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John Wesley Shipp
(January 22, 1956 - living) U.S.A.

John Wesley Shipp

Actor

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Born at Norfolk, Virginia, in his high school days, according to former classmates, John was class president, senior favorite, very intelligent and everybody's buddy. John is described by his co-stars as a nice guy, easy to work with due to his professionalism.

He started his career in the soap opera Guiding Light playing the gullible and studly nice guy Kelly Nelson. He stayed in the show from 1980 to the 1984 and landed a role in another soap opera: As the world turns, from which he received a daytime Emmy award as best supporting actor for his role of Doug Cummings. John also worked on stage in plays like Dancing at Lughnasa in New York.

John Wesley ShippIn 1981 John recorded the album Images, now a collector's item. It contains ten tracks sung by John plus the inner sleeve contains song lyrics and photos.

Another Emmy followed for his guest appearance in Santa Barbara. His big shot came in 1990 when he got the got the leading role of CBS's The Flash. Unfortunately the series ended after only one season, but it was enough to make this one of the cult series of the 90's.

In 1993 John starred in the stage production of the dark comedy The Killing of Michael Malloy at the Tiffany Theater in Los Angeles.

John made then a series of movies and guest appearances on TV shows. He starred as Mitch Leary in the Dawson's Creek series, leaving the show in it's last season.

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Films:

  • The Flash (1990)
  • The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990)
  • The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster (1991)
  • Flash III: Deadly Nightshade (1992)
  • John Wesley Shipp
  • Soft Deceit (1994)
  • Second to Die (2001)
  • Starcrossed (2004)
TV:
  • All My Children (1970)
  • Santa Barbara (1984)
  • Summer Fantasy (1984)
  • Baby of the Bride (1991)
  • Sisters (1991)
  • Green Dolphin Beat (1994)
  • Deadly Web (1996)
  • Lost Treasure of Dos Santos (1997)
  • Dawson's Creek (1998)
  • Road Rage (1999)
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