Lou Albano and Danny Wells Actors you may not know are dead, Died - Dead, Actors - Actress, Voice News, Audio News,Lou Albano , Danny Wells

Actors you may not know are dead, Died - Dead, Actors - Actress, Voice News, Audio News,Lou Albano , Danny Wells

Lou Albano and Danny Wells

As the first two actors to play Mario and Luigi in live-action roles, "Captain" Lou Albano and Danny Wells entertained millions of children from 1989-1991 on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show. The show featured Albano and Wells playing the two beloved plumbers during live-action sequences at their Brooklyn residence, often with a celebrity guest, before switching over to a cartoon episode of Super Mario Bros. or The Legend of Zelda. Albano and Wells also voiced Mario and Luigi in the Mario Bros. cartoon episodes. Captain Lou was known for a prominent professional wrestling career that started in 1953 and ended in 1995ùhe was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame a year later. Albano died on October 14, 2009 from a heart attack at the age of 76, leaving behind a wrestling legacy that includes one of his grand-nephews, former MMA/UFC fighter and professional wrestler Phil Baroni.

Danny Wells, who played Luigi, was known for his TV guest appearances on the likes of The Jeffersons, Happy Days, Punky Brewster, Chips, The A-Team, Sanford and Son, and Starsky & Hutch. He also did voice acting for Heathcliff, Batman: The Animated Series, Bakugan, Turbo Dogs and more. He died of undisclosed causes on November 28, 2013.