Conrad Bain

Conrad Bain Born February 4, 1923(1923-02-04) (age 85)
Lethbridge, Alberta, CanadaOccupation Film, television actor

Conrad Stafford Bain (born February 4, 1923) is a Canadian-American actor, best known to TV audiences as Phillip Drummond from the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Personal life
- 1.2 Career
2 References
3 External links

Biography

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 then he graduated 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.

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.