The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman named Phillip Drummond and his daughter Kimberly, for whom their deceased mother previously worked. During the first season and first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as the Drummonds' housekeeper, Mrs. Garrett.


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Conrad Bain
Phillip Drummond (189 episodes)

Gary Coleman
Arnold Jackson (189 episodes)

Todd Bridges
Willis Jackson (189 episodes)

Dana Plato
Kimberly Drummond (151 episodes)

Mary Jo Catlett
Pearl Gallagher (87 episodes)

Charlotte Rae
Edna Garrett (51 episodes)

Danny Cooksey
Sam McKinney (43 episodes)

Shavar Ross
Dudley Ramsey (43 episodes)

Dixie Carter
Maggie McKinney (25 episodes)