Art Metrano
Biography
Art Metrano was an American actor, born in Bensonhurst in 1936. He made his film debut as a truck driver in Rocket Attack U.S.A., a 1961 Cold War thriller. He appeared in television episodes of Ironside in 1968, Bewitched in 1970, and The Practice in 1976, and also on The Streets of San Francisco. In 1977 he became a regular on the short-lived CBS sitcom Loves Me, Loves Me Not. During the early 1970s he often performed on talk and variety shows, especially The Tonight Show, as The Great Metrano, a magician who did absurd tricks, including making his fingers appear to jump between his hands while humming. His best-known role was Ernie Mauser in Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment in 1985, which he reprised in Police Academy 3: Back in Training in 1986. He toured a one-man show between 1993 and 2001, and after final shows in 2008 he retired. He died in 2021.
84years old at death
- Born Bensonhurst
- Died Aventura
- Star sign: VirgoLast day of the sign, on the Libra cusp
- Harpo Mesistrano (birth name)Also credited as Arthur Metrano, Arthur M. Metrano and Harry Metrano
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 32 years1969 to 2001
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In the early 1970s Metrano often appeared on talk and variety shows, particularly The Tonight Show, as The Great Metrano, a magician who did absurd tricks, like having his fingers jump between his hands while humming "Fine and Dandy".
Art Metrano movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Jerry Paris directed two of these films. Ten actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Jerry Paris
Also two films together4 more actors
- David GrafPolice Academy 3: Back in Training (1986) and Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
- Marion RamseyPolice Academy 3: Back in Training (1986) and Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
- Bubba SmithPolice Academy 3: Back in Training (1986) and Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
- Bruce MahlerPolice Academy 3: Back in Training (1986) and Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.