John Noble

John Noble (born 20 August 1948) is an Australian actor and theatre director. He was born in Port Pirie, South Australia.
He is best known for his roles as Dr. Walter Bishop in the US Fox science fiction television series "Fringe" and Henry Parrish in the Fox action-horror series "Sleepy Hollow". His best known movie role was as Denethor in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. 
He also provided the voice of the DC Comics supervillain Scarecrow in the 2015 video game "".
In 2015, he joined the main cast of the television series "Elementary" as Sherlock Holmes's father. He was also cast as a doctor in the Australian TV series "All Saints." 
In 2012, Noble was diagnosed with osteoporosis.