John Wesley Shipp

John Wesley Shipp was born on January 22, 1955 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for The Flash (2014), Dawson's Creek (1998) and NYPD Blue (1993).




Bio:
John Wesley Shipp was born on January 22, 1955 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for The Flash (2014), Dawson's Creek (1998) and NYPD Blue (1993).


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He played Barry Allen / The Flash in The Flash (1990) and his father Henry Allen in The Flash (2014).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.Won two consecutive daytime Emmy awards for his soap work -- the first for As the World Turns (1956) and... [Details Intro]