George Wendt

Known for: Acting
Born: October 17, 1948, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: May 20, 2025
Movies: 99

George Robert Wendt Jr. was an American actor, best known for the role of Norm Peterson on the television show Cheers.

Best-Known Movies

6.8

The Little Rascals

1994

6.1

Airplane II: The Sequel

1982

6.5

Forever Young

1992

6.8

Fletch

1985

7.5

Somewhere in Time

1980

6.2

House

1985

5.5

Sandy Wexler

2017

4.9

Spice World

1997

6.2

Alice in Wonderland

1999

6.1

Dreamscape

1984

Filmography

2024	An SNL Thanksgiving	(archive footage)
2024	Love's Second Act	Bob
2023	What the Elf?!	Santa
2022	Christmas with the Campbells	Robert
2021	The Independents	Eduardo
2021	Aliens, Clowns & Geeks	Father Mahoney
2020	For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close	Self
2020	The Climb	Jim
2020	Stealing a Survivor	Mr. Martin
2019	Christmas 9 to 5	Manny O'Quinn
2019	Thank You Kindly	Bradley Walden
2019	Bliss	Pops
2019	VFW	Thomas Zabriski
2019	Grand-Daddy Day Care	Big Lou
2017	Sandy Wexler	Testimonial
2017	Mommy I Didn't Do It	DA Pierce
2016	'85: The Greatest Team in Football History	Self
2016	Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows	Self
2012	Merry In-Laws	Mr Claus
2012	A Christmas Wedding Date	Mr. Destiny
2012	The Seven Year Hitch	Mr. Henderson
2011	Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements	Self
2010	The Women of SNL	Dominick (archive footage)
2009	Santa Buddies	Santa Claus
2008	A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!	Santa
2008	Bryan Loves You	Mr. Flynn
2008	Unnatural Causes	Chuck
2008	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'	Self
2007	Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular	Santa Claus
2007	Saturday Morning	Harold
2007	LA Blues	Mickey
2007	Chasing October	Self
2006	Santa Baby	Santa Claus
2006	Family	Harold Thompson
2006	Edmond	Pawn Shop Owner
2005	The Life Coach	George
2005	Kids in America	Coach Thompson
2005	Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found	Self
2004	King of the Ants	Duke Wayne
2003	Mayor of the Sunset Strip	Self
2003	My Dinner with Jimi	Bill Uttley
2002	NBC 75th Anniversary Special	Self
2001	The Gift of the Magi	Shopkeeper
2001	Odessa or Bust	The Chef
2001	Strange Relations	Howard
2001	Teddy Bears' Picnic	General Edison 'Pete' Gerberding
2001	The Prime Gig	Archie
2000	Wild About Harry	Frankie
2000	The Pooch and the Pauper	Sheldon Sparks
2000	Lakeboat	Collins
2000	Garage: A Rock Saga	Pitching Coach
1999	Outside Providence	Joey
1999	Alice in Wonderland	Fred Tweedledee
1999	The Frasier Story	Self
1998	Rupert's Land	Ivan Bloat
1998	Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!	Policeman (uncredited)
1998	Monty Python: Live at Aspen	Audience Member (uncredited)
1998	Anarchy TV	Abbey Archer
1998	Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley	Self
1997	Spice World	Film Producer
1997	Alien Avengers II	Charlie
1997	The Lovemaster	Therapist
1997	Blessed Assurance	Sam
1996	Space Truckers	Keller
1996	Alien Avengers	Charlie
1995	Bye Bye Birdie	Harry MacAfee
1995	Shame II: The Secret	Mac
1995	Man of the House	Chet Bronski
1994	The Little Rascals	Lumberyard Clerk
1994	Hostage for a Day	Warren Kooey
1992	Forever Young	Harry Finley
1992	Michael Jackson: Live in Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour	Self - Dad in video
1991	Guilty by Suspicion	Bunny Baxter
1990	Masters of Menace	Dr. Jack Erheart
1990	Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration	Norm Peterson
1990	The Earth Day Special	Norm Peterson
1989	Cranium Command	Stomach (voice)
1989	Miss Piggy's Hollywood	Self
1988	Never Say Die	Mr. Witten
1988	Mickey's 60th Birthday	Norm Peterson
1988	Plain Clothes	Chet Butler
1986	Gung Ho	Buster
1985	House	Harold Gorton
1985	Fletch	Fat Sam
1985	The Romance of Betty Boop	Johnny Throat/Punchie (voice)
1984	The Ratings Game	Mr. Sweeney
1984	No Small Affair	Jake
1984	Garfield in the Rough	Ranger #2 (voice)
1984	Thief of Hearts	Marty Morrison
1984	Dreamscape	Charlie Prince
1984	Young Lust: A Soap Opera	Avery Lumpig
1983	Garfield on the Town	Raoul / Member of the Claws (voice)
1983	Likely Stories, Vol. 4	Wary Witness
1982	Airplane II: The Sequel	Ticket Agent (uncredited)
1982	Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again	Injured Man
1980	Somewhere in Time	Student [1972]
1980	My Bodyguard	Engineer
1980	Bill Murray Live from the Second City	Self
1978	A Wedding	Caterer (uncredited)

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