
Art 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.
TV Shows(30)

The District
Teddy Caruso

Police Academy: The Series
Sheriff Meiser

Pacific Blue

Profiler

Chicago Hope
Elijah Horn

Party of Five
Driver

Party of Five
Justice of the Peace

The John Larroquette Show
Jim

21 Jump Street
Larry Stubbs

L.A. Law
Judge Richard Fiorello
Tough Cookies

The Golden Girls
Judge

Punky Brewster
Lenny The Loop

Hunter
Bert Nadell

The A-Team
Nick Gretsch

Masquerade
Nick Carapopolus

Joanie Loves Chachi
Rico Mastorelli

Hotel

Cagney & Lacey

Wogan
Self