Name: Walter James Fraiser Portrayed by: Tom Selleck Parents: Donovan Fraiser (father; deceased) and Grace Fraiser (mother) Siblings:  Brandon Fraiser (brother), Kendall Fraiser (sister, deceased), Marital Status:  Brenda Kincaid (ex-lover, lover, dating) Previous Relationships: Brenda Kincaid (lover), Lauren Fraiser (ex-wife) Children: Braden Fraiser (son), Danielle Fraiser (daughter), Victoria Fraiser (daugther, deceased) Other relatives: Brock Fraiser (nephew), Zach Fraiser (nephew), Lucy Fraiser (niece), Kelsey Fraiser (niece), Dylan Fraiser (grandson) Occupation: Owner of Fraiser’s Pub and Distillery, city council member Written By: Kelly

Walter grew up in Atlas Falls the son of Donovan and Grace Fraiser. In high school he was the all star quarterback and was dating Brenda Thorpe, that would change when beauty Lauren Cummings caught his eye. He left Brenda for Lauren and then went to college at Atlas Falls University. He and Lowell were roommates and friends in college or so he thought, Lauren became pregnant with Braden and they married in a small ceremony. While in his software design class he created a security software and Lowell came up with the plan they should go into business together. Walter agreed and when his friend brought papers to him to sign to make the company DGI partly his he signed them blindly. Sealing his fate handing all his intellecutal property he created at DGI over to Lowell.  Despite their friendship he learned it came at a step cost when he and the rest of the DGI board was thrown out of the company when Braden was a baby, their friendship never recovered and he vowed revenge on Lowell. Things were already strained at home with Lauren and this move would forever alter their marriage and his relationship with her and his children.

He thought about starting a new company but he didn’t have all the funds and instead he went to work for the family business which he knew Lowell couldn’t touch. Together he and his father and Lauren perfected the pub and brewery to a local hot spot and favorite, it does modestly and is a well run business known for its bourbons and whiskey that is made in house in small batches. Braden became the apple of his eye. Walter’s attention and time was devoted to making sure Braden had all the opportunities he wanted he also began another torrid affair with Brenda. When Lauren revealed she was pregnant a second time, he was distant to his daughter from the moment she was born. He didn’t want more children and in many ways has always taken it out on Dani. Their thrid daugther was born Victoria only to tragically die in a car accident when she was still a toddler he grieved in private and for him was the fianl nail in his coffin to Lauren. Instead over the years he has taken his rage and turned it to Lowell and DGI leading to a long standing feud between the two men. Working his way up politically to city council member with help from his old college friend Charles Hessington, Walter finally put in his bid for mayor against Steven Kincaid.