Gary ColemanFilmography

An American Carol

Actors: Kevin Farley, Kelsey Grammer, Trace Adkins, Robert Davi, Geoffrey Arend

Synopsis: Ebenezer Scrooge gets the parody treatment from veteran writer/director David Zucker (Airplane!, Scary Movie 4) with this comedy starring Kevin Farley as a derisive documentarian (à la Michael Moore) who's visited by three ghosts intent on instilling the American spirit in the disillusioned Read More

Church Ball

Actors: Fred Willard, Andrew Wilson, Clint Howard, Gary Coleman, Ross Brockley

Synopsis: High spiritual ideals don't quite mesh with the spirit of competition in this sports comedy. In the 1920s, the leaders of the Church of Latter Day Saints began encouraging their congregations to form basketball teams and church leagues as a way to promote fitness, wholesome fun, and teamwork among Read More

A Christmas Too Many

Synopsis: Mickey Rooney (B.J. Lang Presents, Curse of the Red Baron) and {$Gary Coleman (Diff'rent Strokes) co-star in the family-oriented, direct-to-video holiday comedy A Christmas Too Many (2005). This farce concerns an aging Hollywood actress who invites her eccentric and nutty family to stay with her Read More

How Arnold Won the West

Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Synopsis: In 2003, as the state of California found itself in the midst of a fiscal crisis, a group of Republican activists launched a campaign to recall Governor Gray Davis, and a flock of candidates quickly came forward with hopes of taking over the Golden State's highest office in the event Davis was Read More

A Carol Christmas

Actors: Tori Spelling, Dinah Manoff, William Shatner, Nina Siemaszko, Paula Trickey

Synopsis: It's yet another version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, with a gender-bender twist. Tori Spelling stars as Carol Cummings, a fabulously wealthy and enormously successful TV talk show host -- and a first-class shrew. Caring little for anything but the money and the celebrity that her job Read More

The Drew Carey Show: What's Wrong with This Episode IV

Synopsis: A $200,000 prize was originally offered to the viewer(s) who could spot the largest number of deliberate errors in this fourth annual Drew Carey Show "What's Wrong with This Episode?" offerings. The plot revolves around Lewis (Ryan Stiles), who has good reason to worry that he's going to end up in Read More

Shafted!

Actors: Morgan Rusler, Angelle Brooks, Hayley Man

Synopsis: The safety of the world hangs in the balance, and it's up to one slightly insane individual to save the day in this offbeat independent comedy. Steven Byzinsky (Morgan Rusler) is an ordinary white guy from California who has a bit of a problem -- he's convinced that he's blaxploitation film icon Read More

Dirty Work

Actors: Norm MacDonald, Jack Warden, Artie Lange, Traylor Howard, Don Rickles

Synopsis: Shortly after leaving the "Weekend Update" anchor slot on Saturday Night Live, Norm Macdonald resurfaced in this comedy about smart-aleck Mitch Weaver who teams with buddy Sam McKenna (Artie Lange of Mad TV). They open a revenge-for-hire business (Dirty Work Inc.) in order to raise $50,000 so Read More

Like Father, Like Santa

Actors: Harry Hamlin, Megan Gallagher, Curtis Blanck, William Hootkins, Gary Frank

Synopsis: Having been burned by a traumatic childhood experience, greedy toy tycoon Tyler Madison (Harry Hamlin) is contemptuous of his fellow man, ruthlessly nasty in his business dealings, and callously neglectful of his wife Elyse (Megan Gallegher) and son Danny (Curtis Blanck). Just before Christmas Read More

Married... With Children: The Joke's On Al

Synopsis: It's Al Bundy (Ed O'Neill) vs, Jefferson D'Arcy (Ted McGinley) in a no-holds-barred practical joke contest. With this in mind, Al thinks that Jefferson is merely pulling his leg when a woman (Deborah Harmon) claiming to be an old friend of his wife Peg (Katey Sagal) suddenly begins "coming on" to Read More

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: I, Done, Part 1

Synopsis: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air brings its six-year run to a close with this first episode in a two-part story (originally telecast back-to-back with the concluding episode). With virtually everyone in the Banks household about to go in separate directions to pursue their dreams, Philip (James Avery) Read More

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Crew: Associate Producer

Married... With Children: How Green Was My Apple

Synopsis: When an apple on the Bundys' tree is seen hanging over the D'Arcy's yard, a battle royal ensues between the two neighboring families. In fine Laurel and Hardy tradition, the hostilities begin with a few small volleys designed to embarrass but not injure. Before long, however, the tit-for-tat Read More

S.F.W.

