Conrad Bain
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Wryly humorous Canadian character actor Conrad Bain was all wrapped up in such athletic pursuits as hockey and speed skating when, in his junior year of high school, he suddenly became fascinated with acting. He studied at Alberta's Banff School of Fine Arts, served in the Canadian army during World War II, then resumed his training at New York's American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He worked at the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival and in live television before scoring his first real success in the 1956 Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh. In the early 1970s, Bain began popping up in such New York-based films as Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) and Woody Allen's Bananas (1973). He gained national fame in the TV role of stuffy next-door neighbor Dr. Arthur Harmon on the Norman Lear sitcom Maude (1974-78). Bain was later awarded top billing as wealthy Phillip Drummond, foster father to Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges, on Diff'rent Strokes. His most recent regular-series assignment was as presidential aide Charley Ross on the George C. Scott TV vehicle Mr. President (1987). Conrad Bain's identical twin brother Bonar Bain occasionally guested on Conrad's various TV series. Conrad died at 89 in early 2013.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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84% | Postcards from the Edge |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | Child Bride of Short Creek |
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— | 1981 |
No Score Yet | C.H.O.M.P.S. |
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— | 1979 |
No Score Yet | A Pleasure Doing Business |
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— | 1979 |
60% | Up the Sandbox |
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— | 1972 |
No Score Yet | A Fan's Notes |
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— | 1972 |
74% | The Anderson Tapes |
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— | 1971 |
83% | Bananas |
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— | 1971 |
No Score Yet | Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? |
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— | 1971 |
No Score Yet | Fury on Wheels |
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— | 1971 |
100% | I Never Sang for My Father |
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— | 1970 |
78% | Last Summer |
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— | 1969 |
No Score Yet | Star! |
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— | 1968 |
95% | Coogan's Bluff |
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— | 1968 |
90% | Madigan |
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— | 1968 |
No Score Yet | Gentle Annie |
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— | 1945 |
TV
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Diff'rent Strokes
1978-1986
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Maude
1972-1978
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No Score Yet |
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990-1996
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No Score Yet |
The Love Boat
1977-1986
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No Score Yet |
The Facts of Life
1979-1988
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Quotes from Conrad Bain's Characters
Semple: | I'm sorry to disappoint you but I've known Fielding Mellish for years and he's a warm, wonderful human being. |
Fielding Mellish: | Uh, would the clerk read that statement back, please? |
Prosecutor: | I've known Fielding Mellish for years and he's a rotten, conniving, dishonest little rat. |
Fielding Mellish: | Okay, I just wanted to make sure you were getting it. |