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George Wendt is an American actor with a net worth of $45 million. Born on October 17th, 1948 in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, he is best known for his role as Norm Peterson on the television show Cheers. His parents were Loretta M. and George Wendt, who is a realtor and naval officer. His grandfather, Tom Howard, was a photographer. George is of Irish and German descent.
George attended the Campion High School in Prairie du Chien at Wisconsin. He was thrown out from the University of Notre Dame at the end of just one semester and later went on to attend the Jesuit Rockhurst College in Kansas City. He did his graduation in economics here.
George was The Second City alumnus. He found this out just after leaving college. He met the woman who was to become his wife at Second City. She is Bernadette Birkett. She played Cliff's Halloween date at Cheers (the third season), and she also went on to play the voice of Vera who was Norm's wife later. He performed in the movie from 1980 “My Bodyguard” playing a handyman who is seen behind a check-in counter of Chicago’s Ambassador East Hotel (which is now the Omni Ambassador East by the way). In 1981, George was seen as an exterminator in one episode of the television series “Taxi”. He performed as Private Mosconi in M*A*S*H in an episode in 1982. The role was however insignificant. He was seen with a pool ball stuck in the mouth almost throughout this episode.
John is among the thespians who participated in a poster campaign touting live theatre in Chicago. Other celebrities with him on the campaign were John Mahoney, John Malkovich, Terry Kinney, and Martha Plimpton.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2009 |
Others |
Sales of the video Santa Buddies as Santa Claus |
$48,230,000 |
|
2006 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Edmond as a Pawn Shop Owner |
$243,520 |
|
2005 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Edmond as a Pawn Shop Owner and box office sales of the movie Kids in America as Coach Thompson |
$781,190 |
|
2002 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Teddy Bears' Picnic as General Edison 'Pete' Gerberding |
$28,040 |
|
2001 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Lakeboat as First Mate Collins |
$5,160 |
|
1999 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Outside Providence as Joey |
$7,820,000 |
|
1997 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Spice World as Martin Barnfield, a Film Producer |
$151,000,000 |
|
1996 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Space Truckers as Keller |
$1,610,000 |
|
1994 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie The Little Rascals as a Lumberyard Clerk |
$67,300,000 |
|
1993 |
Salary |
Salary from the television show Cheers as Norm Peterson |
$500,000 |
|
1992 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Forever Young as Harry Finley |
$128,000,000 |
|
1991 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Guilty by Suspicion as Bunny Baxter |
$9,480,000 |
|
1988 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Plain Clothes as Chet Butler |
$289,000 |
|
1986 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie House as Harold Gorton and box office sales of the movie Gung Ho as Buster |
$58,750,000 |
|
1985 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Fletch as Fat Sam |
$59,610,000 |
|
1984 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Dreamscape as Charlie Prince, Thief of Hearts as Marty Morrison and No Small Affair as Jake |
$27,580,000 |
|
1982 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again as an Injured Man and Airplane II: The Sequel as a Ticket Agent |
$30,860,000 |
|
1980 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies My Bodyguard as an Engineer and Somewhere in Time as a student |
$32,190,000 |
|
1978 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie A Wedding as a Caterer |
$3,600,000 |