- Gary Coleman
Gary Wayne Coleman (born February 8, 1968) is an American actor. Coleman was born in Zion, Illinois, with a congenital kidney disease causing nephritis (an autoimmune destruction of the kidney), which halted his growth at an early age, leading to a small stature (4 ft 8 in; 1.42 m) which, along with his cherubic face and comedic timing, was among his most distinguishing features. He has undergone two kidney transplants, one in 1973 and one in 1984, … - Todd Bridges
Todd Anthony Bridges (born May 27, 1965 in San Francisco, California) is an American actor. A regular on the "Barney Miller" spinoff "Fish", Bridges is best known for his role as Willis Jackson on the television series "Diff'rent Strokes" from 1978 to 1986. Bridges became the first black child actor to have a recurring role on the successful TV series "The Waltons". He also appeared on "Little House on the Prairie". - Dana Plato
Dana Michelle Plato (November 1, 1963 - May 8, 1999) was an American actress who became famous playing the role of Kimberly Drummond in the U.S. television sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes". Plato's career declined after her departure from the show, with appearances in low-budget films, including some softcore pornography. She had chronic drug problems and committed suicide on May 8, 1999. - Conrad Bain
Conrad Stafford Bain (born February 4, 1923) is a Canadian-American actor. Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Bain studied at the Banff School of Fine Arts before serving in the Canadian Army during World War II. He then studied in New York at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where his classmates included actor Charles Durning and comedian Don Rickles; he became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1946 then he graduated in 1948. - Charlotte Rae
Charlotte Rae (born April 22 1926) is an American actress and singer known for her portrayal of Edna Garrett in the sitcoms "Diff'rent Strokes" and "The Facts of Life", in which she appeared from 1979 until 1986. Born Charlotte Rae Lubotsky, the second of three daughters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rae attended but did not complete her studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. - Shavar Ross
Shavar Malik Ross (born March 4, 1971; South Bronx, New York) is an American actor-turned film director, writer, film producer and editor. His parents separated when he was 6 years old. His mother took Shavar and his sister to Macon, Georgia, while his father went to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. In 1979, while visiting his father in California during his school's Christmas vacation, Shavar was discovered by top children's agent Evelyn Shultz. - Dody Goodman
Dolores Goodman (born October 28, 1915, in Columbus, Ohio) is an American television actress. Goodman is most famous for her portrayal as Louise Lasser's mother on "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman". In fact, her high pitched voice can be heard at the beginning of each episode announcing the show's name. Goodman also had a recurring role on the 1980s sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" as Aunt Sophia. - Mary Jo Catlett
Mary Jo Catlett (born September 2, 1938 in Denver, Colorado) is an American actress. Catlett is probably best known for her role as the housekeeper Pearl Gallagher on "Diff'rent Strokes". She also appeared in "General Hospital". She currently provides the voice for "Mrs. Puff" in the "SpongeBob SquarePants" TV series and "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie". She also appeared numerous times as "Mrs. - Danny Cooksey
Danny Cooksey (born November 27, 1975 in Moore, Oklahoma) is a musician, actor and voice actor. He has been in show business since he was very young and is remembered for playing "Sam McKinney" on the last years of the TV show "Diff'rent Strokes". Other famous roles include the voice of Montana Max in the cartoon "Tiny Toon Adventures" and as John Connor's friend, Tim, in the movie "Terminator 2: Judgment Day". - Gordon Jump
Gordon Jump (April 1, 1932 - September 22, 2003), born in Centerville, Ohio, USA, was an American actor, known for his role as the "Maytag Repairman" in commercials for Maytag brand appliances, from 1989 until his retirement from the role in July 2003. He is also well-known as the clueless radio station manager Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson in the TV series "WKRP in Cincinnati" and the incompetent "Piece of Chalief Tinkler" in the sitcom "Soap". - Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley (born February 17, 1939 in Biloxi, Mississippi.) was Miss America in 1959 -- the first Mississippian to win this honor. She was a member of Chi Omega sorority at the University of Mississippi. Remarkably, another sorority sister from Chi Omega at the University of Mississippi, Lynda Mead Shea would follow her as the 1960 Miss America. - Emmanuel Lewis
Emmanuel Lewis (born March 9, 1971 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor. He is best known for his title role in the 1980s television sitcom "Webster". He is 4'3" (1.30 m), which would qualify him as a dwarf according to the Little People of America. He is a close friend of Michael Jackson. Lewis graduated from Clark Atlanta University in 1997. He is often compared with Gary Coleman, star of "Diff'rent Strokes". - Gloria Loring
Gloria Loring (born Gloria Jean Goff on December 12, 1946 in New York City) is an American singer and actress. She began her music career at age 14, singing with a folk group known as Those Four. She went on to perform on a wide range of shows in the 70's, from "The Carol Burnett Show" to the Academy Awards ceremony. Loring was married to actor Alan Thicke ("Growing Pains") from 1970 until 1983, … - Nedra Volz
