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.
After his departure from the series in 1989, Scott Wells appeared in The Taking of Beverly Hills.
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.
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 replace him and fool Superboy.