George Wendt - TV Tropes

George Robert Wendt III (born October 17, 1948) is an American actor and comedian from Chicago, best known for his role as Norm Peterson on Cheers.

He is married to Bernadette Birkett and they have three children.

His grandfather is photographer Tom Howard and his nephew is actor/comedian Jason Sudeikis.

---

Film Roles

• My Bodyguard as Engineer
• Somewhere in Time as Student #2
• Jekyll And Hyde Together Again as Injured man
• Airplane II: The Sequel as Ticket agent (Uncredited Role)
• Young Lust
• Dreamscape as Charlie Prince
• Thief of Hearts as Marty Morrison
• No Small Affair as Jake
• Fletch as Fat Sam
• House as Harold Gorton
• Gung Ho as Buster
• Forever Young as Harry Finley
• Never Say Die as Mr. Witten
• Hostage For A Day as Warren Kooey
• The Little Rascals as Lumberyard Clerk
• Man of the House as Chet Bronski
• Space Truckers as Keller
• Alice in Wonderland as Fred Tweedledee
• The Prime Gig as Archie
• Kids in America as Coach Thompson
• Opposite Day as Corporate Exec #1
• Santa Buddies as Santa Claus (Direct-to-Video)
• The Climb as Jim
• VFW as Thomas Zabriski

Television Roles

• Hart to Hart as Sgt. Tate (1 episode)
• Soap as Counterman (1 episode)
• Taxi as The Exterminator (1 episode)
• Alice (1976) as Monty (1 episode)
• Making The Grade as Gus Bertoia (6 episodes)
• M*A*S*H as Pvt. La Roche (1 episode)
• Cheers as Norm Peterson (series regular for 11 years)
  • St. Elsewhere as Norm Peterson (1 episode)
  • The Tortellis as Norm Peterson (1 episode)
  • Wings as Norm Peterson (1 episode)
  • The Simpsons as Norm Peterson (1 episode)
  • Frasier as Norm Peterson (1 episode)
  • Family Guy as Norm Peterson (2 episodes)
• The Twilight Zone (1985) as Barney Schlessinger (1 episode)
• Saturday Night Live as Himself/Host (2 episodes)/Bob Swerski (8 episodes)
• Tales from the Crypt as Mr. Crosswhite (1 episode)
• Roc as Stan Mason (1 episode)
• Seinfeld as Himself (1 episode)
• The Edge as various (1 episode)
• B.o.B as Himself (1 episode)
• The Larry Sanders Show as George Wendt (1 episode)
• The George Wendt Show as George Coleman
• Columbo as Graham McVeigh (1 episode, "Strange Bedfellows")
• Spin City as Dan Donaldson (1 episode)
• The Naked Truth as Les Polansky (3 episodes)
• Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Himself (3 episodes)
• The List as Guest Host (1 episode)
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch as Mike Shelby (recurring)
• Becker as Frank (1 episode)
• Rock My Baby as Monty (1 episode)
• The George Lopez Show as Ed (2 episodes)
• Modern Men as Tug Clarke (6 episodes)
• Masters of Horror as Harold Thompson (1 episode)
• The Green Green Grass as Cliff Cooper (1 episode)
• Less Than Kind as Tiny (1 episode)
• Ghost Whisperer as George the plumber (1 episode)
• Hot in Cleveland as Yoder (1 episode)
• Harry's Law as Franklin chickory (1 episode)
• Kickin' It as Uncle Blake (1 episode)
• Portlandia as George Heely (1 episode)
• Kirstie as Duke (1 episode)
• Franklin & Bash as Henry 'Hank' Shae (1 episode)
• Comedy Bang! Bang! as Himself (1 episode)
• Clipped as Buzzy (10 episodes)
• Childrens Hospital as Gov. Jasper Ruth (1 episode)
• Bill Nye Saves the World as various (2 episodes)
• Fresh Off the Boat as Harv (1 episode)
• The Goldbergs as Ned Frank (1 episode)
• Fancy Nancy as Grandpa Frank (10 episodes)
• The Masked Singer as Moose (1 episode)

---