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George Wendt

George Wendt TV Listings

ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
HALMRKTue, Jul 7, 2:00 AMCheersBuy
HALMRKWed, Jul 8, 2:00 AMCheersBuy
HALMRKThu, Jul 9, 2:00 AMCheersBuy
HALMRKFri, Jul 10, 2:00 AMCheersBuy
HALMRKSat, Jul 11, 2:00 AMCheersBuy
CARTOONSun, Jul 12, 11:00 PMFamily GuyBuy
CARTOONMon, Jul 13, 3:00 AMFamily GuyBuy
LIFEMon, Jul 13, 10:00 AMFrasierBuy
HALMRKTue, Jul 14, 2:00 AMCheersBuy
HALMRKWed, Jul 15, 2:00 AMCheersBuy
HALMRKThu, Jul 16, 2:00 AMCheersBuy
HALMRKFri, Jul 17, 2:00 AMCheersBuy
HALMRKSat, Jul 18, 2:00 AMCheersBuy

George Wendt Biography

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  • Birth Name: George Robert Wendt
  • Birth Place: Chicago, IL
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 10/17/1948, Libra
  • Profession: Actor
George Wendt Fast Facts:
  • Grandfather Tom Howard, a news photographer, snapped the infamous 1928 picture of murderer Ruth Snyder at the moment she was executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison. It appeared on the New York Daily News' front page.
  • Met his wife while both were members of Chicago's Second City comedy troupe.
  • Made his film debut in 1980's My Bodyguard.
  • Also played his beer-swilling Cheers character, Norm, on St. Elsewhere, The Tortellis, The Simpsons, Wings and Frasier.
  • Is one of three original cast members to have appeared in all 273 episodes of Cheers; Ted Danson and Rhea Perlman are the other two.
  • Played Macaulay Culkin's father in Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video. Also appeared in videos for Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" and Soul Asylum's "Black Gold."
    George Wendt Relationships:
  • Andrew - Stepson
  • Bernadette Birkett - Wife
  • Daniel Wendt - Son
  • Hilary Wendt - Daughter
  • Jason Sudeikis - Nephew
  • Joe Wendt - Son
  • Joshua - Stepson
  • Tom Howard - Grandfather

  • George Wendt Awards:
  • 1984 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 1985 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 1986 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 1987 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 1988 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 1989 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee

  • College:
  • Attended University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN; Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO (BA in Economics, 1971)
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