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George Wendt

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Wendt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1948-10-17

Died: 2025-05-20

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	A Wedding	Caterer (uncredited)	63
2	1980	Bill Murray Live from the Second City	Self	0
3	1980	My Bodyguard	Engineer	63
4	1982	Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again	Injured Man	49
5	1982	Airplane II: The Sequel	Ticket Agent (uncredited)	61
6	1983	Garfield on the Town	Raoul / Member of the Claws (voice)	75
7	1984	Young Lust: A Soap Opera	Avery Lumpig	10
8	1984	Dreamscape	Charlie Prince	61
9	1984	Thief of Hearts	Marty Morrison	53
10	1984	Garfield in the Rough	Ranger #2 (voice)	70
11	1984	No Small Affair	Jake	54
12	1984	The Ratings Game	Mr. Sweeney	57
13	1985	The Romance of Betty Boop	Johnny Throat/Punchie (voice)	60
14	1985	Fletch	Fat Sam	67
15	1985	House	Harold Gorton	62
16	1986	Gung Ho	Buster	60
17	1988	Plain Clothes	Chet Butler	60
18	1988	Mickey's 60th Birthday	Norm Peterson	68
19	1988	Never Say Die	Mr. Witten	38
20	1989	Miss Piggy's Hollywood	Self	0
21	1990	The Earth Day Special	Norm Peterson	69
22	1990	Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special	Self	60
23	1990	Masters of Menace	Dr. Jack Erheart	56
24	1991	Guilty by Suspicion	Bunny Baxter	65
25	1992	Michael Jackson: Live in Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour	Self - Dad in video	86
26	1992	Forever Young	Harry Finley	65
27	1994	Hostage for a Day	Warren Kooey	42
28	1994	The Little Rascals	Lumberyard Clerk	68
29	1995	Man of the House	Chet Bronski	53
30	1995	Shame II: The Secret	Mac	60
31	1995	Bye Bye Birdie	Harry MacAfee	61
32	1996	Alien Avengers	Charlie	68
33	1996	Space Truckers	Keller	54
34	1997	Blessed Assurance	Sam	0
35	1997	The Lovemaster	Therapist	20
36	1997	Alien Avengers II	Charlie	69
37	1997	Spice World	Film Producer	49
38	1998	Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley	Self	45
39	1998	Anarchy TV	Abbey Archer	50
40	1998	Monty Python: Live at Aspen	Audience Member (uncredited)	71
41	1998	Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!	Policeman (uncredited)	54
42	1998	Rupert's Land	Ivan Bloat	0
43	1999	Alice in Wonderland	Fred Tweedledee	62
44	1999	Outside Providence	Joey	58
45	2000	Lakeboat	Collins	47
46	2000	The Pooch and the Pauper	Sheldon Sparks	31
47	2000	Wild About Harry	Frankie	60
48	2001	Strange Relations	Howard	0
49	2001	The Prime Gig	Archie	59
50	2001	Teddy Bears' Picnic	General Edison 'Pete' Gerberding	23
51	2001	Odessa or Bust	The Chef	80
52	2001	The Gift of the Magi	Shopkeeper	0
53	2002	NBC 75th Anniversary Special	Self	0
54	2003	My Dinner with Jimi	Bill Uttley	43
55	2003	Mayor of the Sunset Strip	Self	68
56	2004	King of the Ants	Duke Wayne	59
57	2005	Edmond	Pawn Shop Owner	59
58	2005	Kids in America	Coach Thompson	56
59	2005	The Life Coach	George	37
60	2006	Family	Harold Thompson	70
61	2006	Santa Baby	Santa Claus	49
62	2007	Chasing October	Self	0
63	2007	LA Blues	Mickey	0
64	2007	Saturday Morning	Harold	20
65	2007	Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular	Santa Claus	28
66	2008	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'	Self	0
67	2008	Unnatural Causes	Chuck	44
68	2008	Bryan Loves You	Mr. Flynn	25
69	2008	A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!	Santa	69
70	2009	Santa Buddies	Santa Claus	59
71	2010	The Women of SNL	Dominick (archive footage)	60
72	2011	Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements	Self	70
73	2012	The Seven Year Hitch	Mr. Henderson	59
74	2012	A Christmas Wedding Date	Mr. Destiny	52
75	2012	Merry In-Laws	Mr Claus	54
76	2016	Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows	Self	41
77	2016	'85: The Greatest Team in Football History	Self	82
78	2017	Mommy I Didn't Do It	D.A. Pierce	57
79	2017	Sandy Wexler	Testimonial	55
80	2019	Grand-Daddy Day Care	Big Lou	58
81	2019	VFW	Thomas Zabriski	59
82	2019	Bliss	Pops	57
83	2019	Christmas 9 to 5	Manny O'Quinn	68
84	2020	The Climb	Jim	61
85	2020	For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close	Himself	67
86	2021	Aliens, Clowns & Geeks	Father Mahoney	75
87	2021	The Independents	Eduardo	60
88	2022	Christmas with the Campbells	Robert	55
89	2023	What the Elf?!		20
90	2024	Love's Second Act		80

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	Columbo	Graham McVeigh	81
2	1972	MAS*H	Pvt. La Roche	79
3	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
4	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	70
5	1976	Alice		71
6	1978	Taxi	The Exterminator	73
7	1979	Hart to Hart		68
8	1982	Making the Grade		50
9	1982	Cheers	Norm Peterson	76
10	1982	St. Elsewhere		55
11	1985	The Twilight Zone	(segment "The World Next Door")	78
12	1988	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Himself	76
13	1989	Tales from the Crypt	Mr. Crosswhite	80
14	1989	Seinfeld	George Wendt	83
15	1989	Birds of a Feather	Himself	61
16	1989	The Simpsons	Norm Peterson (voice)	80
17	1990	Wings	Norm Peterson	69
18	1992	The Larry Sanders Show	George Wendt	77
19	1992	Bob		73
20	1992	The Edge		76
21	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	72
22	1993	Frasier	Norm Peterson	77
23	1995	The George Wendt Show		0
24	1995	The Naked Truth	Les Polanski	64
25	1996	Spin City	Dan Donaldson	71
26	1996	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Mike Shelby	78
27	1998	Becker	Frank	72
28	1999	Family Guy	Norm Peterson (voice)	74
29	2000	Madigan Men		0
30	2000	TV Funhouse	Self	64
31	2001	Primetime Glick		68
32	2002	George Lopez		76
33	2003	Rock Me Baby	Monty	100
34	2005	The Colbert Report	Santa	69
35	2005	Masters of Horror		72
36	2006	Top Chef	Himself - Guest Judge	66
37	2006	Modern Men	Tug	80
38	2008	Less Than Kind	Tiny	70
39	2008	Childrens Hospital	Governor Jasper Ruth	72
40	2009	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Self	73
41	2010	Hot in Cleveland	Yoder	74
42	2011	Harry's Law	Franklin Chickory	73
43	2011	Portlandia	George Heely	69
44	2011	Franklin & Bash	Henry 'Hank' Shae	72
45	2012	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Self	62
46	2013	The Goldbergs	Ned Frank	75
47	2013	Kirstie	Duke	46
48	2015	Fresh Off the Boat	Harv	72
49	2015	Clipped	Buzzy	42
50	2017	Bill Nye Saves the World	Polio	37
51	2018	Fancy Nancy	Grandpa Clancy (voice)	65
52	2019	The Masked Singer	Moose	77
53	2024	A History of the World in Six Glasses	Self	70
54	2025	SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night	Self	80