Phillip Drummond | |
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First appearance | Movin' In (Diff'rent Stokes Pilot) |
Last appearance | I, Done (Part 2) (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) |
Portrayed by | Conrad Bain |
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Gender | Male |
Occupation | Investor |
Spouse(s) | 1st wife (died) Maggie McKinney Drummond (1984-) |
Children |
Kimberly Drummond (daughter) Willis Jackson (adopted son) Arnold Jackson (adopted son) Sam McKinney (stepson) |
Relatives | Mrs. Drummond (mother) Mr. Drummond (father) Sophia Drummond (sister) Anna Van Drummond (cousin) Hans Van Drummond (nephew/Anna's son) |
Nationality | American |
Kimberly Drummond | |
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First appearance | Movin' In (Diff'rent Strokes Pilot) |
Last appearance | Bulimia |
Portrayed by | Dana Plato |
Information | |
Aliases | Kim Drummond |
Gender | Female |
Family |
Phillip Drummond (father) Unnamed Mother (deceased) Arnold Jackson (adopted brother) Willis Jackson (adopted brother) Sam McKinney (stepbrother) Maggie McKinney Drummond (stepmother) |
Arnold Jackson | |
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First appearance | Movin' In (Diff'rent Strokes Pilot) |
Last appearance | I, Done (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) |
Portrayed by | Gary Coleman |
Information | |
Gender | Male |
Family | Lucy Mae Jackson (mother) (1938-1977) Henry Jackson (father) (d. 1975) Phillip Drummond (adopted father) Kimberly Drummond (adopted sister) Willis Jackson (older brother) Sam McKinney (stepbrother) Maggie McKinney Drummond (stepmother) Myrtle Waters (distant cousin) |
Nationality | African American |
Willis Jackson | |
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First appearance | Movin In (Diff'rent Strokes Pilot) |
Last appearance | The Big Bribe |
Portrayed by | Todd Bridges |
Information | |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | High School/College Student |
Family | Lucy Mae Jackson (mother, 1938-1977) Henry Jackson (father, d. 1975) Arnold Jackson (younger brother) Kimberly Drummond (adopted sister) Phillip Drummond (adopted father) Sam McKinney (stepbrother) Maggie McKinney Drummond (stepmother) Myrtle Waters (distant cousin) |
Nationality | African American |
This is a list of characters from the NBC and ABC sitcom Diff'rent Strokes.
Phillip Drummond is a fictional character on the hit television series, Diff'rent Strokes, he was portrayed by Emmy Award nominee and Golden Globe winning television actor, Conrad Bain, who previously worked on the All in the Family spinoff Maude (1972-1978).
Phillip is a friendly, wealthy white widower, who runs Trans-Allied, Incorporated. He was born December 3, 1931 in Manhattan, New York. (This made him Conrad Bain's junior by eight years.)
Phillip has a daughter, Kimberly; and two adopted African American sons, Willis and his younger brother Arnold Jackson. He also has an eccentric elder sister named Sophia. Arnold and Willis's mother, Lucy Jackson (portrayed by Todd Bridges' real-life mother), worked as a housekeeper for the Drummonds years ago; her death-bed wish was that Philip would take care of her two sons. In the series pilot, the Drummonds welcome Arnold and Willis into their home.
Phillip had dated several women, and would later get remarried to Maggie McKinney, a television aerobics instructor (Dixie Carter from 1983-1985 and Mary Ann Mobley from 1985-1986). Maggie subsequently introduced Sam McKinney (Danny Cooksey), her son from a previous marriage, to the family.