Actors: Stephen Dorff, Reese Witherspoon, Jake Busey, Joey Lauren Adams, Pam Gidley

Synopsis: Embracing the supposed nihilism and cynicism of the "slacker" generation, S.F.W. (1995) caused nary a blip on the media-saturated cultural radar screen that it criticized. Stephen Dorff stars as Cliff Spab, an aimless, hard-drinking youth. Spab becomes a national hero when he is one of several Read More

Gary Coleman for Safety's Sake in the Neighborhood

Synopsis: Television star Gary Coleman gives the kids a lesson on how to live and play safely in their neighborhoods. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Gary Coleman for Safety's Sake: Home Safe Home

Synopsis: This program instructs both parents and children in basic home safety rules. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Diff'rent Strokes: Season 08

Actors: Gary Coleman, Conrad Bain, Todd Bridges, Dana Plato

Playing With Fire

Synopsis: In this drama, a disturbed teenager turns to arson in order to vent his anger and frustration over his parent's upcoming divorce. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Diff'rent Strokes: Season 07

Actors: Gary Coleman, Conrad Bain, Todd Bridges, Dana Plato

The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins

Actors: Jason Bateman

Synopsis: The made-for-TV Fantastic World of D.C. Collins is curiously not a pilot film, despite the presence of the principal character's name in the title. D. C. Collins (played by Gary Coleman) is the son of a U.S. diplomat. His own life is deadly dull, so D.C. escapes into fantasy. At various junctures Read More

Diff'rent Strokes: Season 06

Actors: Gary Coleman, Conrad Bain, Todd Bridges, Dana Plato

The Kid with the 200 I.Q.

Synopsis: Nick Newell (Gary Coleman) doesn't like being called a "genius," but the word certainly fits. The 13-year-old is starting as a freshman at Brighton University, and he's excited to be in a class taught by his idol, famous astronomer Jason Mills (Robert Guillaume). He gets along great with his Read More

Jimmy the Kid

Actors: Gary Coleman, Paul Le Mat, Dee Wallace, Don Adams, Walter Olkewicz

Synopsis: Gary Coleman stars as the title character, the bratty son of wealthy parents, who is kidnapped by a pair of bumbling crooks. The experience winds up teaching the pampered boy the realities of childhood. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

The Kid with the Broken Halo

Actors: Gary Coleman

Synopsis: Gary Coleman stars as a teen-age angel who must return to Earth to help out three troubled families in order to earn his wings. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Diff'rent Strokes: Season 05

Actors: Gary Coleman, Conrad Bain, Todd Bridges, Dana Plato

On the Right Track

Actors: Gary Coleman, Michael Lembeck, Lisa Eilbacher, Maureen Stapleton, Norman Fell

Synopsis: In this drama, a homeless shoeshine boy who lives in a locker at the train station finds himself quite popular after he reveals a talent for picking winners at the racetrack. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Diff'rent Strokes: Season 04

Actors: Gary Coleman, Conrad Bain, Todd Bridges, Dana Plato

Scout's Honor

Synopsis: In this children's movie, a single executive enjoys her life on the fast track, but when she is talked into becoming a den mother to a rambunctious pack of Cub Scouts, her life is temporarily derailed. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Diff'rent Strokes: Season 03

Actors: Gary Coleman, Conrad Bain, Todd Bridges, Dana Plato

The Kid from Left Field

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV remake of the 1953 comedy, the wisdom of a young batboy (Gary Coleman) leads the San Diego Padres from worst to first and an eventual berth in the World Series. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Diff'rent Strokes: Season 02

Actors: Gary Coleman, Conrad Bain, Todd Bridges, Charlotte Rae, Dana Plato

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Plot to Kill a City, Part 1

Good Times: That's Entertainment, Evans Style

Synopsis: The daycare center at the Evanses' apartment building may have to be closed down for lack of funding. Unwilling to see this happen, the Evans family combines forces with Willona (Ja'net DuBois) and several other friends to stage a fundraising benefit show. Essentially an excuse for the cast to Read More

Diff'rent Strokes: Season 01

Actors: Gary Coleman, Conrad Bain, Todd Bridges, Charlotte Rae, Dana Plato

The Jeffersons: Uncle George and Aunt Louise

Actors: Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover, Damon Evans

Synopsis: This Jeffersons episode represents a rare pre-Diff'rent Strokes appearance by the irrepressible Gary Coleman. When George and Louise Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford) agree to look after their eight-year-old nephew Raymond (Coleman) for six weeks, they have no idea what they're getting Read More

Good Times: Florida Gets a Job

Synopsis: With both her son J.J. (Jimmie Walker) and her son-in-law, Keith (Ben Powers), unemployed, Florida applies for a part-time job as a bus driver. Alas, the position may go to a relative of Alderman Fred Davis (Albert Reed), with whom the Evans family has clashed in the past. But Davis is willing to Read More

Good Times: Season 05

Synopsis: Just as season four of Good Times was marked by the defection of actor John Amos as James Evans, so too was the series' fifth season distinguished by the conspicuous absence of another leading character. Having already gone on record over the dissatisfaction with the direction in which the series Read More