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Diff'rent Strokes is an American television sitcom, which aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985, to March 7, 1986. [2] The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, respectively, who are two boys from Harlem taken in by a wealthy Park Avenue businessman and his daughter.
Jackson appeared from the show's third season (1980–1981) until 1984, through the show's sixth season. Bridges' role as Willis Jackson started to fade, because of casting changes in the 1984–1985 season, when Danny Cooksey was added as Sam McKinney, his and Arnold's new younger stepbrother. Bridges did not appear as often in the show's ...
Betty A. Bridges, a veteran guest actress in series like Good Times and Hill Street Blues and the mother of Diff'rent Strokes star Todd Bridges, has died at 83. Todd shared two posts on Instagram ...
The cast of Diff'rent Strokes with guest star Nancy Reagan on set in 1983. When Plato made a brief appearance on The Gong Show, she was spotted by a producer who helped cast her as Kimberly Drummond, the older sister of adopted brothers Arnold and Willis Jackson, on the NBC/ABC sitcom Diff'rent Strokes. The series debuted in 1978 and became an ...
He is the only surviving original “Diff’rent Strokes” cast member (Conrad Bain, who played the father, Phillip Drummond, died following a stroke at the age of 89 in 2013).
The Emmy-nominated actress was best known for her role as Mrs. Garrett on "The Facts of Life," who originally appeared on a season "Diff'rent Strokes." The former show ran for nearly 10 years in ...
He and his wife Dori Bridges appeared in the November 14, 2007 episode of the MyNetworkTV show Decision House titled "Burned Bridges." He also had a recurring role as Monk on the UPN/The CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris. The cast of Diff'rent Strokes with guest star Nancy Reagan in 1983
Diff'rent Strokes was a smash hit for NBC, and the unknown Coleman supplanted Maude actor Conrad Bain as its star, earning $100,000 per episode. Perillo notes that around this time, "the Colemans ...