Art Metrano, best known for playing officer boss Ernie Mauser in the 'Police Academy' movies, has died. He was 84 years old.
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franchise, who goes from Lieutenant, to Captain, and to Commandant, before being relegated to Lieutenant again. His character was also the butt of plenty of jokes, including when he famously lost his eyebrows after ripping them off with tape.He's also remembered for his "The Amazing Metrano" "magic" act, which he performed on programs, including. The comedy in the "magic" came out of its simplicity, ridiculousness, or some faux invisibility.
The actor suffered a career-impacting paralyzing injury, fracturing his neck, after falling off a ladder while renovating his home in 1989, breaking his neck in four places. In 1996,how his family, meditation, and his former high school football coach helped when he began rehabilitation. "He taught me the meaning of stick-to-itiveness, that a winner never quits and a quitter never wins," Metrano said of his former coach, during an interview for his one-man show, "The Amazing Metrano: An Accidental Comedy." "He made me deal with life head-on and made me believe that I could be whatever I wanted to be. 'Sometimes life comes calling, punches you in the face and says, Let me see what you're made of, tough guy.
Metrano was born Sept. 22, 1936 in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City. He earned a football scholarship to junior college in Stockton, Calif., and once worked as an automatic telephone system salesman.
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