Conrad Stafford Bain was a Canadian-American comedian and actor.
10 Facts About Conrad Bain
2.
Conrad Bain was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, the son of Jean Agnes and Stafford Harrison Bain, who was a wholesaler.
3.
Conrad Bain studied at the Banff School of Fine Arts before serving in the Canadian Army during World War II.
4.
Conrad Bain later studied in New York at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1948; one of his classmates was comedian Don Rickles.
5.
Conrad Bain's character was killed off by werewolf Chris Jennings.
6.
Conrad Bain is best known for his roles as Dr Arthur Harmon, Bea Arthur's title character's conservative nemesis, who married her best friend, Vivian, in Maude.
7.
Conrad Bain then starred in Diff'rent Strokes as Park Avenue millionaire Phillip Drummond, who adopted two African-American orphaned boys from Harlem, Willis and Arnold, to live with him and his daughter, Kimberly, and housekeeper, Mrs Garrett.
8.
In 1996, Conrad Bain reprised his role of Phillip Drummond alongside Gary Coleman as Arnold Jackson on the series finale of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
9.
Conrad Bain had two sons and a daughter with Monica Sloan, to whom he wed in 1945; they remained married until her death in 2009.
10.
Conrad Bain died from a stroke on January 14,2013, in Livermore, California, at the age of 89.