Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently Diff'rent Strokes is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV, Amazon Video
Streaming in:🇬🇧 United Kingdom
This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Gary Coleman
Arnold Jackson
Todd Bridges
Willis Jackson
Conrad Bain
Philip Drummond
Dana Plato
Kimberly Drummond
Mary Jo Catlett
Pearl Gallagher
Jeff Harris
Creator
Danny Cooksey
Sam McKinney
Blake Hunter
Producer / Writer
Shavar Ross
Dudley Ramsey
Charlotte Rae
Edna Garrett
Dixie Carter
Maggie McKinney
Steven Mond
Robbie Jason
Jeff Harris
Writer
Bernie Kukoff
Writer
Gerren Keith
Director
Herbert Kenwith
Director
Mel Ferber
Director
Barbara Schultz
Director
Jeremiah Morris
Director
Glenn Padnick
Director
Linda Day
Director
Lee Shallat Chemel
Director
Ed Jurist
Writer
Howard Meyers
Writer
Seaman Jacobs
Writer
Scott Rubenstein
Writer
Donald Ross
Writer
Paul Haggis
Writer
Debra Frank
Writer
Mark Miller
Writer
Martin Ragaway
Writer
Booker Bradshaw
Writer
Myles Wilder
Writer
Woody Kling
Writer
Danny Simon
Writer
Whitey Mitchell
Writer
Mary Ann Mobley
Maggie Drummond
Jack Riley
Mr. Crocker
Michael Sharrett
Henry
Nedra Volz
Adelaide Brubaker
Hervé Villechaize
Hervé Villechaize
Rosalind Chao
Miss Chung / Ming Li
Dody Goodman
Sophia Drummond
Clarence Gilyard Jr.
The Student / Frank Simpson
Janet Jackson
Charlene DuPrey
Peter Vidmar
Self
Jason Hervey
Charlie
Molly Ringwald
Molly Parker
Mindy Cohn
Natalie Green
Felice Schachter
Nancy Olson
Kim Fields-Morgan
Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey
Peter Hobbs
Mr. Robinson
Julie Piekarski
Sue Ann Weaver
Lisa Whelchel
Blair Warner
Jack O'Leary
Mr. Kruger
Mitch Gaylord
Self
Betty Kean
Sally Winkle
Robert Vega
Mr. Lopez
Rana Ford
Nurse / Nurse #2
Tim Daggett
Self
Scott Johnson
Self
Jim Hartung
Self
Bart Conner
Self
James A. Watson, Jr
Sal Lopez
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
John McCook
James Cromwell
Howard Morton
Clarence Clemons
Wendy Fulton
Ed Jones
Philip Charles MacKenzie
Nancy Reagan
Brad Kesten
Irene Tedrow
Ray Bolger
Elinor Donahue
William Daniels
Joel Brooks
John Brandon
Andrew Dice Clay
Royce D. Applegate
David Hasselhoff
Robert Rockwell
Le Tari
Ronne Troup
Joanna Gleason
Jami Gertz
Keone Young
Frank De Vol
Melora Hardin
Michael Tucci
Marla Pennington
Brian Robbins
Meeno Peluce
Billy Jayne
Troy Slaten
Chuck McCann
Kari Michaelsen
Vonetta McGee
William Pierson
Ernie Sabella
Shari Belafonte
Dana Kimmell
McLean Stevenson
Lawrence Monoson
Tammy Townsend
Carl M. Craig
Robert Jayne
Ernie Hudson
John Hancock
Lee Weaver
James Reynolds
Forest Whitaker
Jon Caliri
Arye Gross
Audrey Meadows
Meadowlark Lemon
Rachel Jacobs
Dorothy Hamill
Jayne Kennedy
Ellen Travolta
Terry Kiser
Arthur Burghardt
LaWanda Page
Julie Anne Haddock
Krista Errickson
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 3, 1978
StatusEnded
Seasons8
Episodes189
Running Time30m
Content RatingTV-PG
Filming LocationsMetromedia Square · The Prospect Studios · Universal Studios Hollywood, United States
Genres
Wiki.
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. 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. Phillip Drummond (Conrad Bain) is a widower for whom their deceased mother previously worked; his daughter, Kimberly, is played by Dana Plato. During the first season and the first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred, as Mrs. Edna Garrett, the Drummonds' first housekeeper, who ultimately spun off into her own sitcom, The Facts of Life, as a housemother at the fictional Eastland School. The second housekeeper, Adelaide Brubaker, was played by Nedra Volz. The third housekeeper, Pearl Gallagher, was played by Mary Jo Catlett, first appearing as a recurring character, later becoming a main cast member.
The series made stars of Coleman, Bridges, and Plato and became known for the "very special episodes", in which serious issues such as racism, illegal drug use, alcoholism, hitchhiking, kidnapping, and child sexual abuse were dramatically explored.