A former
child star who became famous in the
Roots miniseries and later, in the television show
Diff'rent Strokes as
Willis. Bridges was a
drug addict and in 1990 was acquitted on charges of shooting a
drug dealer.
Trivia:
He played a
crack dealer on the TV show,
After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped, which chronicled the sordid downward trajectories of the young stars.