It's the handsome guys who become the really big stars, but chubby, cheerful looking George Wendt made a place for himself on the barstool of TV history as lovable guzzler Norm Peterson on the sitcom "Cheers," from that show's start in 1982 until its end in 1993.
Having earned his college degree in the Dismal Science (economics), Wendt's unlikely next step was to join the comedy troupe Second City, where he remained from 1974 to 1980. He got his role as Norm after having done smaller parts on such shows as "Alice," "Soap," Hart to Hart," and "MASH."
On "Cheers," he played a sort of barstool Everyman, interacting with the other excellent cast members on that show. In 1995, he very briefly had his own program, "The George Wendt Show," which closed after only seven episodes.
More recently he has been on "Seinfeld," "Frasier," and "The Larry Sanders Show."
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