John Wesley Shipp

Age: 71

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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.

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John Wesley Shipp

Henry Allen

for Henry Allen in The Flash: Scarlet Speedster Animated Series

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The Flash: Scarlet Speedster Animated Series

The fifth animated series in my new DCAU.When Barry Allen was a child his mother died from an occurrence completely out of the ordinary which led to his father being framed for the accident.As an adult Barry became a forensic scientist to make sure that the same mysterious occurrence doesn’t happen to anyone else until one night he got struck by a lightning bolt granting him superhuman abilities that allow him to go faster than the speed of light to the point of going through different timelines, different universes and finding other heroes with powers like himself.He became the hero known as The Flash.

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John Wesley Shipp

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The Flash: Scarlet Speedster Animated Series

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