Arnold's family was in good company. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Diff'rent Strokes had the honor of having a sitting ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. From 1978 to 1986, audiences tuned into Diff'rent Strokes, one of the all-time greatest ...

F rom 1978 to 1986, audiences tuned into Diff'rent Strokes, one of the all-time greatest sitcoms, to see what Gary Coleman's ...

Coleman played Arnold Jackson on the sitcom from the ... star and producers of the sitcom which made him famous — Diff'rent Strokes. In 1978, Coleman was cast as the precocious, preternaturally ...

This quality made him prime casting for a role like Arnold, but it became an albatross around his neck for the rest of his career. Diff'rent Strokes casting director Eve Brandstein elaborates that ...

Todd Bridges believes Gary Coleman could have been saved from the pitfalls of child stardom if he wasn’t forced to be a breadwinner. "That’s what happens when people get greedy," Coleman’s ...

only allowed him to play big-screen variants on Arnold; to his frustration, mature parts proved impossible to come by. Nor was Coleman the only veteran of the Diff’rent Strokes cast who faced ...

This quality made him prime casting for a role like Arnold, but it became an albatross around his neck for the rest of his career. ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty ...

"Diff'rent Strokes" debuted on NBC in 1978 and drew most of its laughs from Coleman, then a pint-sized 10-year-old with perfect comic timing. He played Arnold Jackson, the younger of two African ...

Gary Coleman, known for his role as Arnold Jackson in the 1980s sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes,” lived for decades without any kidneys, a bombshell documentary reveals. The pint-sized actor — who died in ...