Shady Tree is a character from the 1971 film Diamonds are Forever. A standup comic performing at the Whyte House in Las Vegas, Tree operates as part of Ernst Stavro Blofeld's diamond smuggling pipeline. Shady Tree was performed by Leonard Barr, himself a standup comic. His name comes from the character of Michael "Shady" Tree, a gangster in Ian Fleming's 1956 novel Diamonds Are Forever.