Jeff Harris and Bernie Kukoff's sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" debuted in 1978 and ... The series starred Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two impoverished kids from Harlem ...
and underwent two kidney transplants in his life. But his size, coupled with his age, made him the perfect fit for the role of the funny, sassy and often emotional Arnold Jackson on “Diff'rent Strokes ...