John Wesley Shipp

Infobox actor
name = John Wesley Shipp


caption = At the 2006 Dallas Comic Con.
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birthdate = birth date and age|1956|1|22
location = Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.

John Wesley Shipp (born January 22, 1956 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 2002 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 in CBS's short-lived but critically-acclaimed series "The Flash" in the 1990-1991 season and was Lucky on NBC's "Sisters" in 1994 and 1995.

Partial filmography

*"Guiding Light" (1952) (TV series) (1980-1984)
*"As the World Turns" (1956) (TV series) (1985-1986)
*"Santa Barbara" (1984) (TV series) (1987)
*"One Life to Live" (1968) (TV series) (1989)
*"The Flash" (1990) (TV series)
*"" (1990)
*"All My Children" (1970) (TV series) (1992)
*"Sisters" (1991) (TV series) (1994-1995)
*"Dawson's Creek" (1998) (TV series) (1998-2001)
*"Road Rage" (1999) (TV movie) as Jim Carson
*"The Closer" (2005) (TV series) (2007) as Chris Conroy in episode called Culture Shock
*"Karma Police" (2008) (Production Completed)

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.

External links

*imdb name|0794128|John Wesley Shipp
* [http://www.soapcentral.com/atwt/whoswho/douglas.php ATWT's "Douglas Cummings" character profile at soapcentral.com]
* [http://www.soapcentral.com/gl/whoswho/kelly.php GL's "Kelly Nelson" character profile at soapcentral.com]
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