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George Wendt

George Wendt

Known for: Acting

Born 17/10/1948
Died 2025-05-20
Place of birth Chicago, Illinois, USA

George Robert Wendt Jr. (October 17, 1948 – May 20, 2025) was an American actor, best known for the role of Norm Peterson on the television show Cheers.

Filmography

The Simpsons Series ★ 8,0

The Simpsons

Norm Peterson (voice)

1989

Family Guy Series ★ 7,4

Family Guy

Norm Peterson (voice)

1999

Columbo Series ★ 8,1

Columbo

Graham McVeigh

1971

Saturday Night Live Series ★ 6,9

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

1975

Saturday Night Live Series ★ 6,9

Saturday Night Live

Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1975

Saturday Night Live Series ★ 6,9

Saturday Night Live

Bob Swerski (uncredited)

1975

Saturday Night Live Series ★ 6,9

Saturday Night Live

Self (uncredited)

1975

Seinfeld Series ★ 8,3

Seinfeld

George Wendt

1989

Frasier Series ★ 7,7

Frasier

Norm Peterson

1993

The Colbert Report Series ★ 6,9

The Colbert Report

Santa

2005

Cheers Series ★ 7,6

Cheers

Norm Peterson

1982

M*A*S*H Series ★ 7,9

M*A*S*H

Pvt. La Roche

1972

The Goldbergs Series ★ 7,5

The Goldbergs

Ned Frank

2013

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Series ★ 7,8

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Mike Shelby

1996

Late Night with Conan O'Brien Series ★ 7,3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien Series ★ 7,3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self (uncredited)

1993

Fresh Off the Boat Series ★ 7,2

Fresh Off the Boat

Harv

2015

Wings Series ★ 6,8

Wings

Norm Peterson

1990

Hot in Cleveland Series ★ 7,2

Hot in Cleveland

Yoder

2010

St. Elsewhere Series ★ 5,7

St. Elsewhere

Norm Peterson

1982

Spin City Series ★ 7,0

Spin City

Dan Donaldson

1996

Hart to Hart Series ★ 6,9

Hart to Hart

1979

Alice Series ★ 7,1

Alice

1976

The Twilight Zone Series ★ 7,7

The Twilight Zone

(segment "The World Next Door")

1985

Taxi Series ★ 7,3

Taxi

The Exterminator

1978

Top Chef Series ★ 6,9

Top Chef

Himself - Guest Judge

2006

Tales from the Crypt Series ★ 8,0

Tales from the Crypt

Mr. Crosswhite

1989

The Masked Singer Series ★ 7,5

The Masked Singer

Moose

2019

Childrens Hospital Series ★ 7,0

Childrens Hospital

Governor Jasper Ruth

2008

Becker Series ★ 7,2

Becker

Frank

1998

Franklin & Bash Series ★ 7,3

Franklin & Bash

Henry 'Hank' Shae

2011

The Larry Sanders Show Series ★ 7,7

The Larry Sanders Show

George Wendt

1992

Comedy Bang! Bang! Series ★ 6,2

Comedy Bang! Bang!

Self

2012

Celebrity Ghost Stories Series ★ 7,3

Celebrity Ghost Stories

Self

2009

Portlandia Series ★ 7,0

Portlandia

George Heely

2011

Masters of Horror Series ★ 7,1

Masters of Horror

2005

Birds of a Feather Series ★ 6,3

Birds of a Feather

Himself

1989

The Naked Truth Series ★ 6,5

The Naked Truth

Les Polanski

1995

Harry's Law Series ★ 7,4

Harry's Law

Franklin Chickory

2011

Fancy Nancy Series ★ 7,8

Fancy Nancy

Grandpa Clancy (voice)

2018

Whose Line Is It Anyway? Series ★ 7,7

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Himself

1988

George Lopez Series ★ 7,5

George Lopez

Ed

2002

The Little Rascals Film ★ 6,8

The Little Rascals

Lumberyard Clerk

1994

Bob Series ★ 7,6

Bob

1992

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night Series ★ 8,0

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

Self

2025

Primetime Glick Series ★ 7,2

Primetime Glick

2001

Leaving Neverland Series ★ 6,4

Leaving Neverland

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2019

The Jim Henson Hour Series ★ 8,9

The Jim Henson Hour

Self

1989

Bill Nye Saves the World Series ★ 3,8

Bill Nye Saves the World

Polio

2017

Rock Me Baby Series ★ 9,8

Rock Me Baby

Monty

2003

Day by Day Series ★ 6,3

Day by Day

Stan

1988

Less Than Kind Series ★ 7,0

Less Than Kind

Tiny

2008

Airplane II: The Sequel Film ★ 6,1

Airplane II: The Sequel

Ticket Agent (uncredited)

