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Art Metrano
Born: 22nd Sep 1936 New York City, New York, USA - Died 8th Sep 2021
Dept: Acting
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.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 97
Film: 37 (38%)
Television: 60 (62%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Fantasy, Adventure, Animation, Western, Soap, Kids, War & Politics, Science Fiction, Horror
Filmography
2001
An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's really important in life. ... view
Character:
Homeless Man
Oct 2000 (first aired)
The District is a television police drama which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the ... view
Character:
Teddy Caruso (1 ep.)
1998
Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really li ... view
Character:
Dr. Steinberg
Sep 1997 (first aired)
Police Academy: The Series is a syndicated 1997 television series spin-off from the Police Academy series of films. Michael Winslow was the only actor ... view
Character:
Sheriff Meiser (1 ep.)
1997
The L.A. police find two bodies in a fancy house and suspect the wife of one victim. Dr. Ellis, a hypnotherapist, takes her back in time; with the pol ... view
Character:
Judge
Sep 1996 (first aired)
Rachel Burke is a criminal profiler, one of the best, actually.
She, along with a sophisticated team of specialists on the FBI's Violent Crimes Task ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Mar 1996 (first aired)
Filmed on location at Santa Monica and Venice Beach, this series focuses on an elite bike cop unit of the LAPD. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1994 (first aired)
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The se ... view
Character:
Elijah Horn (1 ep.)
Sep 1994 (first aired)
Five brothers and sisters are determined to stay together following the tragic loss of their parents. ... view
Character:
Driver (1 ep.)
Justice of the Peace (1 ep.)
Sep 1993 (first aired)
The John Larroquette Show is an American television sitcom .The show was a vehicle for John Larroquette following his run as Dan Fielding on Night Cou ... view
Character:
Jim (1 ep.)
1992
Leslie Zevo is a fun-loving inventor who must save his late father's toy factory from his evil uncle, Leland, a war-mongering general who rules the op ... view
Character:
Guard at Desk
Original title: ストロベリーロード
1991
Hisa Ishii and his brother Akira emigrate from Japan to the United States. They settle in rural California and start a strawberry farm, slowly integra ... view
Character:
Jill's father
1989
A doctor and a mortician have teamed up to do re-animation experiments on corpses using gangster money loaned for "remodeling." When they can't pay it ... view
Character:
Vic
Original title: Gummibärchen küßt man nicht
1989
Teen-aged Tonyhas never known who is father is. Together with his best buddies Peter and Susan, he tracks down the clues he has as well as he can. ... view
Character:
Agent 712
Apr 1987 (first aired)
21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and ... view
Character:
Larry Stubbs (1 ep.)
Sep 1986 (first aired)
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994.
Created by Steven B ... view
Character:
Judge Richard Fiorello (4 ep.)
1986
When police funding is cut, the Governor announces he must close one of the academies. To make it fair, the two police academies must compete against ... view
Character:
Commandant Mauser
Mar 1986 (first aired)
Tough Cookies is sitcom that aired on CBS from March 5 to April 23, 1986. The series centers on the young detective Cliff Brady, played by Robby Benso ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (8 ep.)
Sep 1985 (first aired)
Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, m ... view
Character:
Judge (1 ep.)
1985
Officer Carey Mahoney and his cohorts have finally graduated from the Police Academy and are about to hit the streets on their first assignment. Quest ... view
Character:
Lieutenant Mauser
1985
In this erotic spy tale private eye Cody Abilene teams up with the Contessa Luciana and policewoman Beverly McAfee to infiltrate a mansion and discove ... view
Character:
Matthew
1984
A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing the school for graduating their son who still canno ... view
Character:
Troy
Sep 1984 (first aired)
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. D ... view
Character:
Bert Nadell (1 ep.)
Sep 1984 (first aired)
An abandoned waif and her dog are taken in by a cranky apartment manager who becomes her guardian in this family-friendly sitcom. ... view
Character:
Lenny The Loop (1 ep.)
Dec 1983 (first aired)
Masquerade is an American espionage television series that aired for a few months on ABC in the spring of 1983. ... view
Character:
Nick Carapopolus (1 ep.)
1983
Jesse, a small-time criminal, high-tails it to Los Angeles to rendezvous with a French exchange student. Stealing a car and accidentally killing a hig ... view
Character:
Birnbaum
Jan 1983 (first aired)
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as ... view
Character:
Nick Gretsch (1 ep.)
Aug 1982 (first aired)
Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty.
