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Art Metrano

Art Metrano

Birthday: 1936-09-22 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1989
1986
Police Academy 3: Back in Training

as    Commandant Mauser

1985
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

as    Lieutenant Mauser

1985
Malibu Express

as    Matthew

1984
Teachers

as    Troy

1983
Breathless

as    Birnbaum

1980
How to Beat the High Cost of Living

as    Gas Station Attendant

1979
Seven

as    Kinsella

1978
Matilda

as    Gordon Baum

1975
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef

as    Waiter

1974
Dirty O'Neil

as    Lassiter

1973
The All-American Boy

as    Jay David Swooze

1973
Slaughter's Big Rip Off

as    Mario Burtoli