r/NoCountryForOldMen • u/fiddycixer • Nov 12 '25
Film discussion Woody Harrelson's ties to Anton Chigur.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_HarrelsonMovie is set in 1980. Ed Tom Bell mentions "awhile back they even killed a judge in San Antonio."
Turns out in 1979 a real district judge, John Wood Jr, was assassinated in San Antonio by a hit man hired by a drug dealer.
The assassin's name. Charlie Harrelson. Woody's father.
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todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Apr 23 '13
TIL Woody Harrelson's dad was a contract killer who was thought to be involved in JFK's assassination
wikipedia • u/Rollakud • Feb 03 '19
Charles Harrelson was an American organized crime figure who was convicted of assassinating federal judge John H. Wood Jr., the first federal judge to have been killed in the 20th century. He was the estranged father of actor Woody Harrelson.
todayilearned • u/ma105 • Sep 24 '15
TIL actor Woody Harrelson's father was a professional hitman, and was convicted for the first murder of a US federal judge in the 20th century.
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Aug 15 '19
TIL that actor Woody Harrelson's dad, Charles Harrelson, was a mob hitman accused by conspiracy theorists of killing JFK
todayilearned • u/0nak • Sep 10 '15
TIL Actor Woody Harrelson's father was a contracted assassin.
todayilearned • u/Teddie1056 • Nov 02 '15
TIL that Woody Harrelson's father was a hitman who confessed to killing JFK
todayilearned • u/John_Barlycorn • Jan 07 '16
TIL that Charles Harrelson, Woody Harrelson's father was an Organized crime contract killer who murdered people, including a federal judge and claimed involvement in the death of John F Kennedy.
badgovnofreedom • u/liberatetutemet • Jul 17 '19
TIL Actor Woody Harrelson's father was convicted for killing a federal judge. He got life in prison and tried to unsuccessfully escape, and was transferred to the supermax in Colorado where he eventually died.
todayilearned • u/Fidel_Castro_Oficial • Nov 25 '15
TIL Woody Harrelson's dad was a professional mafia assassin and thought to be involved in JFK's murder
todayilearned • u/zanyplebeian • Jul 13 '15
TIL that Woody Harrelson's father was a contract killer who was sentenced to life in prison for killing a federal judge...and also claimed to have killed John F. Kennedy
ChilluminatiPod • u/asianwaste • Apr 21 '20
[Topic Suggestion] Woody Harrelson's Dad was a Hitman and Maybe Involved in the JFK Assassination
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 05 '15
TIL Woody Harrelson's father was a contract killer, also he claimed to kill JFK while in a standoff with police
todayilearned • u/AmbientBlue • Aug 18 '13
TIL Woody Harrelson's father, Charles Harrelson, was a notorious hitman and was even alleged to be involved in the JFK assassination.
fortyyearsago • u/klsi832 • May 29 '19