Recurring Roles & Guest Stars
| Actor | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Genovese | Lt. Warren Garfield | Lieutenant, CCPD; Barry and Julio's supervisor. Despite his gruff demeanor, Garfield actually cares for his men. It was Lt. Garfield who deduced the true identity of the Nightshade, Dr. Desmond Powell (see below), who has been a friend of Garfield for more than 30 years. |
| M. Emmet Walsh | Henry Allen | Sergeant, CCPD (retired); father of Barry and Jay Allen. Inspired his sons to join the police force. |
| Priscilla Pointer | Nora Allen | Mother of Barry and Jay Allen; volunteer at a shelter for single mothers. |
| Tim Thomerson | Jay Allen | Older brother of Barry Allen. Head of the CCPD Motorcycle Patrol Division; killed by his former police partner, Nicholas Pike (see below). |
| Paula Marshall | Iris West | Computer graphics artist who was dating Barry Allen at the time he was transformed into the Flash. Later moved to Paris. |
| Richard Belzer | Joe Kline | WCCN TV news reporter, known as the "Voice of the City". Kline often does tabloid-style news stories about the Flash and his exploits, which tend to annoy the latter. |
| Gloria Reuben | Sabrina | Julio's girlfriend. Constantly trying to set up Barry with blind dates. |
| Dick Miller | Fosnight | Police informant who provides Barry Allen with tips on criminals. Fosnight owes a "life debt" to Henry Allen, and extended that debt to his two sons as well. |
| Robert Shayne | News Stand Vendor | Unnamed owner of a news stand whom Barry Allen buys his daily newspaper from. See "Pilot" below for trivia. |
| Mark Hamill | James Montgomery Jesse/The Trickster | Psychopathic and delusional mass murderer and con artist. Wanted for murder in six states. Obsessed with Megan Lockhart (see below) and kidnapped her to be his fantasy sidekick, Prank. Believing that Megan was under the influence of the Flash, the Trickster challenged him in order to rid of his "evil spell." However, the Trickster failed and was immediately arrested. He was in court, awaiting his verdict, when he was freed by Zoey Clark (see below), who became the second (true) Prank. As revenge, the Trickster captured the Flash and brainwashed him to do his bidding. The Trickster wreaked havoc upon Central City and wanted to put the entire city on "trial" with the aid of his new partner. However, the Flash managed to overcome his programming and turned the tables on the Trickster, who was sent to an insane asylum. |
| Joyce Hyser | Megan Lockhart/Prank (1st) | Private investigator and repossession agent; became the Trickster's unwilling sidekick, Prank. Later helped Tina McGee stop the Trickster and the brainwashed Flash. Also became Barry Allen's love interest. |
| Corinne Bohrer | Zoey Clark/Prank (2nd) | Owner of Clarx Toys and a huge fan of the Trickster. Her obsession led her to free him during his criminal trial. Originally, the Trickster had the intention to retire from his criminal life but after a kiss, Zoey seduced him back to his evil self and she instantly became the Trickster's true sidekick, Prank, which was what she had always wanted. Prank used all her wealth to help finance the Trickster's evil schemes, including the brainwashing of the Flash. This proved to be a bad move for Prank, since the corrupted Flash became the Trickster's favored sidekick, and she was locked in her own toy store for complaining. Eventually she escaped, but despite her efforts to win the Trickster's heart again, it was clear that the Trickster had grown tired of Prank and ultimately booted her out of the getaway car that they were in, resulting in Prank's arrest; the Trickster himself was captured by the Flash soon after. |
| Michael Champion | Leonard Wynters/Captain Cold | Infamous albino hitman known for freezing his victims to death with a nuclear-powered freeze gun. Captured by the Flash and arrested by CCPD pending trial, but later escaped using concealed freeze weapons. Killed by his own freeze ray when the Flash deflected the ray back at him. |
| Jeffrey Combs | Jimmy Swain | Mob boss who hired Captain Cold to eliminate his enemies, including the Flash. Since Captain Cold initially failed to kill the Flash, Swain refused to pay Cold, who killed Swain with a freeze bomb and took his money. |
| David Cassidy | Sam Scudder/Mirror Master | Professional thief who is an expert with mirrors and holography; stole a crystal from S.T.A.R. Labs and attempted to kill his ex-partner Stasia Masters, a high school girlfriend of Barry Allen. The Flash used a high-powered spotlight to blind Scudder and drown out his illusions, allowing the Flash to capture him. |
| Biff Manard | Officer Michael Francis Murphy | CCPD patrol officer, partner of Bellows; doesn't believe the Flash is real because he has never witnessed the Flash (standing still, that is). Murphy has served the CCPD for many years and is considering retirement. |
