Daniel Patrick Harrington Jr


 Daniel Patrick Harrington Jr. (August 13, 1929 – January 6, 2016)

He was best known for his role as building superintendent "Schneider" on the CBS sitcom One Day at a Time. His father, Pat Harrington Sr., was also an actor. Following in his father's footsteps, he pursued a career in entertainment after graduating from college and completing military service. He took a job at NBC in New York City. He then began acting on stage and toured North America with a number of plays, eventually performing on Broadway. Harrington became famous in the 1950s as a member of Steve Allen's television comedy troupe, the "Men on the Street" (which also included Don Knotts, Tom Poston and Louis Nye). He made many appearances as the comedic Italian immigrant "Guido Panzini" on The Jack Paar Show in the mid-1950s. In the 1959-1960 season, he played the recurring role of Pat Hannigan in eleven episodes of Danny Thomas's CBS-TV sitcom, The Danny Thomas Show. In 1967, he appeared in the Elvis Presley film Easy Come, Easy Go. He also parodied Get Smart in an episode of F Troop, in which he played secret agent "B Wise". From 1971 to 1974, he appeared in eleven episodes as District Attorney Charlie Giannetta of the ABC legal drama Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, starring Arthur Hill in the title role. Harrington worked as a voice actor. He voiced "Ray Palmer/the Atom" and "Roy Harper/Speedy" on The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure in 1967. From 1965-69, Harrington portrayed the voices of both The Inspector (a character inspired by Inspector Jacques Clouseau) and his Spanish Gendarmes sidekick Deux Deux in all of the original 34 animated episodes of the character's eponymous series which were created by Mirisch Films and DePatie-Freleng and released via United Artists. Harrington was well known for his role as affable building superintendent "Dwayne Schneider" on the 1975–1984 television sitcom One Day at a Time. He won both an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his work on this series. He reprised his role as Schneider in a series of commercials in the late 1980s for Trak Auto Parts after the show ended. He appeared in an episode of The King of Queens in 2006. In 2012, he also appeared as a guest star on Hot In Cleveland. Harrington, who had Alzheimer's disease, fell in early November 2015. He suffered a small brain hemorrhage and spent three weeks in a hospital and nursing home. He died on January 6, 2016, aged 86. 

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