George Wendt | Saturday Night Live (SNL)

On October 17, 1948, George Robert Wendt Jr. was born in the Beverly area on Chicago’s south side. His parents are Loretta Mary and George Robert Wendt, who was a Navy officer and real estate broker. Currently, Wendt Jr. is married to Bernadette Birkett, and they have been together since 1978. They have three children named Hilary, Daniel, and Joe.

He went to Campion High School in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Since receiving a 0.00 GPA in the first semester of his junior year, he was expelled from Notre Dame. He went on to Jesuit Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Missouri, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics. Wendt Jr. first appeared on Saturday Night Live in an episode from season 11, in which he co-hosted with producer Francis Ford Coppola. He then played Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman at St. Jacobs Country Playhouse in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.