Seasons(8) / Episodes(180)
Plots(1)
DIFF'RENT STROKES aired from 1978-1986, taking place in Manhattan and centering around the story of the Drummond family. Phillip Drummond (Conrad Bain) is a wealthy, penthouse-dwelling widower who lives with his teenage daughter Kimberly (Dana Plato); in fulfillment of the dying wishes of his former housekeeper, he has taken in her two sons, Willis (Todd Bridges) and Arnold Jackson (Gary Coleman), ghetto youths from Harlem whose fish-out-of-water status in their new home forms the comedic basis of the show. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Ned Romero](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/765/157765216_d032b4.jpg)
Ned Romero
USA
Best series:
The Munsters (1964) (series)
Northern Exposure (1990) (series)
Spin City (1996) (series)
![Melora Hardin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/124/169124070_rxuujq.jpg)
Melora Hardin
USA
Best series:
Friends (1994) (series)
The Office (2005) (series)
Tour of Duty (1987) (series)
![Wendy Fulton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279435_4d997d.jpg)
Wendy Fulton
USA
Best series:
V: The Final Battle (1984) (series)
V (1984) (series)
North and South (1985) (series)
![John McIntire](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871856_0a0c4d.jpg)
John McIntire
USA
Best series:
The Twilight Zone (1959) (series)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) (series)
Longstreet (1971) (series)
![Jami Gertz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270837_c7353d.jpg)
Jami Gertz
USA
Best series:
Modern Family (2009) (series)
Entourage (2004) (series)
ER (1994) (series)
![Kareem Abdul-Jabbar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/847/160847873_744a3b.jpg)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
USA
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
The Big Bang Theory (2007) (series)
Billions (2016) (series)
![Bruce Mahler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901372_62b00b.jpg)
Bruce Mahler
USA
Best series:
Seinfeld (1989) (series)
Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
![Leonard Bremen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619239_2ec0bf.jpg)
Leonard Bremen
USA
Best series:
The Twilight Zone (1959) (series)
The Addams Family (1964) (series)
Get Smart (1965) (series)
![Elinor Donahue](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455673_f0e0c8.jpg)
Elinor Donahue
USA
Best series:
Friends (1994) (series)
The Golden Girls (1985) (series)
Ellen (1994) (series)
![Jason Hervey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/002/162002955_985b76.jpg)
Jason Hervey
USA
Best series:
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The Wonder Years (1988) (series) - actor, a.f.
Justice League (2001) (series)
![Joanna Gleason](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/111/158111738_f29b42.jpg)
Joanna Gleason
Canada
Best series:
Friends (1994) (series)
The Newsroom (2012) (series)
The Affair (2014) (series)
![Vonetta McGee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280804_43ff58.jpg)
Vonetta McGee
USA
Best series:
Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
L.A. Law (1986) (series)
Starsky and Hutch (1975) (series)
![Muhammad Ali](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280894_fde946.jpg)
Muhammad Ali
USA
Best series:
The Wire (2002) (series) - a.f.
Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
Touched by an Angel (1994) (series)
![Frank De Vol](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/386/386768_25fd98.jpg)
Frank De Vol
USA
Best series:
Get Smart (1965) (series)
I Dream of Jeannie (1965) (series)
Bonanza (1959) (series)
![Chuck McCann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/574/162574871_72c865.jpg)
Chuck McCann
USA
Best series:
DuckTales (1987) (series)
Adventure Time with Finn and Jake (2010) (series)
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (1989) (series)
Shari Belafonte
USA
Best series:
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9-1-1 (2018) (series)
Gen: Lock (2019) (series)
![Jim Ward](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/394/394717_5bc620.jpg)
Jim Ward
USA
Best series:
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God, the Devil and Bob (2000) (series)
![E.E. Bell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/407/407773_a1c797.jpg)
E.E. Bell
Best series:
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![Jesse D. Goins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/419/419041_f75db7.jpg)
Jesse D. Goins
Best series:
Bosch (2014) (series)
How to Get Away with Murder (2014) (series)
Prison Break (2005) (series)
![Hervé Villechaize](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/574/167574593_bwwxr1.jpg)
Hervé Villechaize
France
Best series:
The Fall Guy (1981) (series)
The Larry Sanders Show (1992) (series)
Taxi (1978) (series)