John Wesley Shipp

Born: 1955-01-22

John Wesley Shipp (born January 22, 1955) is an American actor known for his various television roles. He played the lead Barry Allen on CBS's superhero series The Flash from 1990 to 1991, and Mitch Leery, the title character's father, on the drama series Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2001. Shipp has also played several roles in daytime soap operas including Kelly Nelson on Guiding Light from 1980 to 1984, and Douglas Cummings on As the World Turns from 1985 to 1986 (which earned him his first Daytime Emmy Award). In 2014, he was cast as Barry Allen's father Henry on the current The Flash series on The CW network.


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The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter

as Barney
Released: 1990-10-25

Once again, Bastian is transported to the world of Fantasia which he recently managed to save...

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The Flash

as Barry Allen / The Flash
Released: 1990-11-04

A laboratory accident endows a police scientist with the ability to move at superhuman speed...

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Golden Shoes

as The President of the United States
Released: 2015-10-06

With his father MIA at war and his mother critical in hospital, a young boy consoles himself...

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Starcrossed

as Father
Released: 2005-04-24

Two brothers develop a sexual attraction to one another amid the unkind world around them.

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The Sector

as Stillwell
Released: 2016-07-05

In a dystopian world, a bounty hunter sets out to capture a ruthless band of outlaws who have...

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The Flash: Saga of the Scarlet Speedster

as Self
Released: 2023-07-11

Short documentary about The Flash from comic book creation to film and television hero.

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Ruby Herring Mysteries: Her Last Breath

as John Herring
Released: 2019-09-20

Ruby and Detective Killian investigate a suspicious fatal car accident. With their yin and yang...

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The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade

as Barry Allen / The Flash
Released: 1992-12-31

The Scarlet Speedster teams up with the city's previous superhero, The Nightshade, in two...

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The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster

as Barry Allen / The Flash
Released: 1991-09-18

Every super hero has his nemesis - and this time Flash has that murderous mischief maker the...

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Sensory Perception

as Lt. Thawne
Released: 2015-12-31

Sensory Perception is a sci-fi, feature length drama about Jeremy Jacobs, a "recovering" drug...

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Baby of the Bride

as Dennis
Released: 1991-12-22

Soon after returning from their honeymoon, John and Margaret Hix receive the surprise of their...

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Soft Deceit

as John Hobart
Released: 1995-02-16

An attractive cop is assigned the task of tracing millions of dollars of stolen church funds....

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Second to Die

as Jim
Released: 2002-04-23

Sara escapes a life of poverty and abuse to marry Jim Bratchett, but her joy is short-lived when...

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Summer Fantasy

as Callahan
Released: 1984-05-25

After graduating high school, Carrie needs something to do for the summer. She goes to lifeguard...

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Road Rage

as Jim Carson
Released: 1999-10-03

Ellen Carson is a real estate agent who inadvertently cuts off a delivery truck driver while...

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Hell and Mr Fudge

as Bennie Lee Fudge
Released: 2012-07-07

Hell and Mr. Fudge is an 2012 American drama film directed by Jeff Wood and written by Brian...

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Deadly Web

as Dr. Stanton
Released: 1996-04-15

A divorced mother is targeted by an on-line stalker known as Cybergod, and she teams with an...

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Christie's Revenge

as Ray Colton
Released: 2007-06-24

After years of plotting, Christie vows to get revenge on her uncle, whom she blames for her...

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The Danger Team

as Spex (voice)
Released: 1991-01-01

A budding detective solves crimes with the help of three stop-motion animated clay characters.

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Night Sweats

as Nick Frankenthaler
Released: 2019-11-14

A skateboarder investigating the mysterious death of his roommate is led into the inner workings...

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The Flash

as Henry Allen
First aired: 2014-10-07

After being struck by lightning, CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to...

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The Flash

as Jay Garrick / The Flash
First aired: 2014-10-07

After being struck by lightning, CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to...

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The Flash

as Barry Allen / The Flash (Earth 90)
First aired: 2014-10-07

After being struck by lightning, CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to...

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Arrow

as Barry Allen / The Flash (Earth 90)
First aired: 2012-10-10

Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at...

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Teen Wolf

as Mr. Lahey
First aired: 2011-06-05

Scott McCall, a high school student living in the town of Beacon Hills has his life drastically...

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JAG

as Marcus Sutter
First aired: 1995-09-23

Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge...

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JAG

as Granger
First aired: 1995-09-23

Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge...

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Dawson's Creek

as Mitch Leery
First aired: 1998-01-20

Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama that portrays the fictional lives of a close-knit group...

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Blindspot

as Dr. Katz
First aired: 2015-09-21

A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times...

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The Closer

as Chris Conroy
First aired: 2005-06-13

Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit...

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Batman: The Brave and the Bold

as Professor Zoom (voice)
First aired: 2008-11-14

The Caped Crusader is teamed up with Blue Beetle, Green Arrow, Aquaman and countless others in...

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CSI: NY

as Patrick Quinn
First aired: 2004-09-22

Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified...

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Supergirl

as Barry Allen / The Flash (Earth 90)
First aired: 2015-10-26

Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after...

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Supergirl

as Barry Allen / The Flash (Earth 90) (archive footage)
First aired: 2015-10-26

Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after...

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Drop Dead Diva

as Doug Bailey
First aired: 2009-07-12

A shallow model suddenly dies in an accident only to find her soul resurfacing in the body of a...

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The Outer Limits

as Coach Peter Shotwell
First aired: 1995-03-26

Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end,...

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DC's Stargirl

as Jay Garrick / The Flash
First aired: 2020-05-18

Courtney Whitmore, a smart, athletic and above all else kind girl, discovers her step-father has...

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Prisoners of Gravity

as Self
First aired: 1989-08-21

Prisoners of Gravity was a Canadian public broadcasting television news magazine program that...

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The Flash

as Barry Allen / Flash
First aired: 1990-09-20

When a bolt of lightening crashes through a police crime lab, a mix of electrically charged...

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Sisters

as Lucky Williams
First aired: 1991-05-11

Sisters is an Emmy Award-winning television drama. It follows the lives and loves of four close,...

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