Talk:Todd Bridges/Archives/2013

Diff'rent Stokes

There's almost no information in this article about the show he is best known for...such as how long he was on the show. Seems to really pay little attention to it.

Here's about all it says: But it was as young Willis Jackson on the long-running sitcom Diff'rent Strokes that he made his name, along with fellow child co-stars Dana Plato and Gary Coleman. Bridges survives both Plato and Coleman, who died in May 1999 and May 2010, respectively.

BostonRed (talk) 00:52, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Arrest History?

This article is missing most of Todd Bridge's widely known drug problems and sordid arrest history.

[1] [2] [3] Overlook1977 18:22, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

yeah, wasn't he convicted of attempted murder? NO! you need to do your home work. Next time read up before you write

Confusing Sentence

"Bridges was the first black child actor to have a recurring role on the hit series, The Waltons and Little House on the Prairie with Michael Landon." What does that mean? Should this be in two sentences, or just rewritten? Does this mean he had a recurring role on both shows, or was it the same role in both shows (which doesn't make sense), or what? User:Snyrt no he was never convicted of attempted murder he won all his cases, he has only been convicted of three misdemeanor cases, ITS SAD HOW YOU GUYS CAN JUDGE HIM BUT EVERONE ELSE YOU JUST BLINDLY FORGET ABOUT. GIVE THE GUY A BREAK, He has been sober for 16 years and how not had a case in 13 years.

E Telly Kelly (talk) 04:43, 19 February 2010 (UTC) While the original confusing sentence has been changed, to "Bridges became the first African-American child actor to have a recurring role on a successful TV series, The Waltons.", I don't think that the resulting sentence is correct. IMDB lists him as having been in two episodes in 1977 -'78.

OTOH, in the series "Mannix", private eye Joe Mannix's secretary Peggy Fair (played by Gail Fisher) was a black single mother (widow of a police officer). She had a son named Toby (Ref.: http://www.tvacres.com/char_fair_peggy.htm), and a character of that name (played by Mark Stewart) appeared in 10 episodes from 1968 -1971. (Ref.: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061277/fullcredits#cast).

I honestly don't recall the child having many lines or much action -- he was probably in the 6 - 8 year-old range as I recall. (I should note that I was only about 14 or 15 at the time, myself, so my old memory is hazy. <gr>) Nonetheless, he WAS a black child featured in a recurring role on a successful TV series (Mannix ran 8 years; from 1967 - 1975) which predated The Waltons.

Because of my uncertainty as to how much Toby could be called "featured" and how much he could be considered "window dressing" (and being new here) I'm not going to change the sentence, but if someone has any better recollection or source -- I believe that at least the first couple of seasons are out on DVD -- and can corroborate the facts, then perhaps the sentence should be removed altogether.