The Flash: John Wesley Shipp Cast in Mystery Role

John Wesley Shipp, who played Barry Allen/The Flash in the original 1990s TV series The Flash, has been cast in an as-yet-undisclosed role in the upcoming pilot based on the character from The CW.Warner Bros. confirmed tonight that the part intended to be a recurring guest star in series, but that no further details about the role/character are being released at this time.The immediate speculation will likely center around two characters: One is Jay Garrick, the Golden Age Flash from Earth-2. The other is Barry Allen’s father, who is in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. The mystery surrounding that murder–Barry’s mother–is what drove him to Starling City on Arrow in search of information about unexplained and extraordinary crimes.