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
![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)
![Mary Ann Mobley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058927_e6017e.jpg)
Mary Ann Mobley
USA
Best series:
Mission: Impossible (1966) (series)
Dead Like Me (2003) (series)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) (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)
Todd Lookinland
USA
Best series:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Wonder Woman (1975) (series)
Gunsmoke (1955) (series)
![Dick O'Neill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/112/158112048_6897f5.gif)
Dick O'Neill
USA
Best series:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
M*A*S*H (1972) (series)
The Fall Guy (1981) (series)
![Jack Riley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/358/168358377_x44n9d.gif)
Jack Riley
USA
Best series:
Friends (1994) (series)
M*A*S*H (1972) (series)
That '70s Show (1998) (series)
![Tammy Townsend](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/126/158126024_a58998.jpg)
Tammy Townsend
USA
Best series:
Friends (1994) (series)
We Bare Bears (2015) (series)
Quantum Leap (1989) (series)
![Dick Sargent](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188117_17db9e.jpg)
Dick Sargent
USA
Best series:
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (series)
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) (series)
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) (series)
![Candice Azzara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/691/160691503_9d955c.jpg)
Candice Azzara
USA
Best series:
The Wonder Years (1988) (series)
E/R (1984) (series)
ER (1994) (series)
Perla Walter
USA
Best series:
The X-Files (1993) (series)
The Last Don (1997) (series)
Hill Street Blues (1981) (series)
![Whitman Mayo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/673/158673462_51d4c7.jpg)
Whitman Mayo
USA
Best series:
The Cape (1996) (series)
Kenan & Kel (1996) (series)
ER (1994) (series)