[1][2][3] Born to a prolific theatrical family from Norfolk, England, Fisher went on to find success as an actor in different parts of England, and then from 1852 onwards in New York City where he worked as a highly regarded performer for almost 40 years in the companies of William E. Burton, Laura Keene, James William Walluck, and Augustin Daly.

[1][4] Arguably his best-known parts were Triplet in Masks and Faces, Sir Peter Teazle in The School for Scandal, Jacques in As You Like It, and Graves in Money.

[3] In 1852 he moved to New York City to join the company of William E. Burton, Fisher was to succeed Lester Wallack as the "leading juvenile and light comedian" at the Chambers Street Theatre, where he worked until 1861.

[2] 1853 he performed one of his most notable parts as Triplet in Masks and Faces, which formed a basis for much of his subsequent fame.

Among the plays he performed as the Earl of Richmond in Richard III at the Broadway Theatre alongside E.L. Davenport,[citation needed] in the New York premiere of William Bayle Bernard's Leon, or The Iron Mask alongside Madame Ponisi.

[1] Fisher died at his home in New York City on 11 June 1891, aged 75, following a case of erysipelas earlier in the year.

[19] His obituary in The New York Times described him as "a man of commanding presence, tall, erect, broad-shouldered.

"[1]His "unostentatious" funeral in the Bronx and burial at Woodlawn Cemetery was attended by noted actors of the time including Joseph S. Jefferson, Maurice Barrymore, Daniel Howard Harkins and Charles Walter Couldock who served as pall bearers.