Philip Drummond was a fictional character on the hit television program, Diff'rent Strokes, he was portrayed by Emmy Award nominee and Golden Globe winning television actor, Conrad Bain, who previously worked on Maude. Philip Drummond is a wealthy White Widower, who works for Trans Aillen Co. Housing Development, and was born December 3, 1931 in Manhattan, New York. Philip has a daughter named Kimberly, and adopted two African-American brothers, 13-year old Willis, and 8-year old Arnold Jackson. Arnold and Willis' mother worked for Philip Drummond a lot of years ago, and her deathbed wish was that her employer take care of her two sons. In the first episode of the series, Philip welcomes Arnold and Willis into his home, but Arnold starts having fun, and Willis starts ruining it for him, when Willis decides that he and his younger brother, Arnold move back to Harlem, to live with someone else. Philip starts planning sometime with the family by telling both Arnold and Willis that the whole family are going on fun trips together, Arnold wants to agree, but Willis destroys his fun, and bosses him around. The Next night, after taking advice from Mrs. Garrett, Philip decides to create Family Fun Time, and with magic tricks (that never worked), and Dancing, but when Willis informs that it was time for him and Arnold to leave for Harlem, Philip surprises them with a truckload of Toys, Arnold becomes very Happy, and Willis becomes selfish that he decides its time to move back to Harlem, and take his little brother along with him. Philip had confronted Willis for the first time, implying that he is turning out to be selfish. but when Willis and Philip fall on good terms, they decide to start a new relationship together. Philip Drummond had dated some women, he had dated Arnold's teacher, Ms. Osbourne (Mary Ann Mobley), and remarried to Maggie McKinney, a television aerobics instructor (Dixie Carter and Mary Ann Mobley), and introduced her son, Sam McKinney (Danny Cooksey) to the family. Dixie Carter had portrayed Philip Drummond's new love interest and soon-to-be wife, Maggie McKinney Drummond in the middle of the 1983-1984 season, and 1984-1985 season, then Carter had started having problems with fellow co-star, Gary Coleman, and she left the show, she was later replaced in the eighth and final season (1985-1986), by Mary Ann Mobley.