Art Metrano
Actor
Born September 22, 1936 in 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.
Filmography
Good Advice
Homeless Man
The District
Teddy Caruso
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Dr. Steinberg
Police Academy: The Series
Sheriff Meiser
Murder in Mind
Judge
Profiler
Pacific Blue
Chicago Hope
Elijah Horn
Party of Five
Driver
The John Larroquette Show
Jim
Toys
Guard at Desk
Strawberry Road
Jill's father
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
Vic
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
Agent 712
21 Jump Street
Larry Stubbs
L.A. Law
Judge Richard Fiorello
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Commandant Mauser
The Golden Girls
Judge
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Lieutenant Mauser
Malibu Express
Matthew
Teachers
Troy
Hunter
Bert Nadell
Punky Brewster
Lenny The Loop
Masquerade
Nick Carapopolus
Breathless
Birnbaum
The A-Team
Nick Gretsch
Hotel
Wogan
Self
Cagney & Lacey
Joanie Loves Chachi
Rico Mastorelli
No Man's Valley
Abe (voice)
History of the World: Part I
Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire
Going Ape!
Joey
Hill Street Blues
Cheaper to Keep Her
Tony Turino
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Gas Station Attendant
Benson
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
Seven
Kinsella
The White Shadow
Walter Preston
Flying High
WKRP in Cincinnati
Matilda
Gordon Baum
The Ted Knight Show
The Incredible Hulk
Charlie
Warhead
Mario
Charlie's Angels
Alfred Blue
Brinks: The Great Robbery
Julius Mareno
The Practice
Wonder Woman
Friedman
Starsky & Hutch
Linda Lovelace for President
The Sheik
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
Waiter
The Strongest Man in the World
TV Color Man
Barney Miller
Det. Mike Lovatelli
Baretta
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Movin' On
Dirty O'Neil
Lassiter
The All-American Boy
Jay David Swooze
Kojak
Mike Tomaso
Toma
Adam's Rib
Pete
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Mario Burtoli
Steambath
Longshoreman
Police Story
The Heartbreak Kid
Entertainer
They Only Kill Their Masters
Malcolm
The Streets of San Francisco
All in the Family
Jack
The Partridge Family
Mike Young
Norma
Delivery Man
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Max
In Name Only
Joe
Love, American Style
Barney
Then Came Bronson
Barker
The Good Guys
The Mod Squad
Parking Lot Attendant
The Outcasts
Sheriff Calloway
Adam-12
Will Davis
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Amazing Metrano (uncredited)
Mannix
The High Chaparral
Bartender
Ironside
That Girl
Bewitched
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Rocket Attack U.S.A.
Truck Driver