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( December 2009 ) Woody Boyd Cheers character from `` I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday '' ( episode 75, 1985 ) First appearance Cheers : `` Birth, Death, Love and Rice '' ( season 4, episode 1 ) Last appearance Frasier : `` The Show Where Woody Shows Up '' ( season 6, episode 13 ) Portrayed by Woody Harrelson Information Gender Male Occupation Actor Assistant bartender Politician Family Edgel Boyd ( father ) Margaret Boyd ( mother ) Tom Boyd ( brother ) Meg ( grandmother ) Spouse ( s ) Kelly Gaines Children Unnamed son Unnamed daughter Relatives Walt ( uncle ) Fergie ( uncle ) Russell Boyd ( cousin ) Religion Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod ( Before marriage ) Lutheran Church of America ( After marriage ) Nationality American The Honorable Mr. Woodrow Huckleberry Tiberius `` Woody '' Boyd is a character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Woody Harrelson. Woody came to Cheers at the beginning of the fourth season of Cheers in 1985 in the episode `` Birth, Death, Love and Rice ''. Woody appeared in 200 episodes of Cheers between 1985 and 1993. He also made a guest appearance on Frasier in the episode `` The Show Where Woody Shows Up ''. Contents 1 Cheers 2 In other appearances 3 Frasier 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External links Cheers Woody was born on July 23 ( like the actor who played him ) and hails from Hanover, Indiana, where he was voted the smartest student in school. He and his childhood sweetheart, Beth Curtis, were also voted `` Couple Most Likely to Explode, '' as they were both obese at the time. It was later revealed that they always ate, to excess, around one another due to their palpable sexual tension. Woody followed in Coach 's footsteps in many ways, failing to understand the most obvious jokes, concepts, and situations. Woody was essentially a straight man for all of the other characters at Cheers, though his humor stemmed from his misunderstandings. Woody once told Dr. Crane he was the smartest man he knew, apart from Cliff Clavin. Woody seemed to have an off - center mentality, misunderstanding others ' comments much as Coach had done. For example, when Bill Medley of The Righteous Brothers appears and starts singing `` You 've Lost That Loving Feeling '', Woody asks him, `` How come you changed your name from Righteous ? '' With the exception of Carla, Eddie, and Sam, Woody always addresses other characters by their honorific. Sometimes this leads to awkward phrasing such as referring to Lilith as Mrs. Dr. Sternin - Crane. Woody arrived at Cheers expecting to meet his `` pen pal '' Coach, with whom he exchanged pens instead of letters. Upon learning of Coach 's death, he filled the open bartender position, and was quickly accepted by the staff and regulars. He also developed a `` big brother / little brother '' relationship with Sam Malone, the owner of Cheers. In the coming years, he filled the void left by Coach and eventually married the wealthy Kelly Gaines ( Jackie Swanson ), overcoming her father 's objections to Woody 's lowly station in life as well as conflicting religious views : he 's Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod, she 's `` Evangelical Lutheran Church of America '' ( The episode uses `` of '' but the denomination is `` in America '' ). In the final season, Frasier Crane orchestrated an experiment that went awry and resulted in Woody 's election to the Boston City Council. He and Kelly were expecting their first child when Cheers ended. Frasier extrapolates on Woody 's interest in a political career to the point that Woody becomes President of the United States and shows his displeasure with another country by using `` The Bomb '' ( illustrated twice in Frasier 's imagination as a mushroom cloud ). In other appearances Woody Harrelson reprised his role in the 1990 Walt Disney anthology television series episode Disneyland 35th Anniversary Celebration, where his young self in a flashback is played by Branden Maciel. The character also appeared on The Simpsons episode `` Fear of Flying ''. Frasier Woody makes a guest appearance on Frasier, the spin - off show from Cheers, in the season 6 episode `` The Show Where Woody Shows Up ''. During a visit to Seattle he reconnects with Frasier Crane, who had since moved there from Boston. After a one - night reunion, the two begin to spend a great deal of time with each other -- which gradually turns into an ordeal for both, as they quickly realize they have moved on from their past and settled into new lives ( with, ironically, neither man seeing the other 's life as being particularly fulfilling ). The two men decide to part company on good terms, after sharing a final drink with each other, leading Woody to utter his final line : `` Cheers ''. Although this is Woody 's only appearance on the show, he is referenced both prior to and after this. When Sam visits Frasier in the season 2 episode, `` The Show Where Sam Comes Back '', he reveals that Kelly and Woody 's first child was a boy, who is of normal intelligence. In the season 9 episode `` Cheerful Goodbyes, '' Frasier reveals that at his going - away party at Cheers before returning to Seattle, Woody grabbed onto his legs and begged him not to go. Woody 's political career was not mentioned in Frasier ; he states at the beginning of the season 6 episode `` The Show Where Woody Shows Up '' that he is still tending bar at Cheers. References Jump up ^ Carter, Bill ( April 29, 1990 ). `` TELEVISION ; The Tonic That Keeps ' Cheers ' Bubbling Along ''. The New York Times. Retrieved August 16, 2010. Jump up ^ Television Guide, Volume 38 ( 1990 ) Jump up ^ Cotter, Bill ( 1997 ). The Wonderful World of Disney Television : A Complete History. Disney Editions. ISBN 978 - 0786863594. Retrieved June 28, 2017. Jump up ^ Martyn, Warren ; Wood, Adrian ( 2000 ). `` Fear of Flying ''. BBC. Retrieved August 17, 2010. Further reading `` Woody Harrelson, Part 2 : When War Comes Home. '' NPR Nov 16, 2009. Web. Jan 11, 2012. < http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120391848 >. This is Terry Gross 's interview with actor Woody Harrelson. Transcript and audio are available. External links Woody Boyd on IMDb Cheers Episodes Season 1 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 `` Give Me a Ring Sometime '' `` Coach 's Daughter '' `` The Boys in the Bar '' `` Showdown '' `` Thanksgiving Orphans '' `` I Do, Adieu '' `` Home Is the Sailor '' `` What Is... Cliff Clavin ? '' `` Woody Interruptus '' `` One for the Road '' Characters Sam Malone Diane Chambers Coach Ernie Pantusso Carla Tortelli Norm Peterson Cliff Clavin Frasier Crane Woody Boyd Lilith Sternin Rebecca Howe Recurring characters Related Series The Tortellis Frasier Cheers ( Spanish TV series ) Articles `` Where Everybody Knows Your Name '' Sam and Diane Cheers Beacon Hill Awards Drink portal Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woody_Boyd&oldid=800905958 '' Categories : Fictional characters introduced in 1985 Cheers characters Fictional actors Fictional bartenders Fictional characters from Indiana Fictional American city council members Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from May 2012 Articles needing additional references from December 2009 All articles needing additional references Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 16 September 2017, at 12 : 43. About Wikipedia

Question: what character did woody harrelson play on cheers
Answer: The Honorable Mr. Woodrow Huckleberry Tiberius "Woody" Boyd