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
Jean-Paul Hellendall
USA
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Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
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Shannon Presby
USA
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Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
![Ron Karabatsos](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/527/162527233_7a2407.jpg)
Ron Karabatsos
USA
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![James A. Watson Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/538/162538803_91ccdc.jpg)
James A. Watson Jr.
USA
Best series:
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Natalie Core
USA
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Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
![David Bond](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/102/640/102640889_43b96f.jpg)
David Bond
USA
Best series:
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![Toy Newkirk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/798/161798673_da7a4f.jpg)
Toy Newkirk
Best series:
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Ken Olfson
USA
Best series:
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![Ernie Sabella](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/626/162626363_799516.jpg)
Ernie Sabella
USA
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Lee Chamberlin
USA
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![Anna Bjorn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/708/162708193_695829.jpg)
Anna Bjorn
Iceland
Best series:
Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
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![John Brandon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/742/162742496_b2e961.jpg)
John Brandon
USA
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Duke Stroud
USA
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![J. Jay Saunders](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/828/162828354_d739f8.jpg)
J. Jay Saunders
USA
Best series:
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Hill Street Blues (1981) (series)
Police Story (1973) (series)
Florence Halop
USA
Best series:
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William Lanteau
USA
Best series:
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Sue Ann Gilfillan
USA
Best series:
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
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Disneyland (1954) (series)
Philip Charles Mackenzie
USA
Best series:
Step by Step (1991) (series)
Cheers (1982) (series)
Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
Gracia Lee
USA
Best series:
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Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971) (series)
Betty Kean
USA
Best series:
Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
Happy Days (1974) (series)
The Facts of Life (1979) (series)