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Gary Coleman: A Troubled, Little Man


Did you know that Child Star, Gary Coleman lives in Santaquin, UT?! I sure didn't until this week!

This is a picture of him after starring in "Different Strokes" but before he got married and moved out to Utah. (No, that is not a picture of his wife, below.)


Catch Phrase:

"Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Willis?"

Fun Facts:


  • Appearing on TV court in front of Mills Lane, Gary was ordered to pay bus driver Tracy Fields $1665 for hospital bills resulting from a fight stemming from an attempt to get an autograph in a Hawthorne, California mall. Gary said he felt threatened by her insistence and punched her in the head. [2 November 2000]


  • Had his first kidney transplant in 1973. His second in 1984.


  • Ranked #1 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars". In 2005, ranked #10 in E's cutest child stars all grown-up.


  • May 2000: Announced that he is going to run for the US Senate seat from California against incumbent Dianne Feinstein on the HECK (Homelessness, Education, Crime, and Killers) platform.


  • He sued his parents over misappropriation of his trust fund. At the peak of his career, he made $70K per episode, a total of around $18 million in earnings! Coleman's parents set up a trust fund for his money, yet structured the arrangement to name themselves as paid employees of Coleman's production company. When the court finally dissolved the trust, the parents' share was worth $770,000, while Coleman himself had only $220,000. Coleman then successfully sued his parents and managers for $3.8 million.


  • Height: 4' 8" (1.42 m)


  • Currently works as a security guard in Santaquin, UT.



Notable things Gary has been in:

  • 2006: Church Ball [LDS Film]
  • 1997: The Curse of Monkey Island, Voice for Johnny Falmouth.
  • Diff'rent Strokes, Arnold Jackson (184 episodes, 1978-1986)


Current Events:


  • Gary backed into a guy's truck in a Pason bowling alley parking lot, after they struggled over some phone pic that were taken of Gary and his wife while bowling. Court proceedings are still underway.


  • Gary was cited for disorderly conduct in Provo after witnesses said they saw the him in an argument with his wife inside his giant truck. Witnesses said they feared for her saftey, Gary was that out of control!


  • The 40-year-old actor and his 22-year-old wife, Shannon Price on TV's "Divorce Court" on May 1 and 2.



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  1. UnknownThu Jun 25, 03:16:00 PM MDT

    That kid is crazy...

    p.s. If you look close enough at the opening credits of Church Ball you can see me in the scene with the Gary Coleman sign at the Jazz game.

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