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John Wesley Shipp (born January 22, 1955) is a European-American businessman, entrepreneur and 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.
John Wesley Shipp
Barry Allen/Flash
for Barry Allen/Flash in The Flash
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After discovering he can use his speed to time travel Barry Allen aka the Flash travels to the past to save his mom from a mysterious yellow figure which causes a paradox and universes start converging. Barry Allen eventually has to team up with Jay Garrick the Flash of Earth #3 to recreate the experiment that gave him his powers after the change in time caused Barry to lose his powers. Throughout the movie Barry and Jay try to stop the multiverse from collapsing while also fighting an evil version of Flash called Black Flash from Earth 2. Barry and Jay eventually get Barry's powers back and Barry tries to go back in time but is attacked by Black Flash who pushes Barry into another universe. The two fight throughout several universes and eventually land back on Earth 3 where Barry meets up with Jay who tells him Black Flash is an entity that comes out of its sleep when someone is crossing universes to kill them. He tells Barry they need to get him back to Earth 1. Barry gets ready as Black Flash comes after him and the two race all the way to the moment the yellow figure killed Nora Allen. Barry tackles his past self and allows the figure to kill his mom which resets everything.
