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From 1974-1980 Wendt was a member of Second City, until he and his wife left the windy city for Hollywood to help develop a television series for the troupe, which never materialized.
Wendt's wife also had an unseen role on the show as the voice of Norm's oft mentioned but never seen wife, Vera.
In 2001, Wendt and fellow Cheers cast member John Ratzenberger won a law suit they had filed against Paramount Pictures (the production company for the show) when the court ruled that the company had illegally used their likenesses for two robots named Hank and Bob that appeared in Cheers-themed airport bars.
Wendt: First descent of the Bio-Bio, my cousin was with the Park Service down there and he had written me for a number of years about this river that he thought could just be really exciting to run.
Wendt: This trip has been set up with a number of geologic survey people that are primarily focused, as I understand it, on the debris transport studies to look at debris flows that have come out of many of the side canyons of Grand Canyon over time.
Wendt: Well, one experience that I had in river running, which I guess is my biggest claim to fame, is that in 1965 I was at the mouth of Warms Springs, up in Dinosaur National Monument when it had a very major debris flow coming out of the canyon.
George is one of 3 original actors that played in all 273 episodes of Cheers.
George is only one of 4 different actors who has played his character in six different shows.
George grandfather was Tom Howard who was the most famous new reporter for the Chicago Tribune.
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GeorgeWendt is best known to television audiences as Norm Peterson, the cud-sipping resident sports fan on "Cheers." The role earned Wendt six Emmy nominations.
Wendt appeared in the critically acclaimed stage production of David Mamet's "Lakeboat," which was directed by Joe Mantegna, and frequently performs onstage in New York, Los Angeles, and his native Chicago.
Wendt is married to Bernadette Birkett, who co-starred on the comedy series "It's Garry Shandling's Show." They currently live in Los Angeles with their four sons and one daughter.
GeorgeWendt is more than the guy at the end of the bar stool.
Richard Thomas and GeorgeWendt lead the cast of the national tour of Twelve Angry Men which launches from New Haven, Connecticut's Shubert Theater Sept.
GeorgeWendt And George Gray Host The A&E Original Comedy Special GUY WALKS INTO A BAR Premieries Tuesday, September 5 at 10:00 pm EST/PST Two guys named George team up for a new sketch comedy show that will...
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George Wendt Biography :: Hollywood.com(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A hefty, curly-haired supporting player, GeorgeWendt gained national recognition as Norm Peterson, the beer-swilling accountant-turned-housepainter-and-sometime-decorator on the long-running NBC sitcom "Cheers" (1982-93), parlaying his sudsmeister image into a run as pitchman for a national brewery.
Anxious to capitalize on his extreme popularity from "Cheers", CBS launched "The GeorgeWendt Show" (1995), which disappeared quickly, possibly because its format (Wendt as a radio call-in show host) was shamelessly similar to fellow "Cheers" alum Kelsey Grammer's "Frasier".
Wendt has co-starred as one of the title characters in "Roger Corman Presents Alien Avengers" (Showtime, 1996) and its sequel "Alien Avengers II" (The Movie Channel, 1997).
George graduated from Rockhurst College in Kansas City, MO. and then attended Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana for two years, but dropped out.
George married actress Bernadette Birkett, who later provided the voice of Norm's never seen wife, Vera on the CHEERS TV series.
Wendt's other TV credits included a starring role in THE GEORGEWENDT SHOW (1995) as garage mechanic George Coleman; a recurring role of Les Polonsky, a magazine owner during the 1997 season of the sitcom THE NAKED TRUTH (1995); and as Mike Shelby, a regular on the sitcom SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH (from 2001-2002).
GeorgeWendt is best known for his long-running role as bar fixture Norm Cheers for which he earned six Emmy nominations.
On stage, Wendt appeared in the critically acclaimed production of David Mamet's Lakeboat directed by Joe Mantegna and is winning further accolades starring in Yasmina Reza's award-winning play Art currently on Broadway.
Wendt began his career with The Second City, Chicago's famed improvisational company and went on to perform in television, stage and film.
GEORGEWENDT, who probably still hasn't paid his bar bill at Cheers, returns to work in prime time Wednesday night at 8 in a sitcom on CBS.
In his new show, Wendt will be obliged to do more than park himself on a bar stool and trade one-liners with Sam Malone and Carla as he did for 11 seasons on NBC.
Since CBS named it ``The GeorgeWendt Show,'' you know that Wendt is carrying a heavy load in this series about brothers who work on the radio giving tips to people with car trouble.
Quick Wit: GeorgeWendt: He was Norm Peterson on TV's Cheers, but GeorgeWendt is a true man of the theater.
GeorgeWendt's rotund figure and curly hair make him one of the most easily recognizable of all film and television stars.
A film adaptation of Lake Boat again starring Wendt (and again scripted by Mamet and directed by Mantegna) was shot in Toronto last year and recently premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
AandE is developing a sketch comedy show with actorGeorgeWendt, most famous for playing the pudgy guy in the movie House.
The show, titled A Guy Walks Into a Bar, will feature Wendt and actorGeorge Gray (Junkyard Wars, Weakest Link) telling jokes in a bar as the jokes themselves are acted out as sketches.
There was, however, life before Cheers for Wendt, who came up as part of Chicago's famed Second City improv group at the same time Re-Animator director Stuart Gordon was originating the equally fine and also Chicago-based Organic Theater with friends Joe Mantegna and Dennis Franz, among others.
We spoke to Wendt by phone from his home in Los Angeles on the eve of King of the Ants' Austin premiere.
Stuart Gordon and GeorgeWendt will be in attendance, as they will be the following night, 7pm.
Starring GeorgeWendt, Shanna Reed, Christopher M Brown, Anastasia Sakelaris, Stephen Burrows, Dan Martin, Anthony Crivello, Edafe Blackmon, Gretchen Palmer, Michael Colyar.
Kirstie Alley, GeorgeWendt, Vincent Lucchesi, Jayne Modean.
Starring William Katt, GeorgeWendt, Kay Lenz, Richard Moll, Michael Ensign, Susan French, Mary Stavin, Billy Beck, Alan Autry, Steven Williams.
Best known to television audiences as Norm Peterson on “Cheers,” six-time Emmy Award-nominated actorGeorgeWendt joins the cast of The WB's “Modern Men” as Tug Clarke, a father who's stuck in the Stone Age when it comes to his views on the opposite sex.
Wendt appeared in the critically acclaimed stage production of David Mamet's “Lakeboat,” which was directed by Joe Mantegna, and frequently performs on stage in New York, Los Angeles and his native Chicago.
Last year he starred in the Nickelodeon pilot “The Robertsons’ Greatest Hits.” Most recently, he hosted the A&E show “House of Dreams” and had an arc on the “The George Lopez Show.” On the feature front, he recently starred in the indie films “Kids in America” and “King of the Ants.”
Headline News :: Television News Blogs :: GeorgeWendt Up For Another Round
GeorgeWendt will be back on the small screen soon in a new comedy by the WB network.
Wendt, who received six Emmy nominations for his portrayal of Norm on NBC's classic series Cheers, is set to co-star in the series pilot about three male childhood friends in their twenties who seek advice from a female life coach.
Caption: Scott Ellis (Director) with cast members Richard Thomas, FGeorge Wendt, Randle Mell, Charles Borland, Todd Cerveris, T.Scott Cunningham, Julian Gamble, Jeffrey Hayenga, David Lively, Alan Mandell, Mark Morettini, Patrick New and Jim Saltouros
GeorgeWendt Signs On to Twelve Angry Men National Tour
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