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Walter Bishop is the son of former allied spy, Doctor Robert Bischoff (Aug. 21, 1912 - Dec. 11, 1944 [1]) (Anglicized to Bishop following World War II).His father, a scientific pioneer at the University of Berlin, conducted espionage for the Allies within the Nazi government, sabotaged German research and smuggled scientific information to the Americans. [2]
Fringe follows the casework of the Fringe Division, a Joint Federal Task Force supported primarily by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which includes Agent Olivia Dunham, Dr. Walter Bishop, the archetypal mad scientist, and Peter Bishop, Walter's estranged son and jack-of-all-trades.
John Noble (born 20 August 1948) [1] is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Denethor in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003), and Dr. Walter Bishop in the Fox science fiction series Fringe (2008–2013).
Dr. Walter Bishop, a scientist formerly incarcerated in a mental institution for over seventeen years, is portrayed by John Noble, while Joshua Jackson plays his son, Peter, who is hired by Olivia to assist with Walter and his work. Although the pilot was set in and around Boston, Massachusetts, filming occurred in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The ...
Peter Bishop (portrayed by Joshua Jackson as an adult, and Quinn Lord, Nico Ghisi and Chandler Canterbury as young boy; main: season 1–5) is the son of mad scientist Walter Bishop, and a member of the Fringe division. In the show's second season it is revealed that Peter is actually from a parallel universe from where he had been kidnapped by ...
In this episode, David Robert Jones (Jared Harris) employs former Cortexiphan subjects to create simultaneous earthquakes across the globe, leading Dr. Walter Bishop to hypothesize that the end of both the prime and parallel universes is imminent. The two worlds must decide whether to close the bridge that was repairing the parallel universe ...
Astrid and Walter research the patient's physician, Dr. Paris, and learn he set up an indefinite prescription fourteen years ago for Slater as well as two other patients in the same week. Peter and Olivia interview one of these other patients, who constantly thought about the number 28, but was recently cured of her obsessive compulsive ...
The two universes began to clash in 1985, after Dr. Walter Bishop stole the parallel universe version of his son, Peter, following his own son's death. [2] The finale's narrative recounts what happens when Peter (Joshua Jackson) is taken back to the Other Side by his real father, dubbed "Walternate" (Noble).