# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-wesley-shipp
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:15:43.416Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-wesley-shipp"
name: "John Wesley Shipp"
slug: "john-wesley-shipp"
description: "John Wesley Shipp 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. He portrayed Barry Allen's father Henry, Earth-3 Flash Jay Garrick, and Earth-90's Barry Allen on the CW's The Flash series."
tagline: "American actor"
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gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1955-01-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump