Editing Woody Harrelson (section)

== Early life and education ==
Woodrow Tracy Harrelson<ref>{{cite web|first=Tim|last=Cooper|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-574706-welcome-to-woody-world.do| archive-url= https://archive.today/20130505102545/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-574706-welcome-to-woody-world.do|url-status=dead|archive-date= May 5, 2013|title=Welcome to Woody World| publisher= | website = Thisislondon.co.uk| date=July 19, 2002| access-date=September 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last= Sipchen| first=Bob|title=The Life of Woody| url= https://articles.latimes.com/1998/dec/20/magazine/tm-55786/2|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120715050926/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/dec/20/magazine/tm-55786/2|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2012 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=December 20, 1998}}</ref> was born in [[Midland, Texas]], to secretary Diane (née Oswald)<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.geni.com/people/Diane-Harrelson/6000000020268987592| title=Diane Lou Harrelson |website= geni.com |access-date=January 15, 2020|archive-date=January 15, 2020| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200115010139/https://www.geni.com/people/Diane-Harrelson/6000000020268987592|url-status=live}}</ref> and convicted hitman [[Charles Harrelson|Charles Voyde Harrelson]]. He was raised in a [[Presbyterian]] household alongside his two brothers, Jordan and [[Brett Harrelson|Brett]], the latter of whom also became an actor.<ref name= "ft.com">{{cite web|url= https://www.ft.com/content/e3487fc4-5ea6-11e8-9334-2218e7146b04 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190920025902/https://www.ft.com/content/e3487fc4-5ea6-11e8-9334-2218e7146b04 |archive-date=September 20, 2019 |url-status=live |title=Woody Harrelson: 'I had to go outside and fire up a hooter' |first=Matthew |last= Garrahan |date=May 25, 2018 |website= Financial Times}}</ref> Their father received a life sentence for the 1979 killing of federal judge [[John H. Wood Jr.]]<ref name="cbs">{{Cite web |title=Woody Harrelson's Father Dies in Prison; Charles Harrelson Was Convicted Of Killing A Federal Judge In Texas |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |publisher=[[CBS News]] |date=March 21, 2007 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/woody-harrelsons-father-dies-in-prison/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091016035120/https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/21/entertainment/main2592684.shtml |archive-date=2009-10-16 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Harrelson has stated he had little contact with his father during childhood.<ref name="ft.com" /> Charles died in the [[ADX Florence|United States Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum Facility]] on March 15, 2007.<ref name="cbs" /> 

Harrelson's family was poor and relied on his mother's wages.<ref name= "ft.com" /> He attended [[The Briarwood School (Houston, Texas)|The Briarwood School]] in Houston, Texas.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1997-08-03-9707300143-story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129100359/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1997-08-03-9707300143-story.html |archive-date=2018-11-29 |title=Name Dropping |last=Parkyn |first=John |newspaper=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |access-date=2023-03-31}}</ref> In 1973, he moved to his mother's native city of [[Lebanon, Ohio]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/former-harris-co-jailer-recalls-his-conversations-with-convicted-killer-charles-harrelson| publisher=[[WOAI-TV|News4SA]] | website = news4sanantonio.com |title= Jailer recalls conversations with Woody Harrelson's father| date= February 17, 2020|access-date= February 24, 2023| archive-date= February 24, 2023| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230224063552/https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/former-harris-co-jailer-recalls-his-conversations-with-convicted-killer-charles-harrelson|url-status=live}}</ref> where he attended [[Lebanon High School (Ohio)|Lebanon High School]], from which he graduated in 1979.<ref>{{cite web|last1= McClelland| first1=Justin|title=Woody Harrelson's early co-stars share memories|url=https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/woody-harrelson-early-stars-share-memories/ozs160PxnYgkIV2GOb21JO/|website=[[Dayton Daily News]]|access-date=March 6, 2018|date=March 4, 2010|archive-date=March 7, 2018| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180307022741/https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/woody-harrelson-early-stars-share-memories/ozs160PxnYgkIV2GOb21JO/|url-status=live}}</ref> He spent the summer of 1979 working at [[Kings Island]] amusement park.<ref>{{cite web|title=Celebrities who worked at Kings Island |url= https://www.cincinnati.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/2014/04/14/celebrities-who-worked-at-kings-island/7610777/|website=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]|access-date= March 6, 2018|date=April 14, 2014| archive-date=June 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624004920/http://www.cincinnati.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/2014/04/14/celebrities-who-worked-at-kings-island/7610777/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Harrelson attended [[Hanover College]] in [[Hanover, Indiana]], where he studied theater and English.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Palmer|first1=Martyn|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/jan/07/woody-harrelson-i-used-to-have-my-head-up-my-ass-|title=Woody Harrelson: 'I used to have my head up my ass'|work=[[The Guardian]] |date=January 7, 2018| access-date=July 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706045047/https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/jan/07/woody-harrelson-i-used-to-have-my-head-up-my-ass-|archive-date=July 6, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name= "Hanover">{{cite web| last1= DeSantis| first1=Rachel|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/woody-harrelson-college-pal-mike-pence-article-1.3980906|title=Woody Harrelson 'quite liked' his college pal Mike Pence|work=[[New York Daily News]]|date=May 9, 2018|access-date=July 14, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211119221941/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/woody-harrelson-college-pal-mike-pence-article-1.3980906| archive-date=November 19, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> While there, he was a member of the [[Sigma Chi]] fraternity and became friends with former vice president [[Mike Pence]].<ref name="Hanover" /> He graduated in 1983.<ref name="Hanover" />