Cast and Crew of Diff'rent Strokes

Diff'rent Strokes

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.

Diff'rent Strokes ran for 9 seasons.

Main Cast of Diff'rent Strokes

Secondary Cast of Diff'rent Strokes

Mary Jo Catlett as Pearl Gallagher

Mary Jo Catlett

as Pearl Gallagher (67 episodes)

Mary Jo Catlett (born September 2, 1938) is an American film, stage and television actress. She is notable for her ro...

Dixie Carter as Maggie McKinney

Dixie Carter

as Maggie McKinney (25 episodes)

Dixie Virginia Carter (May 25, 1939 – April 10, 2010) was an American actress. She starred as Julia Sugarbaker on the...

David Hasselhoff

David Hasselhoff

David Michael Hasselhoff  (born July 17, 1952), nicknamed "The Hoff," is an American actor, singer, producer and busi...

Carl M. Craig

Andrew Dice Clay

Andrew Dice Clay

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Andrew Dice Clay (born Andrew Clay Silverstein; September 29, 1957) is an ...

Tammy Townsend

Tammy Townsend

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tammy Townsend (born Tamara Townsend; August 17, 1970) is an American televis...

Lawrence Monoson

Lawrence Monoson

Lawrence Monoson is a retired American film and television actor. Born on August 11, 1964, in Yonkers, Lawrence is kn...

Joel Brooks

Joel Brooks

Joel Brooks is an actor.

William Daniels

William Daniels

William David Daniels (born March 31, 1927) is an American actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild (199...

Elinor Donahue

Elinor Donahue

Mary Eleanor Donahue (born April 19, 1937), credited as Elinor Donahue, is an American actress, best remembered today...

Brad Kesten

Nancy Reagan

Nancy Reagan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nancy Davis Reagan (born Anne Frances Robbins; July 6, 1921 – March 6, 2016) w...

Ed Jones

Ed Jones

Ed Jones was born on February 23, 1951 and is currently 73 years old.

Tom Rosqui

Tom Rosqui was born on June 12, 1928 and passed away 33 years ago at the age of 62 on April 12, 1991.

Clarence Clemons

Clarence Clemons

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Clarence Clemons (born January 11, 1942, Norfolk, Virginia), known by fans as...

Dabney Coleman

Dabney Coleman

Dabney Coleman is an American actor. He was born on January 3, 1932, in Austin, Texas. Coleman has had a prolific car...

Rosalind Chao as Miss Chung

Rosalind Chao

as Miss Chung (6 episodes)

​Rosalind Chao is an American actress of Chinese heritage. Chao's most notable roles are as South Korean refugee Soon...

James Cromwell

James Cromwell

James Oliver Cromwell (born 27 January 1940) is an American film and television actor, probably best known for his ro...

Shari Belafonte

Shari Belafonte

Shari Belafonte was born on September 22, 1954 and is currently 70 years old.

William Pierson

Brian Robbins

Brian Robbins

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Brian Robbins (born November 22, 1963) is an American actor and producer, d...

Melora Hardin

Melora Hardin

Melora Hardin (born June 29, 1967) is an American actress known for her roles as Jan Levinson on NBC's The Office, Tr...

Meadowlark Lemon

Lee Weaver

Lee Weaver

Lee Weaver (born April 10, 1930) is an American film and television actor.

Keone Young

Keone Young

Keone Young was born on September 6, 1947 and is currently 77 years old.

Audrey Meadows

Audrey Meadows

Audrey Meadows was born on February 8, 1922 and passed away 28 years ago at the age of 73 on February 3, 1996.

Jami Gertz

Jami Gertz

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jami Beth Gertz (born October 28, 1965) is an American actress. Gertz is known...

Arye Gross

Arye Gross

Arye Gross (/ˈɑːri/; born March 17, 1960) is an American actor, who has appeared on a variety of television shows in ...

Rachel Jacobs

Ernie Hudson

Ernie Hudson

Earnest Lee Hudson is an American actor and voice actor. He is most known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore in the G...

Jon Caliri

Sal Lopez

Sal Lopez

Sal Lopez was born on November 8, 1954 and is currently 70 years old.

Mr. T

Mr. T

Mr. T (born Laurence Tureaud May 21, 1952) is an American actor known for his roles as B. A. Baracus in the 1980s tel...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.) is an American former professional basketball player who play...

Robin Givens

Robin Givens

Robin Simone Givens is an American model and film, television, and stage actress. Givens first began acting in 1985 w...

Joanna Gleason

Joanna Gleason

Joanna Gleason is a Canadian stage and screen actress and singer.

Martin Ferrero

Martin Ferrero

Martin Ferrero rejoint le California Actors Theater de Los Gatos en Californie. En 1979, il part à Los Angeles pour c...

Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker

Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer, director, and activist. He is the recipie...

Anne-Marie Johnson

Anne-Marie Johnson

Anne-Marie Johnson was born on July 18, 1960 and is currently 64 years old.

Greg Mullavey

Greg Mullavey

Greg Mullavey was born on September 10, 1939 and is currently 85 years old.

Janet Jackson as Charlene DuPrey

Janet Jackson

as Charlene DuPrey (8 episodes)

Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. Known for a series of sonically inno...

Le Tari

Jason Hervey as Charlie

Jason Hervey

as Charlie (8 episodes)

Jason Hervey was born on April 6, 1972 and is currently 52 years old.

Molly Ringwald as Molly Parker

Molly Ringwald

as Molly Parker (2 episodes)

Molly Kathleen Ringwald (born February 18, 1968) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and author. She was cast in ...

Mindy Cohn as Natalie Green

Mindy Cohn

as Natalie Green (2 episodes)

Mindy Cohn (born May 20, 1966) is an American television, film and voice actress, who appeared on VH1's List of "100 ...

Kim Fields as Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey

Kim Fields

as Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey (6 episodes)

Kim Victoria Fields-Morgan (formerly Freeman; born May 12, 1969) is an American actress and director. She is best kno...

Jack O'Leary

as Mr. Kruger (1 episode)

Robert Vega

as Mr. Lopez (1 episode)

Rana Ford

as Nurse / Nurse #2 (2 episodes)

Scott Johnson

as Self (1 episode)

Jim Hartung

as Self (1 episode)

Steven Mond

as Robbie Jason (22 episodes)

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