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Diff'rent Strokes. Conrad Bain and Gary Coleman appeared on the final episode of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)" as Phillip Drummond and Arnold Jackson respectively, looking at the Banks mansion as they shop for new homes in Los Angeles. During the sixth season, Dana Plato was written out of the series when she became pregnant.
Diff'rent Strokes (1978–86) made a star of Gary Coleman as Arnold Jackson, the younger of the two boys. Todd Bridges was his older brother Willis and Conrad Bain was the proper white man, Phillip Drummond. As one of NBC 's few late-'70s hits, it quickly launched a spinoff in The Facts of Life the following year.
Willis has a special birthday request: a party back in his Harlem neighborhood with his old buddies. Mrs. Garrett finds teen pandemonium when she visits Kimberly's school. Diff'rent Strokes began an eight-year run across two networks in 1978, making stars out of its young lead actors Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges and Dana Plato.
Deuteragonist: While Arnold is the main protagonist throughout the show, Mr. Drummond is the only one besides Arnold who remains a prominent character in all 8 seasons, since Willis and Kimberly are Out of Focus later on. Good Parents: A loving father to Kimberly, a good adoptive father to the Jackson boys, and later a good stepfather to Sam.
Mar 14, 2016 · 3. The Title May Have Been Inspired by Muhammad Ali. According to the Yale Book of Quotations, boxing great Ali (who made a cameo in a 1979 episode) was quoted by the Great Bend Daily Tribune in ...
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May 29, 2012 · Conrad Bain, the actor best known for playing Phillip Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes, died Monday in Livermore, Calif. He was 89. Diff'rent Strokes star Todd Bridges and his wife Dori have split ...
