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)
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Lou Richards
USA
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David Wysocki
USA
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![Billy Beck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619739_bff5a1.gif)
Billy Beck
USA
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![Claude Earl Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/644/160644758_08f11b.jpg)
Claude Earl Jones
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LaWanda Page
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James Ingersoll
USA
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De'voreaux White
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Michael St. Michaels
USA
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![Philip Sterling](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/877/160877614_6f132f.jpg)
Philip Sterling
USA
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![Edie McClurg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/061/161061032_ef6aea.jpg)
Edie McClurg
USA
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Ron Feinberg
USA
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Lillian Lehman
USA
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![Tom Rosqui](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/218/162218385_979486.jpg)
Tom Rosqui
USA
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Helen Page Camp
USA
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Frank Richards
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Howard Morton
USA
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Patrick Cronin
USA
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Irene Tedrow
USA
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![Michael McManus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/628/161628860_4b97ae.jpg)
Michael McManus
USA
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![Carol Bruce](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/675/161675360_cabe43.jpg)
Carol Bruce
USA
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