Based on Ar ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
May 1982 (first aired)
Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities. ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Mar 1982 (first aired)
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Mar 1982 (first aired)
Joanie Loves Chachi is an American television spin-off of the American sitcom Happy Days that was originally broadcast on ABC from March 23, 1982 to M ... view
Character:
Rico Mastorelli (17 ep.)
1981
Elliot, a rare California condor, must find a hideaway for endangered animals before man drives them over the brink into extinction. ... view
Character:
Abe (voice)
1981
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition. ... view
Character:
Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire
1981
When his father - who owned a circus - dies, Oscar inherits 5 million dollars - and 3 orangutans. However there's a condition connected to the money: ... view
Character:
Joey
Jan 1981 (first aired)
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1981
A newly divorced swinger on the prowl goes to work as a detective for a neurotic feminist attorney. ... view
Character:
Tony Turino
1980
Divorcee Susan Blakely, with no alimony and two kids to support, begins turning to amphetamines. While at her lowest ebb, she meets an alcoholic and t ... view
Character:
1980
In order to beat inflation and subsidize their alimony checks, three suburban housewives plot to steal $1 million from a large plastic ball which is d ... view
Character:
Gas Station Attendant
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1979 (first aired)
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing is a 60-minute Saturday morning animated package show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from September 8, 1979 to D ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (26 ep.)
1979
A government agent discovers a plot by a cartel of seven gangsters to take over the state of Hawaii. He hires a team of seven hitmen to stop them. ... view
Character:
Kinsella
Nov 1978 (first aired)
The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27 1978, to March 16 1981. ... view
Character:
Walter Preston (1 ep.)
1978
A pilot movie dealing with the day-to-day workings of God herself, here threatening to destroy Las Vegas if six righteous people cannot be found there ... view
Character:
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Sep 1978 (first aired)
Flying High is an American comedy-drama series that aired on CBS from August 28, 1978 until January 23, 1979. Created by Dawn Aldredge and Martin Coha ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1978 (first aired)
When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of oddball characters is forced to switch gears quickly. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1978
A small-time talent agent discovers an amazing boxing kangaroo and figures to use it as his stepping-stone into the big time. ... view
Character:
Gordon Baum
Apr 1978 (first aired)
The Ted Knight Show is a 1978 United States comedic television series starring Ted Knight which centers around the owner of an escort service in New Y ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Nov 1977 (first aired)
During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transforma ... view
Character:
Charlie (1 ep.)
Mar 1977 (first aired)
Romance proceeds tentatively between a reporter and a teacher in this brief sitcom created by Susan Harris (`Soap'). ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (6 ep.)
1977
A weapons expert is reluctantly sent on a mission to a middle-east warzone to locate a lost nuclear warhead and dismantle it before it falls into the ... view
Character:
Mario
Sep 1976 (first aired)
Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle! Rec ... view
Character:
Alfred Blue (1 ep.)
1976
In this telling of the infamous 1950 robbery, James McNally is portrayed as the one gang member who maintains his silence in the face of extreme polic ... view
Character:
Julius Mareno
Jan 1976 (first aired)
Sitcom about Jules Bedford, a crusty, sometimes grumpy, and somewhat absent-minded old-school doctor with a genuine concern for people. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Nov 1975 (first aired)
With the strength of Hercules, the wisdom of Athena, the speed of Mercury and the beauty of Aphrodite, she’s Wonder Woman. Beautiful Amazon princess ... view
Character:
Friedman (1 ep.)
Sep 1975 (first aired)
Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the street ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1975
An adventure film about the search for a more than 200-year-old treasure on the ocean floor. ... view
Character:
Waiter
1975
An intentionally campy film designed to capitalize on Linda Lovelace's sudden fame following "Deep Throat", this film centers around Linda's fictional ... view
Character:
The Sheik
1975
Medfield College science major Dexter Riley and his classmates have been working on a new vitamin compound when a lab accident creates a supercharged ... view
Character:
TV Color Man
Jan 1975 (first aired)
Barney Miller is the kind of cop we'd all like to run into. Always sensible, he maintains order over a band of detectives who gamble, hit on anything ... view
Character:
Det. Mike Lovatelli (1 ep.)
Jan 1975 (first aired)
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC ser ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (3 ep.)
Sep 1974 (first aired)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974–1975 season. It featured a fictional Chicago newspaper ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1974 (first aired)
Movin' On is an American drama series that ran for two seasons, between 1974 and 1976. It originally appeared on the NBC television network. The pilot ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (5 ep.)
