| Phillip Drummond | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Movin' In (Diff'rent Stokes Pilot) |
| Last appearance | The Front Page |
| Portrayed by | Conrad Bain |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Investor |
| Spouse(s) | 1 wife (died) Maggie McKinney Drummond (1984-) |
| Children | Kimberly Drummond (daughter) Willis Jackson (adopted son) Arnold Jackson (adopted son) Sam McKinney (stepson) |
| Relatives | Mother |
| Nationality | American |
Phillip Drummond is a fictional character on the hit television series, Diff'rent Strokes, he was portrayed by Emmy Award nominee and Golden Globe winning television actor, Conrad Bain, who previously worked on Maude.
Phillip Drummond is a wealthy white widower, who runs the Trans Aillen Co. Housing Development, and was born December 3, 1931 in Manhattan, New York.
Phillip has a daughter, named Kimberly, and two adopted African American sons, 12-year-old Willis, and 8-year-old Arnold Jackson. Arnold and Willis's mother, Lucy Jackson, worked as a housekeeper for Phillip Drummond many years ago, but her death-bed wish was that Mr. Drummond would take care of her two sons. In the first episode of the series, Phillip welcomes Arnold and Willis into his home. Arnold quickly becomes attached to his new environment, but Willis nearly ruins it for him by hastily deciding that he and Arnold will move back to Harlem.
Phillip starts planning some "quality time" with the family by telling both Arnold and Willis that the whole family will be going on fun trips together. Arnold wants to agree, but Willis destroys his fun, and bosses him around.
The next night, after taking advice from Mrs. Garrett, Phillip decides to create "Family Fun Time" with magic tricks (that never worked) and dancing, but when Willis informs that it was time for him and Arnold to leave for Harlem, Phillip surprises them with a truckload of toys. Arnold becomes very happy, and Willis becomes selfish by deciding that it is time to move back to Harlem with his little brother. Phillip had confronted Willis for the first time, implying that he is turning out to be selfish, but when Willis and Philip fall on good terms, they decide to start a new relationship together.
Phillip Drummond had dated some women, and would later get re-married to Maggie McKinney, a television aerobics instructor (Dixie Carter from '83-'85 and Mary Ann Mobley from '85-'86). Maggie subsequently introduced her son by her ex-husband, Sam McKinney (Danny Cooksey), to the family.
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