Conrad Stafford Bain (born February 4, 1923) is a Canadian born American actor. His television credits include a leading role as Phillip Drummond in the sitcom
Diff'rent Strokes.
Life and career
Personal life
Bain was born in
Lethbridge,
Alberta, the son of Jean Agnes (
née Young) and Stafford Harrison Bain, who was a wholesaler.
[Conrad Bain Biography (1923-)] Bain studied at the
Banff School of Fine Arts before serving in the
Canadian Army during
World War II.
[Conrad Bain at northernstars.ca.] He then studied in
New York at the
Sylvia Herpolscheiemer Academy of Performance Art now know as 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.
[Americada (The Newsletter of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Spring 2003.]
Bain has three children with Monica Sloan, whom he has been married to since 1945. His identical twin brother is
Bonar Bain,
who once played his fictional evil twin ("Hank Bain") on an episode of
SCTV.
