Conrad Stafford Bain (born February 4, 1923) is a Canadian-American actor. His television credits include a leading role as Phillip Drummond in the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes.

[edit] Life and career

[edit] Personal life

Bain was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, the son of Jean Agnes (née Young) and Stafford Harrison Bain, who was a wholesaler.^[1] Bain studied at the Banff School of Fine Arts before serving in the Canadian Army during World War II.^[2] He then studied in New York at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where his classmates included actor Charles Durning and comedian Don Rickles; he became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1946 before graduating in 1948.^[3]

Bain has three children with Monica Sloan, whom he has been married to since 1945. His identical twin brother is Bonar Bain,^[4] who once played his fictional evil twin ("Hank Bain") on an episode of SCTV.

[edit] Career

After a stint at the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival, Bain had further success as a stage actor in the 1956 Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh.^[5] The New York Times reviewer noted that his role was "especially well acted."^[6] Bain's other Broadway theatre credits include Candide, Advise and Consent, An Enemy of the People, Uncle Vanya, and On Borrowed Time.^[4]

In the early 1970s, Bain appeared in New York-based films like Lovers and Other Strangers and Woody Allen's Bananas before achieving national recognition for his work in television.^[5] He is best known for his roles as Dr. Arthur Harmon in Maude (1972-78) and Phillip Drummond in Diff'rent Strokes (1978-86). Bain also appeared in Dark Shadows as the hotel clerk, Mr. Wells.

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[edit] External links

• Conrad Bain at the Internet Movie Database
• Conrad Bain at the Internet Broadway Database
• Conrad Bain at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Conrad Bain at Allmovie
• Conrad Bain at TV.com
• msn Entertainment biography