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Diff'rent Strokes

  • TV series
  • 1978
  • TV-PG
  • 8 seasons
  • 189 episodes

Created by Bernie Kukoff and Jeff Harris

7.1

TMDB audience rating
7.1 out of 10 from 304 votes

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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.

Roughly 94h 30m to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 189 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 30 minutes.

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Series cast and crew

  • Conrad Bain

    Conrad BainPhillip Drummond
    189 episodes

  • Gary Coleman

    Gary ColemanArnold Jackson
    189 episodes

  • Todd Bridges

    Todd BridgesWillis Jackson
    189 episodes

  • Dana Plato

    Dana PlatoKimberly Drummond
    151 episodes

  • Mary Jo Catlett

    Mary Jo CatlettPearl Gallagher
    87 episodes

  • Charlotte Rae

    Charlotte RaeEdna Garrett
    51 episodes

  • Danny Cooksey

    Danny CookseySam McKinney
    43 episodes

  • Shavar Ross

    Shavar RossDudley Ramsey
    43 episodes

  • Dixie Carter

    Dixie CarterMaggie McKinney
    25 episodes

  • Nedra Volz

    Nedra VolzAdelaide Brubaker
    23 episodes

  • Steven MondRobbie Jason
    22 episodes

  • Mary Ann Mobley

    Mary Ann MobleyNancy Osborne
    20 episodes

  • Rosalind Chao

    Rosalind ChaoMiss Chung
    8 episodes

  • Janet Jackson

    Janet JacksonCharlene DuPrey
    8 episodes

  • Jason Hervey

    Jason HerveyCharlie
    8 episodes

  • Kim Fields

    Kim FieldsDorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey
    6 episodes

  • Jack Riley

    Jack RileyMr. Crocker
    5 episodes

  • Dody Goodman

    Dody GoodmanSophia Drummond
    5 episodes

Created by
Bernie Kukoff and Jeff Harris
Network
ABC, NBC

Seasons and episodes