Conrad Bain
Philip Drummond
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- 1. Movin' In Nov 3, 1978
- A tycoon welcomes his late housekeeper's two sons into his New York penthouse.
- 2. The Social Worker Nov 10, 1978
- Arnold overhears Drummond telling a social worker that black children belong with black families.
- 3. Mother's Last Visit Nov 17, 1978
- Drummond's upper-crust mother arrives and isn't too pleased with the latest family additions.
Diff'rent Strokes: Created by Jeff Harris, Bernie Kukoff. With Conrad Bain, Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, Dana Plato. The misadventures of a wealthy Manhattan family who adopted the children of their late African American housekeeper from Harlem.
Diff'rent Strokes is an American television sitcom, which aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985, to March 7, 1986. The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, respectively, who are two boys from Harlem taken in by a wealthy Park Avenue businessman and his daughter.
TV-PG. Multi-millionaire Phillip Drummond, who has agreed to the death-bed wish of his housekeeper to raise her two small sons as his own, welcomes 8-year-old Arnold and 12-year-old Willis into his lavish penthouse.
Diff'rent Strokes. Two black kids from Harlem, Arnold Jackson and older brother Willis, are welcomed into the family of wealthy New York businessman Philip Drummond when their mother, his ...
S1.E1 ∙ Movin' In. Philip Drummond is a wealthy Manhattan industrialist who takes in Arnold and Willis Jackson, the two sons of his late housekeeper; Drummond is white and the boys are black. Arnold, age 8, is excited about the opportunity of a privileged life, but Willis, age 13, feels that Mr. Drummond is trying to buy their love with ...
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Comedy. Whatchoo talkin' bout Willis? Gary Coleman became a child superstar playing the lovable, mischievous Arnold in this comedy series that brought issues of race and class into American living rooms in the ‘70s and ‘80s. The series begins with Arnold and Willis; two African-American brothers from Harlem going from rags to riches, overnight.
