# RIP Art Metrano

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-art-metrano/950460>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** celebrity-death\
**Created:** [September 10, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-art-metrano/950460 "2021-09-10T14:21:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-art-metrano/950460/1 "2021-09-10T14:21:11Z")

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He was in the Police Academy movies, but I never saw them. I still remember him from this stupid but insanely funny “magic” act he used to do on variety shows in the 1960s and 1970s

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_-SNrvHdZJE/hqdefault.jpg "ART METRANO IS WONDERFUL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-SNrvHdZJE)

> **[Art Metrano, star of 'Police Academy' films, dead at 84 | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/10/entertainment/art-metrano-dead-police-academy-intl-scli/index.html)**
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> Art Metrano, a stand-up comedian best known for his role as ruthless police captain Ernie Mauser in two "Police Academy" films, has died at the age of 84.

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**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-art-metrano/950460/2 "2021-09-10T14:49:30Z")

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I didn’t even need to click the video. I saw the name and that stupid tune was instantly in my brain. RIP.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-art-metrano/950460/3 "2021-09-10T14:55:00Z")

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In memoriam:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VMxVGIeiSzA/hqdefault.jpg "FINE AND DANDY - Dorsey Brothers Orchestra") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMxVGIeiSzA)

The man could make a marshmallow magically disappear in seconds!

RIP, Art. 😢

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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-art-metrano/950460/4 "2021-09-10T14:56:05Z")

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Funny how we have little “boxes” we put some actors in.

To me, he’ll always be Moose, the truck driver teamed with Rosie Grier’s Benjy in Movin’ On. But I looked at his IMDB credits, and he was in a ton of stuff I watched.

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-art-metrano/950460/5 "2021-09-10T17:01:52Z")

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It never occurred to me that the finger magic guy was the same guy who played Captain Mauser.