Diff'rent Strokes
tv show

189 total episodes
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8 seasons
First Aired November 03, 1978
Overview
The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman named Phillip Drummond and his daughter Kimberly, for whom their deceased mother previously worked. During the first season and first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as the Drummonds' housekeeper, Mrs. Garrett.
Cast

Conrad Bain
as
Phillip Drummond

Gary Coleman
as
Arnold Jackson

Todd Bridges
as
Willis Jackson

Dana Plato
as
Kimberly Drummond

Mary Jo Catlett
as
Pearl Gallagher

Charlotte Rae
as
Edna Garrett

Danny Cooksey
as
Sam McKinney

Shavar Ross
as
Dudley Ramsey

Dixie Carter
as
Maggie McKinney

Nedra Volz
as
Adelaide Brubaker
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Steven Mond
as
Robbie Jason

Mary Ann Mobley
as
Maggie Drummond
Crew

Gerren Keith
as
Director
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Herbert Kenwith
as
Director
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Mel Ferber
as
Director
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Barbara Schultz
as
Director

Glenn Padnick
as
Director
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Jeremiah Morris
as
Director

Lee Shallat Chemel
as
Director
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Linda Day
as
Director
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Blake Hunter
as
Producer
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Ed Jurist
as
Writer
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Howard Meyers
as
Writer
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Seaman Jacobs
as
Writer