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Pat Harrington, Jr., the most desirable building superintendent in Indianapolis, has died of complications from a fall at the age of 86. The last surviving member of Steve Allen’s “Men on the Street” with Don Knotts, Tom Poston and Louis Nye, Harrington was a fixture in the early days of TV. In those days, broad ethnic stereotypes were acceptable, so Harrington introduced Steve Allen and Jack Paar to-a Signor Guido Panzini, not-a to mention episodes of-a The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and-a da McHale’s Navy. Bouncing around through a number of comedic cameos, Harrington voiced both The Inspector and his Spanish assistant Sergeant Deux-Deux in a companion cartoon as part of The Pink Panther, as well as The Atom, one of the Justice League members kept around to make Aquaman feel better about himself. His enduring fame came in 1975 when he helped the Romano ladies cope with life in Circle City as Dwayne F. Schneider on One Day at a Time, scoring 4 Golden Globe nominations, winning once, and an Emmy, as well as a series of Trak Auto Parts commercials. Harrington rounded out his career with more cameos, including biannual appearances on Murder, She Wrote in 4 different roles.