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| |full_name=Jack Westelmen | | |full_name=Jack Westelmen |
| |image=[[File:DannyWells.jpg|200px]] | | |image=[[Image:ShowLiveSegment.PNG]]<br>'''Danny Wells''' as Luigi in a live-action segment of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' |
| |born=April 7, 1941 | | |born=April 7, 1941 |
| |died =November 28, 2013 (aged 72) | | |died =November 28, 2013 |
| |role=[[Luigi]], [[Luigeena]], [[Mario Joe and Luigi Bob|Luigi Bob]], [[Pronto]] (''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'') | | |role=[[Luigi]], [[Luigeena]], [[Mario Joe and Luigi Bob|Luigi Bob]] (''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show]]'') |
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| {{quote|We went on the air, three o'clock in the afternoon, with no publicity or P.R. at all. There was no pre-build-up to this show, nothing ... they just threw us out there. In three weeks, we became number one. We beat Disney, we beat everybody, without any publicity, without any help from anybody, this show went to the number one daytime cartoon show. They put us up against Mickey Mouse, it didn't matter, we beat them. It was amazing.|Danny Wells, interviewing for ''{{wp|Slam (magazine)|Slam}}'' magazine<ref>[https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2013/03/07/actor-danny-wells-looks-back-on-playing-luigi-in-the-super-mario-bros-super-show/ Actor Danny Wells looks back on playing Luigi in the ‘Super Mario Bros. Super Show!’] Greg Oliver, ''Slam Wrestling''. Published March 7, 2013. Accessed July 15, 2022.</ref>}}
| | '''Jack Westelmen''', better known as '''Danny Wells''' (April 7, 1941 – November 28, 2013), was the Canadian character actor who portrayed [[Luigi]] in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' live action segments and voiced the character in the cartoon segments. He played various other characters in the live-action series as well, such as Mario and Luigi's [[Aunt Luigeena]] and their cousin [[Mario Joe and Luigi Bob|Luigi Bob]]. Wells worked opposite [[Lou Albano]], who portrayed [[Mario]] in both the live action and animated segments. |
| '''Jack Westelmen''', better known by his professional name, '''{{wp|Danny Wells}}''' (April 7, 1941 – November 28, 2013), was a Canadian actor who is best known for portraying [[Luigi]] in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' in both the live action and cartoon segments. He worked alongside [[Lou Albano]], who played [[Mario]]. In addition to Luigi, he played various other guest characters in the live-action series as well, such as Mario and Luigi's [[Aunt Luigeena]] and their cousin [[Mario Joe and Luigi Bob|Luigi Bob]]. Aside from his role as Luigi, he was also widely known for playing the bartender, Charlie, in the American sitcom, ''{{wp|The Jeffersons}}''. | |
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| Twenty-four years after the conclusion of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'', at the age of 72, Wells died in Toronto, Canada on November 28, 2013.<ref>[https://variety.com/2013/tv/obituaries-people-news/danny-wells-luigi-on-super-mario-bros-show-dies-at-72-1200919886/ Danny Wells, Luigi on ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Show, Dies at 72] ''Variety''. Published December 4, 2013. Accessed July 15, 2022</ref>
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| ==Portrayals==
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| *''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' – [[Luigi]] / [[Luigeena]] / [[Mario Joe and Luigi Bob|Luigi Bob]] / [[Pronto]]
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| *''[[Super Mario Bros.: Trapped in the Perilous Pit]]'' – Luigi
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| | Years after the conclusion of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'', on November 28, 2013, Wells died in Toronto, Canada at age 72. |
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