Full Cast — Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986)

Conrad Bain

Phillip Drummond

Gary Coleman

Arnold Jackson

Todd Bridges

Willis Jackson

Dana Plato

Kimberly Drummond

Mary Jo Catlett

Pearl Gallagher

Charlotte Rae

Edna Garrett

Danny Cooksey

Sam McKinney

Shavar Ross

Dudley Ramsey

Dixie Carter

Maggie McKinney

Nedra Volz

Adelaide Brubaker

Steven Mond

Robbie Jason

Mary Ann Mobley

Nancy Osborne / Maggie Drummond

Rosalind Chao

Miss Chung / Ming Li

Janet Jackson

Charlene DuPrey

Jason Hervey

Charlie

Kim Fields

Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey

Jack Riley

Mr. Crocker

Dody Goodman

Sophia Drummond

Robert Jayne

Robert Rockwell

Tom Bishop / Tim Bishop

Le Tari

Ted Ramsey

Melanie Watson

Kathy Gordon

Joanna Gleason

David Hasselhoff

David Hasselhoff

Royce D. Applegate

Andrew Dice Clay

Crazy Larry

McLean Stevenson

John Brandon

The Policeman

Gordon Jump

Mr. Horton

Tom Rosqui

Dabney Coleman

Whitman Mayo

Dick O'Neill

Dick Sargent

Rachel Jacobs

Sal Lopez

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Mr. Wilkes

Ronne Troup

James A. Watson, Jr

Clarence Gilyard Jr.

Frank Simpson / The Student

Kim Richards

James Reynolds

Molly Ringwald

Molly Parker

Krista Errickson

Mindy Cohn

Natalie Green

Lisa Whelchel

Blair Warner

Rana Ford

Nurse / Nurse #2