1974
A police officer has very little work as there is virtually no crime in his small California town...until three hoodlums appear and rape a young woman ... view
Character:
Lassiter
Oct 1973 (first aired)
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City. ... view
Character:
Mike Tomaso (1 ep.)
1973
Vic "Bomber" Bealer is a handsome, manipulative boxer who aspires to something greater than the small-town life he knows in Texas. But, even when oppo ... view
Character:
Jay David Swooze
Oct 1973 (first aired)
This series Is based on the real-life story of New Jersey detective David Toma. Toma was a master of disguise and undercover work. Toma himself made a ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1973 (first aired)
Adam's Rib is an American situation comedy broadcast on ABC-TV from September 14 to December 28, 1973. It was produced by MGM Television and had 13 ep ... view
Character:
Pete (1 ep.)
1973
Vigilante Slaughter comes under attack from Duncan, a local money launderer whose hit-man traps Slaughter in a car at a cliff, but Slaughter escapes, ... view
Character:
Mario Burtoli
1973
Tandy, Merideth and assorted others unexpectedly wake up in a steambath with no easy exit. After spending some time there, it becomes clear that the s ... view
Character:
Longshoreman
Mar 1973 (first aired)
Detective Cheng is commissioned by Interpol to destroy the Empire of Chaiba, a worldwide criminal organization based in Southeast Asia. He initiates a ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
1972
Three days into his Miami honeymoon with needy and unsophisticated Lila, Lenny meets tall, blonde Kelly. This confirms his fear that he has made a ser ... view
Character:
Entertainer
1972
An enigmatic young woman has been murdered in a small California coast town. The investigation by the local sheriff uncovers a complex web of relation ... view
Character:
Malcolm
Sep 1972 (first aired)
Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1971 (first aired)
The Partners is an American sitcom that aired on September 18, 1971 through September 8, 1972 on NBC. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1971 (first aired)
The Chicago Teddy Bears is an American sitcom that aired on CBS. The series was part of the network's 1971 fall lineup, premiering on September 17, 19 ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (13 ep.)
Jan 1971 (first aired)
Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day. ... view
Character:
Jack (1 ep.)
Sep 1970 (first aired)
The Partridge Family is an American television sitcom series about a widowed mother and her five children who embark on a music career. ... view
Character:
Mike Young (1 ep.)
1970
A woman goes to a doctor hoping he will cure her nymphomania. Scenes of her with her various lovers and pick-ups of both sexes are shown. through ther ... view
Character:
Delivery Man
1969
In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a ... view
Character:
Max
1969
In this romantic comedy, an unwed couple who run a wedding planning business discover, to their horror, that the Justice of the Peace who had officiat ... view
Character:
Joe
Sep 1969 (first aired)
An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories o ... view
Character:
Barney (1 ep.)
1969
Jim Bronson is a young newspaperman who quits his job following the suicide of his best friend, and sets out on a cross-country trip on his motorcycle ... view
Character:
Barker
Sep 1968 (first aired)
The Good Guys is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from September 25, 1968 to January 23, 1970. 42 color episodes were filmed in all. As with The ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1968 (first aired)
The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23, 1973 ... view
Character:
Parking Lot Attendant (1 ep.)
Sep 1968 (first aired)
A bounty hunter who was a Confederate Officer teams up with an ex-slave who was a Union Soldier during the Civil War. ... view
Character:
Sheriff Calloway (1 ep.)
Sep 1968 (first aired)
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patroll ... view
Character:
Will Davis (1 ep.)
Jan 1968 (first aired)
An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin. ... view
Character:
The Amazing Metrano (uncredited) (2 ep.)
Sep 1967 (first aired)
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed b ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1967 (first aired)
The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. T ... view
Character:
Bartender (1 ep.)
Mar 1967 (first aired)
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to t ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (4 ep.)
Sep 1966 (first aired)
That Girl is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. It stars Marlo Thomas as the title character Ann Marie, an aspiring actress, who mo ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1964 (first aired)
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (5 ep.)
Jul 1963 (first aired)
The concept of the series was the showing of unaired and unsold television pilots that did not make the television lineup for CBS. The show was succes ... view
Character:
Big D (1 ep.)
Oct 1962 (first aired)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Dec 1961 (first aired)
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
1960
It's the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union with the Communists launching a spy satellite that has the Free World l ... view
Character:
Truck Driver