Career
He also played in the American Football League (American Federation of Labor-Congress) for the Boston Patriots. Wells played college football at Michigan State University and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1954 NFL Draft. Wells later moved to Southern California.
He formed a Dixieland band called Billy and his Bachelors.
He also acted in a few television shows including Manhunt and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Wells died on Christmas Day, December 25, 2001, just 3½ weeks after his 70th birthday.