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  1. Phillip Drummond is the central protagonist of Diff'rent Strokes. He was portrayed by the late Conrad Bain. A friendly and wealthy widower, Philip runs Trans-Allied, Incorporated. Phillip has a daughter, Kimberly Drummond, and two adopted African American sons, Willis Jackson and his younger brother Arnold Jackson. He also has an eccentric elder sister named Sophia. Arnold and Willis's mother, Lucy Jackson, worked as a housekeeper for the Drummonds years ago; her death-bed wish was that Phillip would take care of her two sons. In the series pilot, Phillip welcomes Arnold and Willis into his home.
    GenderMale
    NationalityAmerican
    EthnicityWhite (Caucasian)
    NicknameLady Killer (formerly), Mr. D, Dad
    Early life

    Conrad Bain was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, the son of Jean Agnes (née Young) and Stafford Harrison Bain, who was a wholesaler. He was an identical twin. His twin brother, Bonar Bain, was also an actor. … See more

    Career

    After a stint at the Stratford Festival in Canada, Bain had further success as a stage actor in the 1956 revival of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh. The New York Times reviewer noted that his role was "especially … See more

    Personal life

    Bain had two sons and a daughter with Monica Sloan (1923–2009), to whom he wed in 1945; they remained married until her death in 2009. Bain's identical twin brother was actor Bonar Bain (1923–2005), who once p… See more

    Death

    Bain died from a stroke on January 14, 2013, in Livermore, California, at the age of 89. His body was cremated. See more

     
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