Art Metrano
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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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 1.447 |
Birthday | 1936-09-22 |
Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
Also Known As | Arthur Metrano, Arthur M. Metrano, Harry Metrano, |
1983
Breathless
5.8/233
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...
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Breathless
1981
History of the World: Part I
6.782/780
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
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History of the World: Part I
1981
Cheaper to Keep Her
4/1
A newly divorced swinger on the prowl goes to work as a detective for a neurotic feminist attorney.
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Cheaper to Keep Her
1975
Linda Lovelace for President
4.1/11
An intentionally campy film designed to capitalize on Linda Lovelace's sudden fame following "Deep Throat", this film centers around Linda's fictional...
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Linda Lovelace for President
1984
Teachers
5.6/69
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...
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Teachers
1978
Human Feelings
0/0
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...
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Human Feelings
1972
The Heartbreak Kid
6.6/85
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...
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The Heartbreak Kid
1972
They Only Kill Their Masters
5.1/10
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...
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They Only Kill Their Masters
1985
Malibu Express
5.1/51
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Malibu Express
1974
Dirty O'Neil
5.1/12
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...
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Dirty O'Neil
1973
Slaughter's Big Rip Off
4.8/5
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Slaughter's Big Rip Off
1981
No Man's Valley
6/2
Elliot, a rare California condor, must find a hideaway for endangered animals before man drives them over the brink into extinction.
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No Man's Valley
1979
Seven
5.8/36
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Seven
1978
Matilda
5.2/6
A small-time talent agent discovers an amazing boxing kangaroo and figures to use it as his stepping-stone into the big time.
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Matilda
1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
7.6/305
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969
Then Came Bronson
5.2/3
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Then Came Bronson
1985
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
6.1/1516
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...
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Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
1986
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
5.797/1199
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Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1989
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
0/0
In this wacky comedy, teen-aged Tony (Bentley C. Mitchum) has never known who is father is. Together with his best buddies Peter and Susan, he tracks...
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Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
1998
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
5.9/112
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1989
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
1.9/7
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Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
1980
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
5.1/26
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...
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How to Beat the High Cost of Living
1980
A Cry for Love
0/0
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...
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A Cry for Love
1970
Norma
3/2
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Norma
1975
The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
2.8/9
An adventure film about the search for a more than 200-year-old treasure on the ocean floor.
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The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
1975
The Strongest Man in the World
6.1/62
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The Strongest Man in the World
1973
The All-American Boy
3/2
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...
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The All-American Boy
1960
Rocket Attack U.S.A.
2/21
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Rocket Attack U.S.A.
2001
Good Advice
5.8/87
An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's important in life.
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Good Advice
1977
Warhead
3.3/6
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Warhead
1981
Going Ape!
4.5/15
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Going Ape!
1969
In Name Only
0/0
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...
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1976
Brinks: The Great Robbery
0/0
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...
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Brinks: The Great Robbery
1973
Steambath
5.4/7
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...
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Steambath
1997
Murder in Mind
5.3/10
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...
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