Overview
John Wesley Shipp
Known For
The Flash: Saga of the Scarlet Speedster
Short documentary about The Flash from comic book creation to...
Ruby Herring Mysteries: Her Last Breath
Ruby and Detective Killian investigate a suspicious fatal car accident....
Separation Anxiety
Separation Anxiety traces the friendship of three twenty-something childhood pals,...
Biography
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.