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{{short description|American actor}}
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| birth_date = July 4, 1961
| death_place birth_place = [[Dayton, Ohio]], United StatesU.S.▼
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|10|28|1961|7|4}}
▲| death_place = [[Dayton, Ohio]], United States
| death_place = Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
| occupation=[[Television]], [[film]] [[actor]]
| years_active = 1975–1991
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'''Scott James Wells''' (July 4, 1961 – October 28, 2015) was an American actor and model, primarily noted for playing the villain [[Lex Luthor]] during the first season of the television series ''[[Superboy (TV series)|Superboy]]''. After his departure from the Seriesseries in 1989, Scott Wells appeared in "''[[The Taking of Beverly Hills"]]''. Subsequently, to this film he retired from show business. Besides acting on TV he could be seen in print ads for Calvin Klein and billboards for Coppertone. In 1988, he appeared in the music video "Anything For You" by [[Gloria Estefan]].
 
==Early life==
Scott James Wells was born inon July 4, 1961, in Miamisburg[[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" (19891987 TV series)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', and a model for fitness and fashion magazines.<ref>newcomerdayton.com</ref>▼
 
▲Scott James Wells was born in 1961 in Miamisburg, 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" (1989) 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 undergonebeen 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==
Scott James Wells died on October 28, 2015, aged 54, 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>▼
 
▲Scott James Wells died on October 28, 2015, aged 54, 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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* Certain parts of this page were written by Linda Roberts, former Personal Manager to Scott James Wells.
 
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|before=[[Gene Hackman]]<br>for ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]'', ''[[Superman II]]'' and ''[[Superman IV: The Quest for Peace]]''
|after=[[Sherman Howard]]<br>for ''[[Superboy (TV series)]]''
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| DATE OF BIRTH = July 4, 1961
| PLACE OF BIRTH = Sarasota, Florida
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