John Wesley Shipp
Biography: John Wesley Shipp (born January 22, 1955) 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 (which earned him his first Daytime Emmy Award). In 2014, he was cast as Barry Allen's father Henry on the current The Flash series on The CW network.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 22, 1955
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The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
1990-10-25
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
Overview: Once again, Bastian is transported to the world of Fantasia which he recently managed to save from destruction. However, the land is now being destroyed by an evil sorceress, Xayide, so he must join up with Atreyu and face the Emptiness once more.
Genres: Family Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1990-10-25
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Karma Police
2008-04-06
Karma Police
Overview: What if a worldwide secret organization existed and you were recruited to join? That's what happens to Charles West when he's recruited to join the Karma Police. He loves it...but is making sure that good people are rewarded and bad people punished all that it seems to be?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-04-06
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Ruby Herring Mysteries: Her Last Breath
2019-09-20
Ruby Herring Mysteries: Her Last Breath
Overview: Ruby and Detective Killian investigate a suspicious fatal car accident. With their yin and yang relationship, they solve the case, until Ruby finds new evidence that they may have it all wrong. Stars Taylor Cole and Stephen Huszar
Genres: TV Movie Mystery Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-20
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Christie's Revenge
2007-06-24
Christie's Revenge
Overview: After years of plotting, Christie vows to get revenge on her uncle, whom she blames for her father's demise.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-24
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Lost Treasure of Dos Santos
1997-04-20
Lost Treasure of Dos Santos
Overview: Shaw, an inveterate explorer and Willa, the headstrong daughter of a famous archaeologist, team up to search for a lost treasure described in an old journal. However, things don't go according to plan as Shaw and his team are tracked through the mountains by Stark who has his own ideas about the fate of the gold.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-20
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The Flash: Saga of the Scarlet Speedster
2023-07-11
The Flash: Saga of the Scarlet Speedster
Overview: Short documentary about The Flash from comic book creation to film and television hero.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-07-11
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The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster
1991-09-18
The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster
Overview: Every super hero has his nemesis - and this time Flash has that murderous mischief maker the Trickster
Genres: Action Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-18
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The Flash
1990-11-04
The Flash
Overview: A laboratory accident endows a police scientist with the ability to move at superhuman speed which he uses to battle a menacing gang as a superhero.
Genres: Action Crime Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-04
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Second to Die
2002-04-23
Second to Die
Overview: Sara escapes a life of poverty and abuse to marry Jim Bratchett, but her joy is short-lived when she discovers that Jim intends her to be a full-time caretaker for his disabled daughter. Sara considers leaving Jim until she discovers a million-dollar life insurance policy.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-23
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Deadly Web
1996-04-15
Deadly Web
Overview: A divorced mother is targeted by an on-line stalker known as Cybergod, and she teams with an ex-cop to track down the maniac.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-15
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Summer Fantasy
1984-05-25
Summer Fantasy
Overview: After graduating high school, Carrie needs something to do for the summer. She goes to lifeguard try-outs and gets the job. In this hot Los Angeles summer, she will fall desperately in love with a much older lifeguard.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-25
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The Danger Team
1991-01-01
The Danger Team
Overview: A budding detective solves crimes with the help of three stop-motion animated clay characters.
Genres: Comedy Crime Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Road Rage
1999-10-03
Road Rage
Overview: Ellen Carson is a real estate agent who inadvertently cuts off a delivery truck driver while changing lanes on the freeway to hurry home. The truck driver turns out to be a disturbed man named Eddie Madden, who proceeds to chase after Ellen in an effort to run her off the road. Ellen in fear calls the 1-800 number on the back of his truck and lodges a complaint, which causes Eddie to lose his job, and he (being a grieving husband and father who earlier lost his family to a car accident) sets out to destroy Ellen's family and soon becomes fixated on Ellen and her teenage stepdaughter Cynthia and plots to have them as replacement family, by removing the head of the house, Ellen's husband and Cynthia's father Jim Carson.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-03
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Golden Shoes
2015-10-06
Golden Shoes
Overview: With his father MIA at war and his mother critical in hospital, a young boy consoles himself with dreams of playing in the youth soccer league. To do so, he must overcome the adult deception, the bullying and his solitude.
