Loves Chachi
1982
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
1985
Police Academy: The Series
1997
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1986
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969
Malibu Express
1985
Breathless
1983
The Barbara McNair Show
1969
The Practice
1976
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
1979
Toys
1992
The Chicago Teddy Bears
1971
Good Advice
2001
History of the World: Part I
1981
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
Teachers
1984
Matilda
1978
Seven
1979
The Heartbreak Kid
1972
Strawberry Road
1991
Tough Cookies
1986
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972
The Ted Knight Show
1978
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
1980
Linda Lovelace for President
1975
Going Ape!
1981
Dirty O'Neil
1974
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
Loves Me, Loves Me Not
1977
Steambath
1973
Brinks: The Great Robbery
1976
Rocket Attack U.S.A.
1960
Human Feelings
1978
Murder in Mind
1997
Then Came Bronson
1969
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
1989
The All-American Boy
1973
No Man's Valley
1981
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
1975
Cheaper to Keep Her
1981
A Cry for Love
1980
Warhead
1977
In Name Only
1969
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
1989
Norma
1970