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
![Conrad Bain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/201/162201280_6096fd.gif)
Conrad Bain
Canada
Best series:
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Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
![Gary Coleman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278202_1c37f8.jpg)
Gary Coleman
USA
Best series:
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Todd Bridges
USA
Best series:
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Dana Plato
USA
Best series:
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) (series)
CHiPs (1977) (series)
Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
![Mary Jo Catlett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/987/157987349_2b75fe.jpg)
Mary Jo Catlett
USA
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Danny Cooksey
USA
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Shavar Ross
USA
Best series:
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Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
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![Charlotte Rae](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/088/160088501_a3868c.jpg)
Charlotte Rae
USA
Best series:
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![Dixie Carter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/964/159964982_1fa177.jpg)
Dixie Carter
USA
Best series:
Desperate Housewives (2004) (series)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) (series)
Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
Steven Mond
Best series:
CHiPs (1977) (series)
Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
Nedra Volz
USA
Best series:
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The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) (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)
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Nikki Swasey Seaton
Best series:
Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
![Janet Jackson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/394/394637_2a343d.jpg)
Janet Jackson
USA
Best series:
Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
Will & Grace (1998) (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.
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![Rosalind Chao](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/040/166040688_f4f64e.jpg)
Rosalind Chao
USA
Best series:
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Dody Goodman
USA
Best series:
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CHiPs (1977) (series)
Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
Bobby Herbeck
USA
Best series:
M*A*S*H (1972) (series)
CHiPs (1977) (series)
Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)
![Robert Rockwell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/497/160497872_246583.jpg)
Robert Rockwell
USA
Robin LaValley
Best series:
Diff'rent Strokes (1978) (series)