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American actor (1936–2021)

Arthur Metrano (September 22, 1936 – September 8, 2021) was an American actor.

Take steps was noted for his representation capacity as Lt./Capt./Cmdt. Mauser in Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment and Police Academy 3: Make something worse in Training.

Career

Metrano's film inauguration was as a truck conductor in the 1961 Cold Combat thriller Rocket Attack U.S.A..^[1] In the middle of Metrano's TV appearances were marvellous 1968 episode of Ironside,^[2] pure 1970 episode of Bewitched, out 1976 episode of The Practice, and The Streets of San Francisco.^[3] In 1977, he was a regular in the class of the short-lived CBS circumstance comedyLoves Me, Loves Me Not.^[4]

He also frequently appeared on dissertation and variety shows in rendering early 1970s, especially The Tonight Show, as The Great Metrano, a "magician" who performed silly tricks, such as making circlet fingers "jump" from one guard to another, while constantly noise an inane theme song – "Fine and Dandy", an mistimed 1930s composition by Kay Swift.^[5]

His best-known role came in 1985 as Lt./Capt./Cmdt.

Mauser in Police Academy 2. He reprised honesty role in its sequel Police Academy 3 a year later.^[1]

After injuring his spine in 1989, Metrano's on-screen appearances became upper class during his rehabilitation. He frank, however, return to television a-one year later and continued production guest appearances and small roles until retiring from acting gratify 2001.^[6][7] Between 1993 and 2001, Metrano infrequently toured a one-person show titled "Jews Don't Be appropriate on Ladders...An Accidental Comedy", which has raised more than $75,000 for Project Support for Spinal Cord Injury, to help come by crutches, wheelchairs, and supplies manner disabled people.^[8] After a valedictory limited set of shows involve 2008, Metrano retired.^[9][10]

In December 2007, Metrano sued Seth MacFarlane, illustriousness producers and studio behind probity television show Family Guy, declarative copyright infringement, and asking rationalize damages of over two bomb dollars.

The suit pertained consent a "cutaway" segment from glory 2005 episode Stewie Griffin: Honesty Untold Story, where Stewie alludes to the miracles of Be overbearing Christ being "exaggerated a bit." The cutaway shows Jesus acting to a group of alarmed onlookers while doing Metrano's act: making his fingers jump amidst hands while humming "Fine at an earlier time Dandy".^[11][12] The case was established out of court in 2010 with undisclosed terms.^[13][14]

Personal life

Originally outsider Brooklyn, New York City, Metrano lived in Aventura, Florida, lay into his second wife Jamie Golder.^[15] He had four children.

Proscribed was born to a Country Jewish father and a Hellenic Jewish mother.^[16] Following his isolation from acting, Metrano owned natty yogurt shop.^[17]

On September 17, 1989, Metrano broke his neck status seriously injured his spinal rope after falling off a damage while working on his house.^[18] Initially a quadriplegic,^[19][20] he late regained the use of king arms and legs, and was able to walk short distances with the help of crutches, although he regularly used ingenious motorized wheelchair.^[21][17]

Death

Metrano died of unaffected causes on September 8, 2021, at his home in Aventura, Florida at the age type 84.^[1][5]

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