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Planet Comicon Kansas City 2019 Schedule :: John Wesley Shipp #3433




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John Wesley Shipp #3433

Appearing Fri,Sat,Sun

Autograph Price: $40
Photo Ops: TBD
Selfies: $30
Combo of autograph +selfie $60

John Wesley Shipp has portrayed Henry Allen, the father to Grant Gustin’s Scarlet Speedster on the CW’s hit series The Flash. He also plays Earth 3’s Flash, Jay Garrick. Shipp starred as The Flash when CBS brought the series to television in 1990’s, in fact, he has played four roles in the “Flash” multiverse: Barry Allen, Professor Zoom, Henry Allen, and Jay Garrick. John has most recently appeared in the “Arrowverse” crossover, “Elseworld” reprising his role as 90’s Flash / Barry Allen and once again donning the Classic “Flash” suit to the delight of Flash fans everywhere.

A constant presence on television for nearly four decades, Shipp took on another iconic role after The Flash that of Mitch Leery, James Van der Beek’s father, on the WB’s coming of age series Dawson’s Creek. He continued with a memorable turn as boxer Lucky Williams, love interest to Julianne Phillip’s Frankie, on Season 5 of NBC’s hit drama Sisters, and terrified audiences with his haunting arc as Isaac’s abusive father and Beacon Hills gravedigger, Mr. Lahey, opposite Daniel Sharman on MTV’s drama Teen Wolf.

John is a two-time Emmy Winner, garnering his first award for his performance as the duplicitous Douglas Cummings opposite Julianne Moore on As The World Turns and his second the next year for his guest turn as Martin Ellis on Santa Barbara - making him the only actor to win consecutive Emmys for two different daytime dramas. Other memorable daytime roles include stints on Guiding Light, One Life To Live, and All My Children.

Other television credits include: Lifetime’s hit Drop Dead Diva, CBS’s JAG and CSI: NY, Showtime’s The Outer Limits, TNT’s The Closer, the Lifetime movies Christie’s Revenge and Road Rage, and ABC’s seminal cop drama NYPD Blue. He also starred in the film Hell and Mr. Fudge, and The Sector with Lance Henriksen and Richard Tyson.

Not limited to television, John is a classically trained theater actor who also studied opera. He was featured on Broadway playing the Welsh wastral, Gerry Evans, in the TONY Award winning production of “Dancing at Lughnasa” by Brian Friel at the Plymouth Theatre, as well as in Safe Sex at the Lyceum Theatre opposite Harvey Fierstein. Other NYC credits include the NY premiere of Stopping the Desert at Primary Stages, Barbara Schottenfeld’s Sit Down and Eat Before Our Love Gets Cold at American Kaleidoscope and Philco Blues with Judith Ivey at the Westbeth. His regional credits include acclaimed performances as Juror #8 in Twelve Angry Men with the Judson Theatre Co., Brick in Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at Walnut Street Theatre, Curley in Oklahoma! at Little Theatre on the Square, and the Los Angeles premiere of The Killing of Michael Malloy by Erik Jendresen at the Tiffany Theatre. John has also performed in the award winning radio play “Power Burns” as “Sheriff Emmett Burns,” a blind lawman in the Old West.

A travel enthusiast and active supporter of the notably welcoming and inclusive Oakhurst Baptist Church in Decatur Georgia, he was on the Host Committee for Live Out Loud, with BD Wong and TR Knight to support the opening of The Matthew Shepard House in LA for displaced LGBTQ youth. He has also served on the Artists Committee for the Innocence Project, committed to publicizing the organization’s important work using DNA evidence to overturn wrongful convictions.

John intersperses his professional commitments with worldwide personal appearances, traveling to England, Australia, New Zealand, Wales, and most recently Ireland, Ecuador and Peru -- as a part of a 36-year career in which he has cultivated a loyal fan base, with a diverse resume including “superheroes and psychopaths." Mr. Shipp lives in New York City.

1:00 pm

John Wesley Shipp Autograph :: Celebrity Row
John Wesley Shipp #3433
Friday March 29, 2019 :: 1:00 pm to 2:55 pm
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3:00 pm

John Wesley Shipp Photo Op :: Epic Photo Booth A
John Wesley Shipp #3433
Friday March 29, 2019 :: 3:00 pm
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3:15 pm

JWS Break ::
John Wesley Shipp #3433
Friday March 29, 2019 :: 3:15 pm to 3:45 pm
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3:45 pm

John Wesley Shipp Autograph :: Celebrity Row
John Wesley Shipp #3433
Friday March 29, 2019 :: 3:45 pm to 5:30 pm
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5:30 pm

JWS Break ::
John Wesley Shipp #3433
Friday March 29, 2019 :: 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm
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6:00 pm

John Wesley Shipp Autograph :: Celebrity Row
John Wesley Shipp #3433
Friday March 29, 2019 :: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
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10:00 am

John Wesley Shipp Autograph :: Celebrity Row
John Wesley Shipp #3433
Saturday March 30, 2019 :: 10:00 am to 10:45 am
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12:45 pm

JWS Break ::
John Wesley Shipp #3433
Saturday March 30, 2019 :: 12:45 pm to 1:15 pm
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1:15 pm

John Wesley Shipp Autograph :: Celebrity Row
John Wesley Shipp #3433
Saturday March 30, 2019 :: 1:15 pm to 3:15 pm
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3:15 pm

JWS Break ::
John Wesley Shipp #3433
Saturday March 30, 2019 :: 3:15 pm to 3:45 pm
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3:45 pm

John Wesley Shipp Autograph :: Celebrity Row
John Wesley Shipp #3433
Saturday March 30, 2019 :: 3:45 pm to 7:00 pm
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5:40 pm

TeamUp - Flash Photo Op :: Epic Photo Booth A
Danielle Panabaker #3431, John Wesley Shipp #3433
Saturday March 30, 2019 :: 5:40 pm
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5:50 pm

John Wesley Shipp Photo Op :: Epic Photo Booth A
John Wesley Shipp #3433
Saturday March 30, 2019 :: 5:50 pm
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6:30 pm

DC'S CW VERSE :: Great Hall RM 3501
Danielle Panabaker #3431, John Wesley Shipp #3433, Patty Hawkins
Saturday March 30, 2019 :: 6:30 pm to 7:20 pm
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10:00 am

John Wesley Shipp Autograph :: Celebrity Row
John Wesley Shipp #3433
Sunday March 31, 2019 :: 10:00 am to 12:45 pm
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12:45 pm

JWS Break ::
John Wesley Shipp #3433
Sunday March 31, 2019 :: 12:45 pm to 1:15 pm
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1:15 pm

John Wesley Shipp Autograph :: Celebrity Row
John Wesley Shipp #3433
Sunday March 31, 2019 :: 1:15 pm to 2:25 pm
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2:30 pm

John Wesley Shipp Photo Op :: Epic Photo Booth B
John Wesley Shipp #3433
Sunday March 31, 2019 :: 2:30 pm
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2:40 pm

TeamUp - Flash Photo Op :: Epic Photo Booth B
Danielle Panabaker #3431, John Wesley Shipp #3433
Sunday March 31, 2019 :: 2:40 pm
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2:55 pm

John Wesley Shipp Autograph :: Celebrity Row
John Wesley Shipp #3433
Sunday March 31, 2019 :: 2:55 pm to 3:30 pm
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