Hillary Norman "Norm" Peterson is a character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by George Wendt. Norm's real first name was revealed to be Hillary, named after his grandfather.
Norm appeared in all 270 episodes of Cheers between 1982-1993 (the only patron to do so), and was initially the only customer featured in the main cast (to be later joined by Cliff Clavin, Frasier Crane, and Lilith Sternin).
Norm also made one guest appeara...
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Hillary Norman "Norm" Peterson is a character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by George Wendt. Norm's real first name was revealed to be Hillary, named after his grandfather.
Norm appeared in all 270 episodes of Cheers between 1982-1993 (the only patron to do so), and was initially the only customer featured in the main cast (to be later joined by Cliff Clavin, Frasier Crane, and Lilith Sternin).
Norm also made one guest appearance each in the two other sitcoms in the Cheers universe: the Frasier episode "Cheerful Goodbyes" and the Wings episode "The Story of Joe".
Prior to the show, Norm was born in Chicago, and moved to Boston to become an accountant, though in another episode he recalls being a lifelong Boston Celtics fan and going to Boston Garden as a child. Norm enters the show as an accountant, though later becomes unemployed and eventually a housepainter. Norm was revealed to be an accomplished interior decorator and beer taster (capable of spotting a bad vat...
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