Roy Underhill, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American woodworker
Date of Birth: 22-Dec-1950
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Roy Underhill
- Roy Underhill (born December 22, 1950) is an American woodworker and television show host.
- Born and raised in Washington, D.C., he was the first master housewright at the Colonial Williamsburg reconstruction.
- Since 1979, he has been the host of the PBS series The Woodwright's Shop.
- Along with This Old House, which debuted the same year, it is the longest running PBS "how-to" show. Underhill was introduced to traditional woodworking by a sister who worked at the Smithsonian Institution.
- He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned a degree in Theater.
- In the early 1970s, Underhill and his wife moved to Colorado to form Homestead Arts to pursue a career in acting.
- When that failed, the Underhills moved to a remote area of New Mexico where traditional woodworking was one of the few means of survival.In the late 1970s, Underhill moved back to North Carolina and Duke University, pursuing a multi-disciplinary course of study including engineering, forestry, and history and was subsequently awarded a Master of Forestry in 1977.
- At the birth of his first daughter, he approached the UNC Center for Public Television with an idea about a traditional woodworking show.
- Initially rejected, the idea was finally accepted; in 1979, filming began on The Woodwright's Shop at West Point on the Eno in Durham, N.C.
- Around the same time, he also took the job as master housewright and later director of interpretive development at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. More recently, Underhill also works as a communications consultant.
- He is the author of several books, including The Woodwright's Eclectic Workshop and Woodwright's Shop: A Practical Guide to Traditional Woodcraft. Underhill has started teaching traditional woodworking in a classroom environment he calls "The Woodwright's School".
- As of January 2014, his classroom is located in Pittsboro, North Carolina.Many hand tool aficionados hold Roy Underhill in extremely high regard and may refer to him with the shorthand "St.
- Roy."
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