The Flash

The Flash is a 1990 American television series that starred John Wesley Shipp as Barry Allen/The Flash. The series ran for one season of 22 episodes from September 20, 1990, until May 18, 1991. Despite attempts at renewing the series, which resulted in a franchise expansions such as promo comic The Flash TV Special and video games, the series was canceled due to a ratings drop resulting from a series of time slot moves. In some markets, along with four episodes was distributed as television or direct-to-video movies: The Flash, The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster and Flash III: Deadly Nightshade.

After years the series garnered a devoted fanbase and a cult following. This resulted in the series being referenced multiple times in the shared multiverse which began with CW's Arrow and continued with The Flash, the latter of which cast numerous actors from the series in supporting and guest roles, including all three leads (John Wesley Shipp, Amanda Pays and Alex Désert) and several notable recurring actors (Mark Hamill, Corinne Bohrer, Vito D'Ambrosio), mainly returning to their roles.

The Arrowverse's 2018 crossover Elseworlds eventually put 1990 series into the shared multiverse as Earth-90.

Main Cast

 * John Wesley Shipp as Barry Allen/The Flash and Barry Allen/Pollux
 * Amanda Pays as Dr. Tina McGee
 * Alex Désert as Julio Mendez
 * Paula Marshall as Iris West *

Recurring Cast

 * Richard Belzer as Joe Kline
 * Jason Bernard as Dr. Desmond Powell/Nightshade
 * Vito D'Ambrosio as Officer Tony Bellows
 * Biff Manard as Officer Michael Francis Murphy
 * Mike Genovese as Lt. Warren Garfield
 * Mark Hamill as James Jesse/The Trickster
 * Joyce Hyser as Megan Lockhart/Prank
 * M. Emmett Walsh as Henry Allen
 * Dick Miller as Fosnight
 * Priscilla Pointer as Nora Allen
 * Gloria Reuben as Sabrina
 * Robert Shayne as Reg
 * Michael Nader as Nicholas Pike

Guest Stars
Notes:
 * Tim Thomerson as Jay Allen
 * Patrie Allen as Eve Allen
 * Justin Burnette as Shawn Allen
 * Cohrinne Bohrer as Zoey Clark/Prank
 * Richard Belgi as Curtis Bohannon/Deadly Nightshade
 * David Cassidy as Sam Scudder/Mirror Master
 * Michael Champion as Leonard Wynters/Captain Cold
 * Stan Ivar as Dr. Carl Tanner/The Nuge
 * Sven-Ole Thorsen as Omega
 * Jeffrey Combs as Jimmy Swain
 * Denise Crosby as Dr. Rebecca Frost
 * Bill Mumy as Roger Braintree
 * Anthony Starke as Russell/The Ghost
 * Lois Nettleton as Belle Crocker/The Ghostess
 * Sherrie Rose as young Belle Crocker/The Ghostess
 * Jeri Ryan as Felicia Kane
 * Jonathan Brandis as Terry Cohan
 * Bryan Cranston as Phillip Moses
 * Mark Dacascos as Osako
 * Robert O'Reilly as Victor Kelso
 * Robert Hooks as Chief Arthur Cooper
 * Mariko Tse as Linda Park
 * Brad Sevy as waiter
 * Christopher Murray as highway patrolman and Williams
 * 1) Griffiths appeared in the pilot as a co-star, though she was written out of the series once regular filming began.