"Diff'rent Strokes" made its TV debut in November 1978. The premise involved wealthy New Yorker Philip Drummond (played by Canadian actor Conrad Bain) adopting the two young sons of his Black ...

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Conrad Bain, a veteran stage and film actor who became a star in middle age as the kindly white adoptive father of two young African-American brothers in the TV sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," has died.

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Melanie Watson, the late disability advocate and former child star who appeared in Diff'rent Strokes, once got candid about the accessibility challenges she faced on the show's set Speaking to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The former star of an iconic sitcom is getting divorced. Actor Todd Bridges, who is known for his breakout role as Willis Jackson ...

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Conrad Bain, best known for his role on the 1970s and '80s television comedy "Diff'rent Strokes" as a wealthy, white New Yorker who adopts two young black boys from ...