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Diff'rent Strokes

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Plot

The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman named Phillip Drummond and his daughter Kimberly, for whom their deceased mother previously worked. During the first season and first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as the Drummonds' housekeeper, Mrs. Garrett.

Cast

Conrad Bain as Phillip Drummond
Conrad Bain

as Phillip Drummond

Gary Coleman as Arnold Jackson
Gary Coleman

as Arnold Jackson

Todd Bridges as Willis Jackson
Todd Bridges

as Willis Jackson

Mary Jo Catlett as Pearl Gallagher
Mary Jo Catlett

as Pearl Gallagher

Danny Cooksey as Sam McKinney
Danny Cooksey

as Sam McKinney

Mary Ann Mobley as Maggie Drummond
Mary Ann Mobley

as Maggie Drummond

Creator

Network

Status

  • Ended

First Aired Date

  • November 3, 1978

Last Aired Date

  • March 7, 1986

Production Companies

  • Norman Lear/Tandem Productions

  • Embassy Television

  • Embassy Pictures Corporation

  • Tandem Productions

Type

  • Scripted

Number of Season

  • 8

Number of Episodes

  • 189

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1985|19 Episodes

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