Art Metrano
Date of birth: 1936-09-22
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Arthur Metrano, Arthur M. Metrano, Harry Metrano
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Breathless
1983-05-13
Jesse, a small-time criminal, high-tails it to Los Angeles to rendezvous with a French exchange stud
History of the World: Part I
1981-06-12
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the Fren
Cheaper to Keep Her
1981-01-01
A newly divorced swinger on the prowl goes to work as a detective for a neurotic feminist attorney.
Linda Lovelace for President
1975-03-01
An intentionally campy film designed to capitalize on Linda Lovelace's sudden fame following "Deep T
Teachers
1984-10-05
A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing t
Human Feelings
1978-10-16
A pilot movie dealing with the day-to-day workings of God herself, here threatening to destroy Las V
The Heartbreak Kid
1972-12-17
Three days into his Miami honeymoon with needy and unsophisticated Lila, Lenny meets tall, blonde Ke
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972-11-22
An enigmatic young woman has been murdered in a small California coast town. The investigation by th
Malibu Express
1985-03-01
In this erotic spy tale private eye Cody Abilene teams up with the Contessa Luciana and policewoman
Dirty O'Neil
1974-05-01
A police officer has very little work as there is virtually no crime in his small California town...
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973-08-31
Vigilante Slaughter comes under attack from Duncan, a local money launderer whose hit-man traps Slau
No Man's Valley
1981-11-23
Elliot, a rare California condor, must find a hideaway for endangered animals before man drives them
Seven
1979-09-07
A government agent discovers a plot by a cartel of seven gangsters to take over the state of Hawaii.
Matilda
1978-06-22
A small-time talent agent discovers an amazing boxing kangaroo and figures to use it as his stepping
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969-12-10
In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marat
Then Came Bronson
1969-03-24
Jim Bronson is a young newspaperman who quits his job following the suicide of his best friend, and
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
1985-03-28
Officer Carey Mahoney and his cohorts have finally graduated from the Police Academy and are about t
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1986-03-20
When police funding is cut, the Governor announces he must close one of the academies. To make it fa
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
1989-08-17
In this wacky comedy, teen-aged Tony (Bentley C. Mitchum) has never known who is father is. Together
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998-08-14
Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy bui
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
1989-10-11
A doctor and a mortician have teamed up to do re-animation experiments on corpses using gangster mon
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
1980-07-11
In order to beat inflation and subsidize their alimony checks, three suburban housewives plot to ste
A Cry for Love
1980-10-20
Divorcee Susan Blakely, with no alimony and two kids to support, begins turning to amphetamines. Whi
Norma
1970-03-01
A woman goes to a doctor hoping he will cure her nymphomania. Scenes of her with her various lovers
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
1975-03-01
An adventure film about the search for a more than 200-year-old treasure on the ocean floor.
The Strongest Man in the World
1975-02-06
Medfield College science major Dexter Riley and his classmates have been working on a new vitamin co
The All-American Boy
1973-10-24
Vic "Bomber" Bealer is a handsome, manipulative boxer who aspires to something greater than the smal
Rocket Attack U.S.A.
1960-03-24
It's the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union with the Communists l
Good Advice
2001-11-15
An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's important in life.
Warhead
1977-02-15
A weapons expert is reluctantly sent on a mission to a middle-east warzone to locate a lost nuclear
Going Ape!
1981-04-10
When his father - who owned a circus - dies, Oscar inherits 5 million dollars - and 3 orangutans. Ho
In Name Only
1969-11-25
In this romantic comedy, an unwed couple who run a wedding planning business discover, to their horr
Brinks: The Great Robbery
1976-03-26
In this telling of the infamous 1950 robbery, James McNally is portrayed as the one gang member who
Steambath
1973-05-04
Tandy, Merideth and assorted others unexpectedly wake up in a steambath with no easy exit. After spe
Murder in Mind
1997-08-01
The L.A. police find two bodies in a fancy house and suspect the wife of one victim. Dr. Ellis, a hy
Strawberry Road
1991-04-27
Hisa Ishii and his brother Akira emigrate from Japan to the United States. They settle in rural Cali
Toys
1992-12-18
Leslie Zevo is a fun-loving inventor who must save his late father's toy factory from his evil uncle