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'Police Academy' star Art Metrano dead at 64

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Art Metrano, a stand-up comedian best known for playing callous police captain Ernie Mauser in the second and third "Police Academy" films, has passed away.

He was 84. The Brooklyn-born funnyman died of natural causes at his Aventura, Florida home on Wednesday, his son told the Hollywood Reporter.

In addition to his roles in the 1985 and 1986 installments of the comedic cop series, Metrano also appeared in the 1982 "Happy Days" spinoff "Joanie Loves Chachi" and guest-starred on "All in the Family," "Bewitched," "Starsky and Hutch" and "Mod Squad," among other TV shows.

A Bensonhurst native, Metrano began his career studying acting with Stella Adler and John Cassavetes and doing stand-up in the Catskills, according to THR.

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