1982

The Edge Series ★ 7,7

The Edge

1992

Spice World Film ★ 4,9

Spice World

Film Producer

1997

Kirstie Series ★ 5,0

Kirstie

Duke

2013

Madigan Men Series ★ 8,0

Madigan Men

2000

TV Funhouse Series ★ 6,4

TV Funhouse

Self

2000

House Film ★ 6,2

House

Harold Gorton

1985

Somewhere in Time Film ★ 7,5

Somewhere in Time

Student [1972]

1980

Fletch Film ★ 6,8

Fletch

Fat Sam

1985

Edmond Film ★ 5,9

Edmond

Pawn Shop Owner

2006

A Wedding Film ★ 6,3

A Wedding

Caterer (uncredited)

1978

Sandy Wexler Film ★ 5,5

Sandy Wexler

Testimonial

2017

Forever Young Film ★ 6,5

Forever Young

Harry Finley

1992

The Tortellis Series ★ 4,5

The Tortellis

Norm Peterson

1987

Young Lust: A Soap Opera Film ★ 4,0

Young Lust: A Soap Opera

Avery Lumpig

1984

Gung Ho Film ★ 6,1

Gung Ho

Buster

1986

My Bodyguard Film ★ 6,3

My Bodyguard

Engineer

1980

Dreamscape Film ★ 6,1

Dreamscape

Charlie Prince

1984

The Earth Day Special Film ★ 6,5

The Earth Day Special

Norm Peterson

1990

Man of the House Film ★ 5,4

Man of the House

Chet Bronski

1995

Outside Providence Film ★ 5,9

Outside Providence

Joey

1999

Modern Men Series ★ 8,0

Modern Men

Tug

2006

Bliss Film ★ 5,7

Bliss

Pops

2019

Alice in Wonderland Film ★ 6,2

Alice in Wonderland

Fred Tweedledee

1999

Clipped Series ★ 4,3

Clipped

Buzzy

2015

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows Film ★ 4,1

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

Self

2016

Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley Film ★ 4,5

Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley

Self

1998

Guilty by Suspicion Film ★ 6,5

Guilty by Suspicion

Bunny Baxter

1991

Space Truckers Film ★ 5,5

Space Truckers

Keller

1996

Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! Film ★ 5,4

Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!

Policeman (uncredited)

1998

Series ★ 10,0

The George Wendt Show

1995

VFW Film ★ 5,8

VFW

Thomas Zabriski

2019

A History of the World in Six Glasses Series ★ 7,0

A History of the World in Six Glasses

Self

2024

Thief of Hearts Film ★ 5,5

Thief of Hearts

Marty Morrison

1984

NBC 75th Anniversary Special Film ★ 10,0

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

Self

2002

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found Film ★ 8,0

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

Self

2005

Anarchy TV Film ★ 5,0

Anarchy TV

Abbey Archer

1998

Mommy I Didn't Do It Film ★ 5,7

Mommy I Didn't Do It

DA Pierce

2017

Santa Buddies Film ★ 5,9

Santa Buddies

Santa Claus

2009

LA Blues Film

LA Blues

Mickey

2007

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration Film ★ 6,0

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration

Self

1990

Santa Baby Film ★ 4,9

Santa Baby

Santa Claus

2006

For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close Film ★ 6,7

For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close

Self

2020

The Climb Film ★ 6,1

The Climb

Jim

2020

Series ★ 6,5

Making the Grade

1982

Mayor of the Sunset Strip Film ★ 6,9

Mayor of the Sunset Strip

Self

2003

Plain Clothes Film ★ 5,9

Plain Clothes

Chet Butler

1988

Michael Jackson: Live in Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour Film ★ 8,7

Michael Jackson: Live in Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour

Self - Dad in video

1992

Lakeboat Film ★ 4,7

Lakeboat

Collins

2000

The Women of SNL Film ★ 6,0

The Women of SNL

Dominick (archive footage)

