John Wesley Shipp Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
John Wesley Shipp is an American actor best known as Mitch Leery, the title character's father on the television drama Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2001 and for roles in several daytime soap operas. Among his daytime roles, Shipp is probably best known as Kelly Nelson on Guid...
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Movies
Golden Shoes, Christie's Revenge, Starcrossed, Second to Die, Road Rage, Baby of the Bride, The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter, Soft Deceit, Karma Police
TV Shows
As the World Turns, Dawson's Creek, Sisters, The Flash
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Fact
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Has played two versions of the Flash: Barry Allen in the 90's TV series, and Jay Garrick, the Golden Age Flash, in the 2015 series. Shipp also plays Barry Allen's father, Henry Allen, in the latter show.
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Was able to land two Broadway roles, in the award-winning "Dancing at Lughnasa," and as Harvey Feirstein's love interest in "Safe Sex," his Broadway debut.
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His father was the Minister at Ridgecrest Baptist Church when he was attending High School in Wake Forest, NC. One night while some friends of his were visiting, gunshots were fired through the brick walls of his house. It is assumed that it was the KKK who fired the shots, because a few of those friends were African American. If you can find the old T.V. guide from around that time, John gave an interview where he talked about the incident.
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He played Barry Allen / The Flash in The Flash (1990) and his father Henry Allen in The Flash (2014).
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Won two consecutive daytime Emmy awards for his soap work -- the first for As the World Turns (1956) and the second for Santa Barbara (1984).
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Lived in New York City to study acting following college and earned his first daytime claim to fame playing Dr. Kelly Nelson on Guiding Light (1952) in 1980.
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A dark and handsome 1980s soap hunk who made a bid for prime time success by embodying comic book superhero The Flash in The Flash (1990). He made a bigger impact playing Dawson Leery's father on Dawson's Creek (1998).
$2 Million