Nedra Volz (June 18, 1908 - January 20, 2003) was an American actress born in Montrose, Iowa. Born Nedra Gordonier, she began her career in the family tent show, and appeared in vaudeville as a toddler (called "Baby Nedra"). She ended up in the 1970s as a well-recognized supporting actress primarily on television and also in feature films. She often played grandmothers or feisty little old ladies. - Kim Richards
Kim Richards (born September 19, 1964 in Mineola, New York) is an American actress. Her career began as a child in the early 1970s.. From 1970-1971, Richards starred as Prudence Everett in the television series "Nanny and the Professor". She also starred in several Disney films, including "Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)", "No Deposit, No Return (1976)", and "Return from Witch Mountain (1978)". - Herbert Kenwith
Herbert Kenwith, (sometimes credited as Herb Kenwith), was a television writer, director and producer. He directed for such popular television shows as: "9 to 5" (1986), "Gimmie a Break!" (1981), "Private Benjamin" (1981), "Bosom Buddies" (1980), "Diff'rent Strokes" (1978), "Good Times" (1974), "Sanford and Son" (1972), "Mary Tyler Moore" (1970), "Love, … - Julie Piekarski
Julie Piekarski (born January 2, 1963, St. Louis, Missouri), is best known for her role on the popular television show "The Facts of Life". Piekarski got her first big break in the show business world as a Mouseketeer on "The New Mickey Mouse Club" in 1977. After gaining popularity working for Disney, she grabbed a major television role as Sue Ann Weaver in sixteen episodes of "The Facts of Life" from 1979-80. - Joanna Gleason
Joanna Gleason (born June 2 1950) is a Canadian actress and singer. She is best known as a Tony Award-winning musical theatre actress and has had a number of notable film and TV roles. - Danny Simon
Danny Simon (December 12, 1918, New York City - July 26, 2005, Portland, Oregon) was an American television writer and comedy teacher. He was also older brother to acclaimed American playwright Neil Simon. The elder Simon wrote for television shows including Your Show of Shows, The Colgate Comedy Hour, The Phil Silvers Show, Make Room for Daddy, My Three Sons, The Carol Burnett Show, The Kraft Music Hall, Diff'rent Strokes, and The Facts of Life. - Bud Yorkin
Bud Yorkin (born in Washington, Pennsylvania on February 22, 1926 as Alan David Yorkin) is an American film producer, director, writer and actor. He directed and produced the innovative 1958 TV special "An Evening With Fred Astaire", which won nine Emmy Awards. Yorkin earned a degree in engineering from Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. In the 1970s, Yorkin teamed up with Norman Lear to form Tandem Productions, … - Lee Shallat-Chemel
Lee Shallat-Chemel is a television director and producer. Her directorial debut was in 1978 on the NBC television show Diff'rent Strokes. Her career has included directing a multitude of shows including: Family Ties, Murphy Brown, and Mad About You. In 1996, she directed twenty-three out of the first twenty-four episodes of Spin City. <P> She became a producer in 1993, producing 30 episodes in the first two seasons of The Nanny <P> Her most recent work has been in 2006, … - Mel Ferber
Mel Ferber (1922-2003) was an Emmy-nominated TV director and producer, who oversaw the landmark live two-hour TV presentation of "Wonderful Town" and the pilot for "60 Minutes" as well as many other shows and was an executive producer of "Good Morning America". He was a long-standing and active member of the Directors Guild of America. Ferber was born on October 2, 1922. - Michael G. Moye
Michael G. Moye (born August 11, 1954) is an American television writer. He has written for shows such as "The Jeffersons", "Diff'rent Strokes", "Good Times", "Silver Spoons", and "227". He and Ron Leavitt were the creators of the hit American television sitcom "Married... with Children". He even made cameo appearances in some episodes. - Jeremiah Morris
Jeremiah Morris (b. Jerome Maurice Gomberg, April 4, 1929, Bronx, New York - March 5, 2006, Culver City, California) was an American actor and television and theater director. Morris, influential in Los Angeles theater, appeared in Broadway plays and on popular television series for close to 40 years and directed television and theater productions - Bonar Bain
Bonar Bain (born February 4, 1923 in Lethbridge, Alberta), a Canadian actor, is the identical twin brother of the actor Conrad Bain who starred in Diff'rent Strokes as Phillip Drummond, father to Arnold and Willis Jackson. He once played a fictional "evil" twin to Conrad ("Hank Bain") in an episode of "SCTV". - Robert Jayne
Robert Jayne (sometimes credited as Bobby Jacoby) is an American actor. Starting his career as a child, he has appeared in many television series. His credits include: "Knots Landing", "The Greatest American Hero", "St. Elsewhere", "Manimal", "The Love Boat", "Highway to Heaven", "Murder, She Wrote", "Diff'rent Strokes", "T.J. Hooker", "Tremors", "The A-Team", … - Meeno Peluce
Meeno Peluce (born February 26, 1970) is a former American child actor, the child of Floyd Peluce and Sondra Peluce Londy. He has one half-sister, actress Soleil Moon Frye, whose father is actor Virgil Frye. With dark curly hair and pixieish looks, Peluce made guest appearances on American television programs during the 1970s and early 1980s, including "Starsky and Hutch", "Diff'rent Strokes", "The Incredible Hulk", "Happy Days", … - Jacob Vargas