2010

Mickey's 60th Birthday Film ★ 6,8

Mickey's 60th Birthday

Norm Peterson

1988

The Ratings Game Film ★ 5,7

The Ratings Game

Mr. Sweeney

1984

No Small Affair Film ★ 5,5

No Small Affair

Jake

1984

Christmas with the Campbells Film ★ 5,6

Christmas with the Campbells

Robert

2022

Kids in America Film ★ 5,5

Kids in America

Coach Thompson

2005

The Frasier Story Film ★ 8,0

The Frasier Story

Self

1999

Rupert's Land Film ★ 9,0

Rupert's Land

Ivan Bloat

1998

The Prime Gig Film ★ 6,0

The Prime Gig

Archie

2001

Grand-Daddy Day Care Film ★ 5,8

Grand-Daddy Day Care

Big Lou

2019

The Seven Year Hitch Film ★ 6,0

The Seven Year Hitch

Mr. Henderson

2012

Christmas 9 to 5 Film ★ 6,7

Christmas 9 to 5

Manny O'Quinn

2019

Family Film ★ 7,0

Family

Harold Thompson

2006

A Christmas Wedding Date Film ★ 5,2

A Christmas Wedding Date

Mr. Destiny

2012

Masters of Menace Film ★ 5,8

Masters of Menace

Dr. Jack Erheart

1990

Garfield on the Town Film ★ 7,5

Garfield on the Town

Raoul / Member of the Claws (voice)

1983

Bye Bye Birdie Film ★ 6,2

Bye Bye Birdie

Harry MacAfee

1995

Teddy Bears' Picnic Film ★ 4,0

Teddy Bears' Picnic

General Edison 'Pete' Gerberding

2001

Hostage for a Day Film ★ 5,2

Hostage for a Day

Warren Kooey

1994

Monty Python: Live at Aspen Film ★ 7,1

Monty Python: Live at Aspen

Audience Member (uncredited)

1998

Alien Avengers Film ★ 7,0

Alien Avengers

Charlie

1996

Unnatural Causes Film ★ 4,6

Unnatural Causes

Chuck

2008

The Lovemaster Film ★ 4,5

The Lovemaster

Therapist

1997

Wild About Harry Film ★ 6,0

Wild About Harry

Frankie

2000

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History Film ★ 8,2

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

Self

2016

Aliens, Clowns & Geeks Film ★ 6,6

Aliens, Clowns & Geeks

Father Mahoney

2021

Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again Film ★ 5,0

Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again

Injured Man

1982

King of the Ants Film ★ 5,9

King of the Ants

Duke Wayne

2004

Merry In-Laws Film ★ 5,4

Merry In-Laws

Mr Claus

2012

Blessed Assurance Film ★ 7,0

Blessed Assurance

Sam

1997

The Life Coach Film ★ 5,3

The Life Coach

George

2005

The Pooch and the Pauper Film ★ 3,5

The Pooch and the Pauper

Sheldon Sparks

2000

Strange Relations Film

Strange Relations

Howard

2001

Chasing October Film

Chasing October

Self

2007

Cranium Command Film ★ 9,0

Cranium Command

Stomach (voice)

1989

Bill Murray Live from the Second City Film ★ 10,0

Bill Murray Live from the Second City

Self

1980

Never Say Die Film ★ 4,6

Never Say Die

Mr. Witten

1988

Miss Piggy's Hollywood Film

Miss Piggy's Hollywood

Self

1989

Love's Second Act Film ★ 8,2

Love's Second Act

2024

Likely Stories, Vol. 4 Film ★ 10,0

Likely Stories, Vol. 4

1983

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' Film

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'

Self

2008

Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular Film ★ 2,8

Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular

Santa Claus

2007

Garfield in the Rough Film ★ 7,0

Garfield in the Rough

Ranger #2 (voice)

1984

Bryan Loves You Film ★ 2,6

Bryan Loves You

Mr. Flynn

2008

Alien Avengers II Film ★ 6,9

Alien Avengers II

Charlie

1997

A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! Film ★ 6,9

A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!

Santa

2008

Saturday Morning Film ★ 4,0

Saturday Morning

Harold

2007

Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements Film ★ 7,0

Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements

Self

2011

The Independents Film ★ 6,0

The Independents

Eduardo

2021

The Romance of Betty Boop Film ★ 6,2

The Romance of Betty Boop

Johnny Throat/Punchie (voice)

1985

My Dinner with Jimi Film ★ 5,8

My Dinner with Jimi

Bill Uttley

2003

Shame II: The Secret Film ★ 8,0

Shame II: The Secret

Mac

1995

Thank You Kindly Film

Thank You Kindly

Bradley Walden

2019

The Gift of the Magi Film ★ 5,0

The Gift of the Magi

Shopkeeper

2001

Odessa or Bust Film ★ 9,0

Odessa or Bust

The Chef

2001

Garage: A Rock Saga Film

Garage: A Rock Saga

Pitching Coach

Film ★ 2,0

What the Elf?!

2023

Stealing a Survivor Film ★ 6,0

Stealing a Survivor

Mr. Martin

2020