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Arnold's father died in 1975, and his mother died in 1977. His mother worked as a housekeeper for a wealthy white widower, named Philip Drummond (Conrad Bain). Before her death, his mother expressed her wish for her two boys to be cared for by Mr. Drummond. He agreed, and in 1979, he officially adopted Willis and Arnold. [2]
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.
Gary Wayne Coleman was born [1] in Zion, Illinois, on February 8, 1968.He was adopted by W. G. Coleman, a fork-lift operator, and Edmonia Sue, a nurse practitioner. [2] Due to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, a kidney disease, and the corticosteroids and other medications used to treat it, his growth was limited to 4 ft 8 in (142 cm), [3] [4] and his face kept a childlike appearance even ...
Todd Bridges is revealing his final words to his mother before she died.. The Diff’rent Strokes actor, 59, sat down with PEOPLE to talk about his late mom, Betty A. Bridges, who died at age 83 ...
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 ...
Related: Norman Lear's Cause of Death Determined Nearly 2 Weeks After Television Legend Died at 101 Todd, who is best known for playing the role of Willis Jackson on Diff'rent Strokes, then shared ...
It featured actors who at the time were unknown, as well as Bridges, who made a cameo appearance. [54] In 2006, NBC aired the television film Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Diff'rent Strokes, which was based on the lives of the child stars who had worked on the show. Bridges and Coleman appear at the end of the film standing near ...
Conrad Stafford Bain (February 4, 1923 – January 14, 2013) was a Canadian-American actor. His television credits include a leading role as Phillip Drummond in the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986), as Dr. Arthur Harmon on Maude (1972–1978), and as Charlie Ross in Mr. President (1987–1988).