Danny Wells is a Canadian movie and television

Television

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 actor

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 and voice actor. He is perhaps best known for his occasional role as Charlie the bartender

Bartender

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 on The Jeffersons

The Jeffersons

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 as well as playing the role of the video game character Luigi

Luigi

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, brother of Nintendo's mascot Mario

Mario

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, in the live-action segments of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

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 which was a TV series made based upon the classic Nintendo hit Super Mario Bros. games. In addition, he also provided the voice for his character's animated counterpart in the animated segments of the series.

Life and career

Wells was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Canada

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. His television guest appearances include Hunter, Punky Brewster

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, Murder, She Wrote

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, Riptide

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, Small Wonder, The Fall Guy

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, The A-Team

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, Silver Spoons

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, The Greatest American Hero

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, Happy Days

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, Lou Grant

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, CHiPs

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, Eight is Enough

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, Fantasy Island

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, The Bionic Woman

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, What's Happening!!

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, Ellery Queen

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, 3 episodes of
Sanford and Son

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, The Streets of San Francisco

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, Kojak

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, Lotsa Luck

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, Starsky & Hutch, Harry O and Love, American Style

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. During the 1960s and 1970s, Wells appeared in ads for Kmart

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. He also appeared as a bookstore owner in Columbo episode "Forgotten Lady".

He also did voices for television, films and videogames such as Heathcliff

Heathcliff (1984 TV series)

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 and The Catillac Cats

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, Potatoes and Dragons

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, Tripping the Rift

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, Grossology

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, Hey, Good Lookin', Ruby Gloom

Ruby Gloom

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, Tupu

Tupu

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, Liberty and the Littles, What's with Andy?

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, Arthur

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, Batman: The Animated Series

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, The Super Mario Brothers Super Show Crashbox

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, Wizardry 8

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, Creepschool

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, Adventures in Odyssey: A Stranger Among Us, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Evolution Worlds

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, Woofy, The Boy

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, Heathcliff: The Movie

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, Dragon Hunters

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, Descent 3, Mona the Vampire

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, Kitou, Zoé Kezako

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, Bakugan Battle Brawlers

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, Pandalian

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, The Lost World

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, Fred's Head

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, Pig City

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, Caillou

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, Winx Club

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, Pet Pals, Ocean Tales, Malo Korrigan

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, Ratz

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, Lola and Virginia, Fishtronaut

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, Busytown Mysteries

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, Monster Allergy

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, Lili's Island, Prudence Gumshoe, Monster Buster Club

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, Snailympics, Cosmic Cowboys, My Goldfish is Evil

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, The Three Pigs

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, Walter

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, Oscar and Spike, Momo

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, Fred the Caveman, Martin Morning

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, Flat!, Metajets, Iron Nose, Pirate Family, Spaced Out

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, Shaolin Kids, 6teen

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, Wayside

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, The Kids from Room 402

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, Mica

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, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat

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, Mario Land, X-DuckX, Nunavut

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, Erky Perky

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, Magi-Nation

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, Turbo Dogs

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, Wombat City, Inuk, The Tofus

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, Belphegor

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, Lucky Luke

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, Dog's World, Yakari

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 and The Bellflower Bunnies

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