He fractured three vertebrae in a near-fatal fall from a ladder in 1989 and starred in a one-man stage show about the experience. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Art Metrano, the stand-up comedian with a ...

Art Metrano, a Brooklyn-born comic who appeared on “The Tonight Show” and starred in two “Police Academy” films, died in his Florida home Wednesday. He was 84. Metrano died of natural causes, ...

Art Metrano, who played the officer Ernie Mauser in two Police Academy sequels and was a familiar face on episodic TV before a serious injury sustained in a home accident derailed his career in 1989, ...

Art Metrano, the Police Academy actor and beloved comic, has died, Metrano's manager, Sandi Love, confirmed to ET, stating simply, "Yes, Art Metrano has passed." Metrano died Wednesday of natural ...