Bonar Stewart Bain (February 4, 1923 – February 18, 2005) was a Canadian actor and the identical twin brother of actor

Conrad Bain Conrad Stafford Bain (February 4, 1923 – January 14, 2013) was a Canadian-American actor. His television credits include a leading role as Phillip Drummond in the sitcom ''Diff'rent Strokes'' (1978–1986), as Dr. Arthur Harmon on '' Maude'' ( ...

Early life, family and education

Bain was born in

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, Alberta, the son of Jean Agnes (née Young) and Stafford Harrison Bain, a wholesaler. His twin brother,

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, also became an actor.

Career

Bain once played a fictional "evil" twin to Conrad ("Hank Bain") in an episode of '' SCTV'', as well as appearing on two of his brother's television series: as Arthur Harmon (Conrad Bain)'s twin brother, the libidinous, larcenous Arnold, on the sitcom '' Maude'', and, in drag, as Anna Van Drummond, on the sitcom ''

Diff'rent Strokes ''Diff'rent Strokes'' is an American television sitcom, which originally aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985, to March 7, 1986. The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and ...

''.

Death

He died of cancer in

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on February 18, 2005, at the age of 82. He was survived by his wife Vella, who died in January 2011, at the age of 85.

In popular culture

Bain figures in the lyrics to "Bober," a song from the Mike Keneally Band's 2004 album ''Dog''. Keneally sings that his dog, Bober, was "half-named after Conrad Bain's brother."

Filmography

* '' Draw!'' as Poker Player (1984) * ''

'' as Anna Van Drummond (1983) * '' Running Brave'' as University Professor (1983) * '' SCTV Network'' as Hank Bain (in "Zontar") (1981) * '' Powder Heads'' as Dispatcher (1980) * '' Maude'' as Arnold Harmon (in "Vivian's Surprise") (1977)

References

External links

* 1923 births 2005 deaths 20th-century Canadian male actors Canadian male television actors Deaths from cancer in Alberta Identical twin male actors Male actors from Alberta People from Lethbridge Canadian twins {{Canada-screen-actor-1920s-stub