Woodrow "Woody" Anderson

Woodrow "Woody" Anderson was Aunt Esther's long-suffering, prone to drink husband on the NBC-TV sitcom series Sanford and Son.

About Woodrow
Woodrow, or "Woody", owned a hardware store not far from the Sanford and Son Salvage Yard, and was generally a good-natured soul who often hit the bottle to sometimes escape the rantings and ravings of Bible-thumping, loudmouthed, sometimes domineering religious wife Esther.

Woody later repented of his boozing ways later in the series as both his and Esther's characters were developed, even to the point where they were able to adopt an orphaned teen son named Daniel, who was played by actor Eric Laneuville. The role of Woodrow was originally played by veteran black actor and former black vaudeville entertainer DeForest Covan, who was replaced after one episode by Raymond Allen in 1973, who then assumed the part for the rest of the show's run.