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
![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:
The Morning Show (2019) (series)
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:
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005) (series)
We Bare Bears (2015) (series)
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:
House M.D. (2004) (series)
How I Met Your Mother (2005) (series)
My Name Is Earl (2005) (series)
![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)
![David Mendenhall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/444/444385_13121e.jpg)
David Mendenhall
USA
Best series:
Centurions (1986) (series)
G.I. Joe (1985) (series)
Taxi (1978) (series)
![Michael Tucci](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/704/161704320_c4ecfe.jpg)
Michael Tucci
USA
Best series:
Once and Again (1999) (series)
Alice (2009) (series)
Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
Kim Richards
USA
Best series:
The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) (series)
Revenge (2011) (series)
Disneyland (1954) (series)
![Lawrence Monoson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901373_0385a3.jpg)
Lawrence Monoson
USA
Best series:
Cold Case (2003) (series)
A Woman of Independent Means (1995) (series)
Any Day Now (1998) (series)
![Lisa Whelchel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/310/164310797_2f69ac.jpg)
Lisa Whelchel
USA
Best series:
Disneyland (1954) (series)
Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
The Facts of Life (1979) (series)
James Reynolds
USA
Best series:
The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) (series)
Highway to Heaven (1984) (series)
Seinfeld (1989) (series)
![Anne-Marie Johnson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576489_5819d5.jpg)
Anne-Marie Johnson
USA
Best series:
In Living Color (1990) (series)
How to Get Away with Murder (2014) (series)
The X-Files (1993) (series)
![John Schuck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/049/262/49262639_35772e.jpg)
John Schuck
USA
Best series:
Roots (1977) (series)
The Golden Girls (1985) (series)
Mission: Impossible (1966) (series)
![Garrett Morris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/354/164354150_a267cf.jpg)
Garrett Morris
USA
Best series:
Shameless (2011) (series)
This Is Us (2016) (series)
Shameless (2004) (series)
![J.A. Preston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/093/886/93886121_614739.jpg)
J.A. Preston
USA
Best series:
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Wonder Woman (1975) (series)
Moonlighting (1985) (series)
![Edward Andrews](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948881_bc8707.jpg)
Edward Andrews
USA
Best series:
The Twilight Zone (1959) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (series)