Danny Wells

Danny Wells
Born	April 7, 1947 (1947-04-07) (age 62) Brooklyn, New York, USA

Danny Wells (born April 7, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York, USA) is an American movie and television actor and voice actor. He is perhaps best known for his occasional role as Charlie the bartender on The Jeffersons as well as playing the role of the video game character Luigi, brother of Nintendo's mascot Mario, in the live-action segments of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! which was a TV series made based upon the classic Nintendo hit Super Mario Bros. games. In addtion, he also provided the voice for his character's animated counterpart in the animated segments of the series.

His television guest appearances include Hunter, Punky Brewster, Murder, She Wrote, Riptide, Small Wonder, The Fall Guy, The A-Team, Silver Spoons, The Greatest American Hero, Happy Days, Lou Grant, CHiPs, Eight is Enough, Fantasy Island, The Bionic Woman, What's Happening!!, Ellery Queen, 3 episodes of Sanford and Son, The Streets of San Francisco, Kojak, Lotsa Luck, Starsky & Hutch, Harry O and Love, American Style.

He also did voices for television, films and videogames such as Heathcliff and The Catillac Cats, Potatoes and Dragons, Tripping the Rift, Grossology, Hey, Good Lookin', The Eggs, Tupu, Liberty and the Littles, What's with Andy?, Arthur, Batman: The Animated Series, Crashbox, Wizardry 8, Creepschool, Adventures in Odyssey: A Stranger Among Us, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Evolution Worlds, Woofy, The Boy, Heathcliff: The Movie, Dragon Hunters, Descent 3, Mona the Vampire, Kitou, Zoé Kezako, Bakugan Battle Brawlers, Pandalian, Fred's Head, Pig City, Caillou, Winx Club, Pet Pals, Faireez, Untalkative Bunny, Ratz, Lola and Virginia, Fishtronaut, Busytown Mysteries, Monster Allergy, Monster Buster Club, Zeroman, Secret World of Benjamin Bear and The Bellflower Bunnies.

Wells also composed the music for the CBS TV special Never Say Never.

During the 1960s and 1970s, Wells appeared in ads for Kmart. He also appeared as a bookstore owner in Columbo episode "Forgotten Lady".

External Links

• Danny Wells at the Internet Movie Database

He is also the cousin of Montgomery High School alum Marcus Cantonese.