Peter van Norden

• Name — Peter Van Norden • Birth Name — Peter Edward Van Norden • Born — 16 December 1950 • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Died — 9 July 2026 • Place of death — San Diego, California, U.S. • Occupation — * Actor • Years Active — 1975–2025 • Spouse — Wendy Edith Van Norden • Education — Colgate University

Van Norden was born in New York City on December 16, 1950. He graduated magna cum laude from Colgate University. He was married to Wendy Van Norden. The couple had a son named Robert. Peter Van Norden died in Southern California on July 9, 2026, at the age of 75.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1982 — Cheers — Cymbals Player — Episode: "Friends, Romans, and Accountants" • 1982–1983 — St. Elsewhere — Patient / Bill Fulkerson — 2 episodes • 1982 — T. J. Hooker — Lenny — Episode: "Thieves' Highway" • 1983 — Malibu — Bumbo — TV movie • Blood Feud — Pierre Salinger • 1985 — Three's a Crowd — Herbert Potts — Episode: "A Friend in Deed" • Silver Spoons — Larry — Episode: "All the Principal's Men" • Family Ties — Janitor — Episode: "The Real Thing: Part 2" • 1989–1996 — Murder, She Wrote — Henryk Stuyvesant / Dr. Sid Lantz / CIA Agt. Dennis Quinlan — 3 episodes • 1990 — In the Heat of the Night — Sgt. D'Agostino — 2 episodes • 1991 — Matlock — Nick Saddler — Episode: "The Suspect" • 1994 — The Stand — Ralph Brentner — Miniseries; 4 episodes

Theatre credits • Year — Title — Role — Venue — Refs. References • 1975 — Measure for Measure — Escalus — Classic Stage Company, Off-Broadway • A Country Scandal — Count Partin, Semeonovich Glagolaev • Antigone — Durand • 1976 — data-sort-value="Hound of the, The"|The Hound of the Baskervilles — Dr. John Watson • Tartuffe — Orgon • data-sort-value="Balcony, The"|The Balcony — Bishop • 1977 — Romeo and Juliet — Abram, Friar John, Watchman — Circle in the Square, Broadway • Saint Joan — Bertrand de Poulengey • 1978 — data-sort-value="Inspector General, The"|The Inspector General — Stepán Illyích Ukhovyórtov, Merchant • 1981 — Macbeth — Scottish Doctor, Old Man, Murderer — Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway • 1981 — Little Johnny Jones — Anthony Anstey — US national tour • 1982 — Alvin Theatre, Broadway • 1986 — Hamlet — First Gravedigger, Gentleman — data-sort-value="Public Theater, The"|The Public Theater, Off-Broadway • 1990 — data-sort-value="Last Pad, The"|The Last Pad — Archie — Friends and Artists Theatre, Los Angeles • 1994 — data-sort-value="Cradle Will, The"|The Cradle Will Rock — Mr. Mister — Off Ramp Theatre, Los Angeles • 1997 — Nixon's Nixon — Henry Kissinger — San Jose Repertory Theatre • Loot — Truscott — Blank Theatre Company, Hollywood • 1998 — Mizlansky/Zilinsky — Zilinsky — San Jose Repertory Theatre • Nixon's Nixon — Henry Kissinger — Seattle Repertory Theatre • 1999 — The Magic Fire — Giovanni, Juan Guarneri — Berkeley Repertory Theatre • Old Globe Theatre, San Diego • Cymbeline — Cymbeline • 2000 — Love's Labour's Lost — Holofernes • 2000 — Enter the Guardsman — The Playwright — San Jose Repertory Theatre • 2001 — Camping With Henry and Tom — Warren G. Harding — La Mirada Theatre, California • 2003 — Mr. Shaw Goes to Hollywood — Billy, John Barrymore — Laguna Playhouse, California • Misalliance — John Tartleton — Center Stage, Baltimore • 2005 — data-sort-value="Wild Party, The"|The Wild Party — Gold — Hudson Theatre Mainstage, Los Angeles • 2006 — Moonlight and Magnolias — Ben Hecht — Intiman Theatre, Seattle • 2007 — Don Quixote — Quixote — San Diego Repertory Theatre • Nixon's Nixon — Henry Kissinger — San Jose Repertory Theatre • 2008 — Desperate Writers — Leo Goldberg — Edgemar Center for the Arts, California • 2009 — Groundswell — Smith — San Jose Repertory Theatre • 2010 — Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers — Fritz Beebe, Henry Kissinger — New York Theatre Workshop, Off-Broadway • Hairspray — Edna Turnblad — San Diego Repertory Theatre • 2011 — data-sort-value="Cradle Will, The"|The Cradle Will Rock — Mr. Mister — Stella Adler Theatre, Los Angeles • 2012 — Macbeth — Duncan — Antaeus Theatre Company, Los Angeles • 2013 — data-sort-value="Sunshine Boys, The" |The Sunshine Boys — Willie Clark — Arizona Theatre Company • data-sort-value="Liar, The" |The Liar — Géronte — Antaeus Theatre Company, Los Angeles • 2014 — Flim Flam: Houdini And The Hereafter — Arthur Conan Doyle — Malibu Playhouse, California • Othello — Brabantio — Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, Los Angeles • 2015 — Serrano: The Musical — Don Reyes — Matrix Theatre, Los Angeles • Copenhagen — Niels Bohr — Rubicon Theatre, California • A Christmas Carol — Scrooge • 2016 — King Charles III — Charles III (Van Norden was the first American actor to play the role) — Arizona Theatre Company • A Christmas Carol — Scrooge — Rubicon Theatre, California • 2017 — Taking Sides — Wilhelm Furtwängler — Rubicon Theatre, California • A Christmas Carol — Scrooge • 2018 — data-sort-value="Hothouse, The" |The Hothouse — Roote — Antaeus Theatre Company, Los Angeles • Henry IV — Performer Standby for Tom Hanks as Falstaff — Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles • 1776 — Benjamin Franklin — La Mirada Theatre, California • 2019 — Singin' in the Rain — R.F. Simpson — La Mirada Theatre, California • It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play — Freddie Filmore, Mr. Potter, Bill Bailey, others — Ensemble Theatre Company, Santa Barbara • 2020 — Red Ink — performer — Atwater Village Theatre, Los Angeles • 2023 — The Tempest — Gonzalo — Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles • Prospero — Antaeus Theatre Company, Los Angeles • 2024 — Misalliance — John Tartleton — A Noise Within, California • 2025 — Corktown '39 — Joe — Matrix Theatre, Los Angeles