George Wendt, the actor greatest identified for taking part in Norm Peterson on the long-running sitcom “Cheers,” has died. He was 76.
A household consultant confirmed the information to ABC Information on Tuesday and stated that Wendt “died peacefully in his sleep whereas at house.”
“George was a doting household man, a well-loved good friend and confidant to all of these fortunate sufficient to have identified him,” the rep stated in a press release. “He will likely be missed ceaselessly.”
George Wendt as Norm Peterson in an episode of “Cheers.”
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Wendt earned six Emmy nominations for his function on the NBC comedy sequence.
Born on Oct. 17, 1948, in Chicago, Wendt started his profession in comedy at Chicago’s The Second Metropolis theater.
Previous to “Cheers,” he starred in just a few roles on tv, together with “M*A*S*H,” “Taxi” and “Cleaning soap” earlier than his massive break in “Cheers.”
Wendt starred in all 275 episodes of “Cheers” from when the present first aired in 1982 to its remaining episode in 1993.
In a 2021 interview with Chicago Journal, Wendt recalled the primary time he auditioned for “Cheers.”
“I wanted to seem like a man who wished to have one other beer,” he stated.
The actor added that he was precisely like Norm, with the latter having “higher writing.”
Following “Cheers,” Wendt appeared in a number of episodes of “Saturday Evening Stay,” “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” “Frasier,” “George Lopez” and different tv reveals.
Wendt notably starred within the recurring “SNL” sketch “Invoice Swerski’s Superfans,” alongside Chris Farley, Mike Myers and Robert Smigel, which lampooned Chicago sports activities followers.
His movie credit embrace the 1991 interval drama “Guilt by Suspicion,” alongside Robert De Niro, the 1992 romantic drama “Endlessly Younger” with Mel Gibson, in addition to small appearances in “The Little Rascals” and “Spice World.”
He starred in a number of tv movies, together with “Alice in Wonderland” in 1999, “Unusual Relations” in 2001, “Santa Child” in 2006 and extra.
Wendt married his spouse, Bernadette Birkett in 1978. The duo met whereas working on the Second Metropolis theater.
They share a daughter named Hilary and two sons, Joe and Daniel.
Wendt can be the uncle and godparent of actor Jason Sudeikis.
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