Robert “Woody” Woodbury (born February 9, 1924) is an American comedian, actor, television personality and talk show host. He is perhaps best known for his best-selling comedy albums of "risqué" stories, most of which were released in the early 1960s. Woodbury was among the first standup comedians to receive a gold record.

In 1962, Woodbury replaced Johnny Carson

Johnny Carson

John William "Johnny" Carson was an American television host and comedian, known as host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for 30 years . Carson received six Emmy Awards including the Governor Award and a 1985 Peabody Award; he was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987...

 as host of the game show Who Do You Trust?

Who Do You Trust?

Who Do You Trust? is an American game show which aired from September 30, 1957, to November 15, 1957, at 4:30 PM, Eastern on ABC, and from November 18, 1957, to December 27, 1963 at 3:30 PM, Eastern - which helped garner a significant number of young viewers coming home from school.The series was...

when Carson left to succeed Jack Paar

Jack Paar

Jack Harold Paar was an author, American radio and television comedian and talk show host, best known for his stint as host of The Tonight Show from 1957 to 1962...

 in helming The Tonight Show

The Tonight Show

The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show that has aired on NBC since 1954. It is the longest currently running regularly scheduled entertainment program in the United States, and the third longest-running show on NBC, after Meet the Press and Today.The Tonight Show has been hosted by...

, a job for which Woodbury had also been competing.

Woodbury hosted The Woody Woodbury Show, a ninety-minute talk/variety show which aired weekdays, in the afternoon (in most markets). It ran from August 28, 1967 to June 13, 1969.

Woodbury’s most substantial film role was that of "Uncle Woody" in 1964’s For Those Who Think Young

For Those Who Think Young (film)

For Those Who Think Young is a 1964 beach party film directed by Leslie H. Martinson and featuring James Darren, Pamela Tiffin, Paul Lynde, Tina Louise, Bob Denver, Robert Middleton, and Woody Woodbury.-Plot:...

(with James Darren

James Darren

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, Tina Louise

Tina Louise

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 and Paul Lynde

Paul Lynde

Paul Edward Lynde was an American comedian and actor. A noted character actor, Lynde was well known for his roles as Uncle Arthur on Bewitched and Harry MacAfee, the befuddled father in Bye Bye Birdie...

). Among Woodbury’s other film appearances: Safe At Home

Safe at Home

Safe at Home was the 1968 album by The International Submarine Band, led by the 21-year-old Gram Parsons. Featuring four of Parsons' originals surrounded by six covers of classic country and rock and roll music, it helped to forge the country rock movement of the late 1960s and early...

(with Mickey Mantle

Mickey Mantle

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 and Roger Maris

Roger Maris

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, 1962); Beyond the Bermuda Triangle (TV movie with Fred MacMurray

Fred MacMurray

Frederick Martin "Fred" MacMurray was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 movies and a successful television series during a career that spanned nearly a half-century, from 1930 to the 1970s....

 and Donna Mills

Donna Mills

Donna Mills is an American actress, most well known for her role as Abby Fairgate Cunningham Ewing Sumner on the primetime soap opera Knots Landing.-Early years:...

, 1975); Super Fuzz

Super Fuzz

Super Fuzz or Poliziotto superpiù is an Italian film about Dave Speed, a bumbling Miami police officer who gains super powers through accidental nuclear exposure...

(with Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine

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, 1981); and Hardly Working

Hardly Working

Hardly Working is a comedy film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis. It was filmed in 1979, and was released in Europe in 1980 and in the United States on April 3, 1981 through 20th Century Fox.-Plot:...

(with Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis is an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team of Martin and Lewis...

, 1981).

Woodbury continues to perform standup comedy, mostly in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...

 area, his home base for many years.

Discography

• Woody Woodbury Looks At Love And Life (1959)
• Woody Woodbury's Laughing Room (1960)
• First Annual Message From The President Of The "Booze Is the Only Answer" Club (1960)
• Woody Woodbury's Concert In Comedy (1961)
• Woody Woodbury's Saloonatics (1961)
• Woody Woodbury In The Spice Is Right (1962)
• The Best Of Woody Woodbury (1963)
• Thru The Keyhole With Woody Woodbury (1964)
• More Of Woody (1973)
• Woody Woodbury's Merriment (2001)

External links

• Official website
• Woody Woodbury at the Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database
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• Interview with Woody Woodbury by Kliph Nesteroff
  Kliph Nesteroff
  Kliph Nesteroff is a North American radio personality, show business historian and highly regarded non-fiction writer. Nesteroff is a frequent contributor to CBC Radio One, CBC Radio 2 and Radio WFMU His work has been cited by The Atlantic Monthly, Boing Boing, The Chicago Tribune, Comedy Central,...