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{{short description|American actor}}
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| birth_date = July 4, 1961
|occupation=[[Television]], [[film]] [[actor]]▼
| birth_place = [[Dayton, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|10|28|1961|7|4}}
| death_place = Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
▲| occupation=[[Television]], [[film]] [[actor]]
| years_active = 1975–1991
}}
'''Scott James Wells'''
==Early life==
Scott James Wells was born on July 4, 1961, in [[Dayton, Ohio]]. He graduated from [[West Carrollton High School]]. Sometime afterwards, he moved to L.A, working as an actor, having appeared in ''[[Emergency!]]'' and ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', and a model for fitness and fashion magazines.<ref>newcomerdayton.com</ref>
==Superboy==
In 1988, Wells was cast as Superboy's (arch-) enemy [[Lex Luthor]]. Playing a younger version of the famous character, he had four guest appearances on the show. After ratings were disappointing, the show's producer Ilya Salkind decided to change aspects of the series. As a consequence, Wells as well as [[John Newton (actor)|John Haymes Newton]] (Superboy) were replaced beginning with Season 2. [[Sherman Howard]] was then cast as Lex Luthor. The change in appearance was explained due to Luthor having been scarred by a chemical accident which first caused his hair to fall out, then caused accelerated aging. Luthor then got plastic surgery to rectify the accident as well as become a doppelganger of an industrialist (also played by Sherman Howard), whom he murders to [[identity theft|replace him]] and fool Superboy.
In 2006, Salkind explained Wells' absence on the DVD box set of "Superboy: The Complete First Season," due to him being in "rehab,"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Freimann|first1=Barry M.|title="Superboy:The Series" Soaring onto DVD|url=http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=interviews/ilya-salkind-superboy|website=supermanhomepage|accessdate=Nov 16, 2015}}</ref>
==Death==
Wells died on October 28, 2015, in Dayton, Ohio.<ref name="In Memory of Scott J. Wells">{{cite web|url=http://www.newcomerdayton.com/obituary/109988/Scott-J-Wells/Dayton-Ohio|website=newcomerdayton.com|accessdate=November 16, 2015|title=In Memory of Scott J. Wells 1961 - 2015}}</ref>
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|title=Actors portraying [[Lex Luthor]]
|years=1988- 1989<br>'''for ''[[Superboy (TV series)]]'' '''
|before=[[Gene Hackman]]<br>for ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]'', ''[[Superman II]]'' and ''[[Superman IV: The Quest for Peace]]''
|after=[[Sherman Howard]]
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