| Vito D'Ambrosio | Officer Tony Bellows | CCPD patrol officer, partner of Murphy; in the early episodes, Bellows notices whenever the Flash appears, Murphy is never around. Bellows once accused Murphy of being the Flash, until he saw Murphy and the Flash at the same time. |
| Michael Nader | Nicholas Pike | Disgraced former CCPD patrol officer who became a biker gang leader; in revenge, Pike murdered Barry Allen's brother Jay Allen, who was once Pike's partner and the person who turned in Pike for corruption. Pike was captured by the Flash and put on trial, but was released on a technicality. Pike tried to kill the Flash, but his plan backfired and Pike was arrested again. In a possible future, Pike became the fascist Mayor of Central City. |
| Jason Bernard | Dr. Desmond Powell/Nightshade | 1950s vigilante who captured criminals using tranquilizer darts. Blamed himself for the accidental "death" of the Ghost (see below) and gave up being a vigilante; later became a Doctor & Chief of Staff at Central City Hospital. When the Ghost reappeared in 1990, Powell became Nightshade once again & teamed up with the Flash to apprehend the Ghost. Later inspired the Deadly Nightshade (see below); was framed for multiple counts of murder, but managed to clear his name and capture the impostor. Made his secret identity public and became a celebrity. |
| Anthony Starke | The Ghost | Megalomaniacal extortionist & electronics expert who used television to eavesdrop on his victims and broadcast his demands. In 1955, Nightshade attempted to capture the Ghost, who threatened to blow up downtown Central City if he were not paid $1 million by the Mayor, but the Ghost managed to fake his death and sealed himself in a "freeze chamber", set to awaken the Ghost in 1999. The equipment malfunctioned and thawed out the Ghost in 1990; the Ghost and his crew stole electronics from a TV charity telethon and S.T.A.R. Labs, connected himself to his computers, then threatened to shut down Central City's computer network, communications and power grid if he were not paid a $1 billion ransom, but he was captured by the Flash and Nightshade. The end of the episode implies that the Ghost's mind is trapped in cyberspace, with his body in a permanent stupor. His real first name is Russell. |
| Lois Nettleton | Belle Crocker/The Ghostess | The Ghost's sidekick & girlfriend; was saved by the Nightshade after their hideout caught on fire. Thinking the Ghost had died, she gave up the life of crime and became a lounge singer. Thirty-five years later, she learned that the Ghost survived the fire and had not aged a bit. While she initially welcomed Russell back into her life, she could not handle the fact that he was still a young man, and she was near 60 - and eventually left him, informing Nightshade of the Ghost's location. The young Belle Crocker was played by Sherrie Rose. |
| Richard Burgi | Curtis Bohannan/Deadly Nightshade | Philanthropist & son of mob boss Derek Bohannan (an enemy of Nightshade); decided to atone for his father's sins by becoming a vigilante resembling Nightshade, except the Deadly Nightshade wore red-glowing goggles and used real bullets. The Deadly Nightshade gunned down an entire terrorist group and several of Derek Bohannan's former mob associates before the Flash confronted the Deadly Nightshade, wounding the Flash. Due to their similar appearances, the real Nightshade was framed for the murders. Using his wealth, Bohannan built a high-tech lair inside his mansion & an advanced cybernetic exoskeleton, which gave Bohannan super-speed similar to the Flash. Bohannan challenged the Flash to a duel, but was defeated when the Flash used superior tactics to trap Bohannan, who was then tranquilized by the original Nightshade and arrested by the police. |
| Jeri Ryan | Felicia Kane | A wealthy heiress kidnapped and held for ransom by pro-Guevara Marxist revolutionaries; rescued by the Deadly Nightshade, who ruthlessly gunned down Ms. Kane's kidnappers, then freed by the Flash. Severely traumatized by her ordeal, Ms. Kane's testimony nevertheless cleared the original Nightshade of any wrongdoing. |
| Denise Crosby | Dr. Rebecca Frost | A psychologist specializing in psychoanalyzing masked vigilantes such as the Flash, assigned to be Felicia Kane's psychiatrist. Briefly dated Barry Allen. |
| Bill Mumy | Roger Braintree | Eccentric but brilliant scientist who created a sonic device capable of putting its targets into a deep slumber. Braintree's cousin, small-time hoodlum Harry Milgrim, stole the device and used it in a crime spree until he was caught by the Flash. |
Other guest stars in minor roles include Jonathan Brandis as Terry Cohan, Bryan Cranston as Phillip Moses, Mark Dacascos as Osako, Robert O'Reilly as Victor Kelso, and Sven-Ole Thorsen as the android assassin Omega.
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