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| Born | January 22, 1955 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
John Wesley Shipp (born January 22, 1955 in Norfolk, Virginia) 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 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. He played the title role of Barry Allen/The Flash in CBS's The Flash in the 1990-1991 season and was Lucky on NBC's Sisters in 1994 and 1995.
As of 28 October 2008, Shipp has been confirmed by the Geelong Advertiser to co-star in a planned feature film to be shot entirely in Geelong, Australia called The Ninja. He will play Detective Matthew Reynolds. The film has been slated to start shooting in early 2009 and wrap up in May. He will co-star with Rob Baard, Tania Zaetta, Roger Cross, John Schneider and Jeremy Kewley.
Partial filmography
- Guiding Light (TV series) (1980-1984)
- As the World Turns (TV series) (1985-1986)
- Santa Barbara (TV series) (1987)
- One Life to Live (TV series) (1989)
- The Flash (TV series) (1990) (TV series)
- The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter (1990)
- All My Children (TV series) (1992)
- Sisters (TV series) (1994-1995)
- Dawson's Creek (TV series) (1998-2001)
- Road Rage (1999) (TV movie) as Jim Carson
- Second to Die (2002) as Jim Bratchett
- Christie's Revenge (2007) Uncle Ray Colton
- The Closer (TV series) (2007) as Chris Conroy in episode called Culture Shock
- Karma Police (2008) (Production Completed)
- The Ninja (2009) (Pre-Production) as Detective Matthew Reynolds
At the 14th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in 1987, Shipp won the Outstanding Guest Performer Award (in a category that included Celeste Holm, Eileen Heckart, and Terrance Mann) becoming the only actor with consecutive wins from two different daytime dramas.
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- John Wesley Shipp at the Internet Movie Database
- ATWT's "Douglas Cummings" character profile at soapcentral.com
- GL's "Kelly Nelson" character profile at soapcentral.com
- John Wesley Shipp at TV.com
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