Genres: Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-06
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Sensory Perception
2015-12-31
Sensory Perception
Overview: Sensory Perception is a sci-fi, feature length drama about Jeremy Jacobs, a "recovering" drug addict struggling to get his life back together. Things get even harder for him when he begins to have visions of an apocalyptic future. Stalked by strange messages and shadowy figures, he is persuaded that there's a way to avert this future disaster. Although, fighting through addiction, paranoia, and skepticism, he finds it difficult to convince anyone, even himself, that we can change.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-31
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Separation Anxiety
2010-01-01
Separation Anxiety
Overview: Separation Anxiety traces the friendship of three twenty-something childhood pals, Quinn, Jess, and Bailey on the morning of Bailey's funeral. As the people who loved Bailey the most grapple with the possibility that his fatal accident might have been something more purposeful, flashbacks from the last days of Bailey Palmer begin to unravel what was really going on. Quinn and Jess find themselves forced to deal with truths they aren't ready to face, about Bailey and each other.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Hell and Mr Fudge
2012-07-07
Hell and Mr Fudge
Overview: Hell and Mr. Fudge is an 2012 American drama film directed by Jeff Wood and written by Brian Phillip Stoddard. Based on a true story, the film stars Mackenzie Astin as Edward Fudge, an Alabama preacher who has been hired to determine the existence of hell.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-07
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Port City
2009-10-11
Port City
Overview: Life in Wilmington, North Carolina is pretty slow for David until he starts having a fling with a mysterious older woman. To make life even more complicated David's sister Nancy, and co-worker Jeanne have problems of their own that they share with David. Nancy is fighting of the unwanted affections of two men. Meanwhile, Jeanne must contend her deadbeat husband. And on top of it all, David has a gay roommate who he incorrectly thinks, is trying to start an affair with him, not to mention a trailer park hit man.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-11
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The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade
1992-12-31
The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade
Overview: The Scarlet Speedster teams up with the city's previous superhero, The Nightshade, in two adventures.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-31
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The Sector
2016-07-05
The Sector
Overview: In a dystopian world, a bounty hunter sets out to capture a ruthless band of outlaws who have kidnapped an important father and daughter through a world of multiverses. Unbeknownst to the Outlaws and the Bounty Hunter is that another, more powerful man known only as The Finisher has plans of his own.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-05
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Starcrossed
2005-04-24
Starcrossed
Overview: Two brothers develop a sexual attraction to one another amid the unkind world around them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-24
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Soft Deceit
1995-02-16
Soft Deceit
Overview: An attractive cop is assigned the task of tracing millions of dollars of stolen church funds. The thief, is locked up in prison, and the plan is to break him out, and follow him to the hidden money. When she falls for the convict, things get complicated. The ex-boyfriend cop is jealous and suspicious.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-16
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Baby of the Bride
1991-12-22
Baby of the Bride
Overview: Soon after returning from their honeymoon, John and Margaret Hix receive the surprise of their life - at 53, Margaret is pregnant! Against her husband's wishes, Margaret decides to keep the baby... but she isn't the only one in the family who is expecting. Margaret's daughter, Mary, who has just left the convent, is due just a few months before her mother.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-22
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Night Sweats
2019-11-14
Night Sweats
Overview: A skateboarder investigating the mysterious death of his roommate is led into the inner workings of a self-help company, and the pharmaceutical lab behind it.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-14
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Green Dolphin Beat
1994-06-27
Green Dolphin Beat
Overview: Two cops try to solve the murder of a former prostitute while fighting for their jobs in a crime-ridden precinct of a Northwestern city.
Genres: Crime TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-27
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