Art Metrano

Birth Name:

Arthur Metrano

Birth Place:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Actor

Has raised more than $175,000 for Project Support for Spinal Cord Injury through his one-man stage act "Jews Don't Belong on Ladders…The Accidental Comedy․"
Quote: "There's a poem I live my life by․ And I repeat it constantly․ At the end of my shows I tell it to the audience․․․'There is a destiny that makes us brothers, none goes his way alone, all that we send into the lives of others, comes back into our own․'"
Known for his appearances on variety shows in the early 1970s as a magician performing silly tricks while constantly humming his theme song
Perhaps best known for his role as Commandant Mauser in "Police Academy 2" and "Police Academy 3․"
Broke his neck in several places, injuring his spinal cord, after a fall from a ladder while working on a house, but he is now able to walk with little difficulty

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