
In 2015, Bridges was the host of a live game show titled Lovers or Losers: The Game Show at the Plaza Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. After reaching the finals along with Butterbean and Dustin Diamond, Bridges was defeated by Dennis Rodman. The judges praised him for his athleticism and his cunning while defeating Harding. In one episode, he defeated Tonya Harding with a lead pipe. Bridges' wrestling persona was the character Mr. That October, he debuted as a contestant on Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling on CMT as a member of Team Beefcake (coached by former wrestler Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake). In March 2008, Bridges appeared on TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest., on which he continues to appear as a frequent commentator. The cast of Diff'rent Strokes with guest star Nancy Reagan in 1983 He and his wife Dori Bridges appeared in the Novemepisode of the MyNetworkTV show Decision House titled "Burned Bridges." He also had a recurring role as Monk on the UPN/ The CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris.

In January 2007, he appeared as a member of the "mob" on the American version of the game show 1 vs. Also in 2006, he appeared as a contestant on the Fox reality show Skating with Celebrities but was eliminated in the second episode of the show because he was using roller skates instead of ice skates. In 2006, Bridges appeared as a contestant on a celebrity episode of Fear Factor but was eliminated after the first stunt. (Two actors who joined the regular cast later are still living as of 2022 : Mary Jo Catlett and Danny Cooksey.)īridges appeared in the 2002 special Celebrity Boxing with friend Vanilla Ice, whom he defeated.

With Rae's death in 2018, Bridges became the last surviving original cast member.

It was playing Willis Jackson on the long-running NBC sitcom Diff'rent Strokes that made him a household name, along with those of fellow co-stars Conrad Bain, Charlotte Rae, Dana Plato, and Gary Coleman. He was a regular on the Barney Miller spinoff Fish. Bridges (at top right) with the cast of Fish, 1977īridges appeared on The Waltons, Little House on the Prairie and the landmark miniseries Roots.
