'Diff'rent Strokes' Star Conrad Bain Dead at 89

[Lardlad]

Actor Conrad Bain -- who famously played father figure Phillip Drummond on "Diff'rent Strokes" -- has passed away. He was 89.

Bain family sources tell TMZ, Bain died Monday night in Livermore, CA. So far, details surrounding his death are unclear.

We spoke with Bain's daughter Jennifer who tells us, "He was an amazing person. He was a lot like Mr. Drummond, but much more interesting in real life. He was an amazing father."

Bain -- who became a household name starring opposite Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges on the iconic 80s series -- is survived by his three sons and one daughter. He also has a surviving twin brother Bonar Bain.


Bain's daughter says he spent his last few days with his family. Bain would have turned 90 on February 4th.

www.tmz.com/2013/01/16/conrad-bain-dead-diffrent-strokes/

[kidglov3s]

Man, that sucks. I can't believe Mr. Drummond is dead.

[Lancers]

I actually thought he died years ago for some reason.

R.I.P.

[fw91]

RIP MR D. Were down to just Willis now from the true main cast

[Ben Wyatt]

Jan 16, 2013 15:10:42 GMT -5 fw91 said:

RIP MR D. Were down to just Willis now from the true main cast

That's a bit strange to think of considering the path he was going down years ago

[fuzzywarble, squat cobbler]

How ironic that Todd Bridges is the only one left standing. RIP Mr. Drummond. No show ever made bike shop owners look like rapists in a more funny way than Diff'rent Strokes.

[horsemen4ever]

Jan 16, 2013 15:10:42 GMT -5 fw91 said:

RIP MR D. Were down to just Willis now from the true main cast

Well is Charlette Rae still alive?, she was one of the original castmembers.

Anyway he lived a good long life, I thought he and Gary's apperance on the series finale of Fresh Pince was hillarous. I knew he was in Maude, but correct me if I am wrong but did he ever appear in All In The Family, for some reason I thought he had a guest spot on All In The Family.

[Non Banjoble Tokens]

Anybody know what Dudley has been up to these days?

*looks him up on imdb* Oh, no way. He was "Wreckless" in Friday The 13th part 5. Wait, he was "Weasel" on Family Matters?!

[horsemen4ever]

For the longest time, I thought the actor that played Mr. Pitt on Seinfeld looked like him.

[Tiger Millionaire]

He was 100x of awesome on Maude

[Hit Girl]

RIP Mr Drummond.

[dlg3000]

RIP, Sir.

[willywonka666]

A great TV dad. R.I.P.

[horsemen4ever]

They are airing a Conrad Bain on Antenna tv right now. They are airing 3 hours of Maude, and 4 hours of Diff'rent Strokes from 1 pm to 7 pm

I am watching Maude right now, but Conrad's character on the show Arther's nurse is played by the actress that played the Drummands third housekeeper, go figure.

Though here in New York, the 5 pm hour is going to be cut so they can air Til Death Do Us Part, stupid WPIX 11-2, can't they preempt that for one day.

[horsemen4ever]

WPIX 11-2 had preempted Til Death for today, and kept the Antenna TV feed on, so we get the full marathon. Way to go, PIX 11-2.

[Deleted]

Rest In Peace.

[fw91]

Jan 16, 2013 22:01:09 GMT -5 horsemen4ever said:

Jan 16, 2013 15:10:42 GMT -5 fw91 said:

RIP MR D. Were down to just Willis now from the true main cast

Well is Charlette Rae still alive?, she was one of the original castmembers.

Anyway he lived a good long life, I thought he and Gary's apperance on the series finale of Fresh Pince was hillarous. I knew he was in Maude, but correct me if I am wrong but did he ever appear in All In The Family, for some reason I thought he had a guest spot on All In The Family.

well yes Rae is still alive, but wasn't on the show long enough. I consider Bain/Coleman/Bridges/Plato the "true main cast"

[kidtamagotchi]

Rest in peace, Mr. Bain. He had the coolest, manliest name ever!