john wesley shipp

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The first actor to play the Flash on film will have a role in the DC Comics' superhero's newest TV venture.  TV Guide reports that John Wesley Shipp will appear in an as yet unrevealed role in the Flash pilot, a spinoff of the network's popular Arrow series, also based on a DC superhero.