Jacob Vargas is a Mexican-American actor. Vargas was born in Michoacán, Mexico, and raised in Pacoima, Los Angeles, California. Vargas' break into acting came when he was cast as a street dancer on "Diff'rent Strokes", and his career has continued successfully including films such as "Traffic" and "Jarhead". He is married to Grade School Teacher Sylvia Arzate, and they have a daughter named Rose, born September 11, 2004 - Arye Gross
Arye Gross (b. March 17,1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American character actor who has starred in many films and on television; he has played a lot of nerds in films. His best-known film role is in the 1985 comedy film "Just One of the Guys" as a nerd named Willie. He also starred in the 1987 movie "House II: The Second Story", the 1993 comedy movie "Hexed", … - Jesse D. Goins
Jesse D. Goins is an American character actor who has starred in film and on television. He is best known for his television role in the 1980s television series "The Greatest American Hero" as Cyler Johnson. Jesse starred in some movies, his well known film rolls include the 1984 comedy movie "Up the Creek" as a soldier named Brown, his other roll he is really well known for is in the 1987 hit science fiction movie "RoboCop" as Joe Cox, … - Lee Chamberlin
Lee Chamberlin (born February 14, 1938, in New York City, New York), is an African-American film and television actress. She was a regular performer during the first two years of the esteemed series "The Electric Company", and she made guest appearances in the television series "What's Happening!!" "Diff'rent Strokes", and "NYPD Blue" to list a few. She had a prominent role in the film "Uptown Saturday Night", … - Lawrence Monoson
Lawrence Monoson (b. August 11, 1964 in Yonkers, New York, USA) is an American movie and television actor. His first film was the 1982 comedy "The Last American Virgin", in which he starred as Gary. His other well known film roles are in the 1984 horror movie "Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter" as Ted, and the 1985 hit drama movie "Mask" as Rocky Dennis's friend, Ben. His most recent movie is 2005's "Guns Before Butter". - Bruce Mahler
Bruce Mahler is an American actor, producer, and writer. He is known for his role as Sgt. Fackler on the comedy films Police Academy, and as Rabbi Glickman on the sitcom "Seinfeld". In 1977, Mahler appeared on two episodes of the tv-series, Fernwood 2Nite. In 1980, he appeared on the "comedy-sketch show", Fridays. He then portrayed Sgt. Fackler in the 1984 film Police Academy. - Ed Jones
Ed Lee "Too Tall" Jones (born February 23, 1951 in Jackson, Tennessee) was an American football player. He was given the nickname "Too Tall" due to his height, an impressive 6'9", tall even by modern football player standards. During the 1970's, he was extremely above average height for a football player; neither of his parents were above six feet in height. He graduated from the Merry High School in Jackson and attended Tennessee State University. - David Wallace
David Wallace (b. November 23, 1957, in Miami, Florida, USA) is an American actor who has starred in movies and on television. His first television role was in the 1980 tv movie "The Babysitter" with Stephanie Zimbalist and William Shatner. David starred on the soap operas "Days of Our Lives" as Todd Chandler from 1985-1986, and "General Hospital" as Dr. Tom Baldwin Sr. from 1987-1993. - John Mansfield
John Mansfield is an American actor. He portrayed Adam Brewster on "One Life to Live" from 1978 to 1979. He also appeared on "General Hospital", "Married with Children", "Who's the Boss?", "Murphy Brown", "Santa Barbara", "Hill Street Blues", "Days of Our Lives", "Diff'rent Strokes", and "Remington Steele". - Jerry Perenchio
Jerry Perenchio (born December 20,1930) is a former talent agent who owns Univision, the largest Spanish-language TV network in the United States. Born Andrew Jerrold Perenchio in Fresno, California, he relocated to Los Angeles where he worked as a young Hollywood talent agent for MCA and represented such celebrity clients as Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor. In 1992, he and his partners spent US$550 million for Univision in 1992; his 16% stake is now worth $1.3 billion. - Wendy Fulton
Wendy Fulton (born 1959 in Stewartstown, Pennsylvania) is a former American television actress. Her television credits include guest appearances on "Knight Rider", "Jake and the Fatman", "Diff'rent Strokes","The A-Team", "V" and "Matlock". She was one of stars of "North and South, Book 1" miniseries. - Bradford English
Bradford English is a character actor who has starred in film and on movies. He is best known in the horror film community for his role in the 1995 horror movie "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" as John Strode. Bradford's first movie roll was in the 1971 movie "The Anderson Tapes", he also starred in the 1979 movie "The Onion Field". Bradford has made guest appearances on many tv shows, his appearances range from "Kojak", … - Toy Newkirk
Toy Newkirk is an actress best known for her role in the 1988 horror movie "A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master" as Sheila Kopecky. Her most recent movie was "Tapped Out" in 2001. Toy has starred in a few tv movies and made guest appearances on tv shows, including "Diff'rent Strokes", "227", "A Different World", "The Commish", and "Living Single". She competed in ice skating until the age of thirteen.
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