John Wesley Shipp
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John Wesley Shipp (born January 22, 1955 in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American actor best known to comic book fans as the Flash on the Flash TV series of the early 90's. His longest role has been as Mitch Leery, the title character's father on the television drama Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2001. He has also had roles in several daytime soap operas. Among his daytime roles, Shipp is probably best known as Kelly Nelson on Guiding Light from February 5, 1980 to November 6, 1984 and as Douglas Cummings on As the World Turns from April 17, 1985 to June 2, 1986.
He also played Martin Ellis on Santa Barbara in 1987, Blanchard Lovelace on One Life to Live in 1989, and Carter Jones on All My Children in 1992. For his work on ATWT, he won a supporting actor Emmy at the 13th Daytime Emmy Awards in 1986.