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	{{Short description\|English actor (1941–2000)}}		{{Short description\|English actor (1941–2000)}}
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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
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	==Career ==		==Career ==
	He portrayed Larry Simmonds, the [[w:lovable rogue\|lovable rogue]] who occupied the [[w:attic\|attic]] [[w:Apartment\|flat]] in the [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] [[w:sitcom\|sitcom]] ''[[Man About the House]]''<ref name="sydney" /> and played Sammy in the films ''[[w:The Stud (film)\|The Stud]]'' (1978) and ''[[w:The Bitch (film)\|The Bitch]]'' (1979), opposite [[w:Joan Collins\|Joan Collins]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/doug-fisher-p23635\|title=Doug Fisher \| Movies and Filmography\|website=AllMovie}}</ref> He also appeared in ''[[w:All Our Saturdays\|All Our Saturdays]]'', ''[[Yes Minister]]'', ''[[Home to Roost]]'', ''[[Sorry! (TV series)\|Sorry!]]'', ''[[Haggard (TV series)\|Haggard]]'', ''[[Close to Home (1989 TV series)\|Close to Home]]'', ''[[Goodnight Sweetheart (TV series)\|Goodnight Sweetheart]]'', ''[[The Upper Hand]]'' and ''[[w:Heartbeat (UK TV series)\|Heartbeat]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=49805\|title=Doug Fisher\|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> His final role was a clergyman in the 1999 miniseries adaptation of ''[[w:Oliver Twist (1999 miniseries)\|Oliver Twist]]''.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web\|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0bb6249\|title=Doug Fisher\|website=BFI}}</ref>		He portrayed Larry Simmonds, the [[w:lovable rogue\|lovable rogue]] who occupied the [[w:attic\|attic]] [[w:Apartment\|flat]] in the [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] [[w:sitcom\|sitcom]] ''[[Man About the House]]''<ref name="sydney" /> and played Sammy in the films ''[[w:The Stud (film)\|The Stud]]'' (1978) and ''[[w:The Bitch (film)\|The Bitch]]'' (1979), opposite [[w:Joan Collins\|Joan Collins]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/doug-fisher-p23635\|title=Doug Fisher \| Movies and Filmography\|website=AllMovie}}</ref> He also appeared in ''[[w:All Our Saturdays\|All Our Saturdays]]'', ''[[Yes Minister]]'', ''[[Home to Roost]]'', ''[[Sorry! (TV series)\|Sorry!]]'', ''[[Haggard (TV series)\|Haggard]]'', ''[[Close to Home (1989 TV series)\|Close to Home]]'', ''[[w:Goodnight Sweetheart (TV series)\|Goodnight Sweetheart]]'', ''[[w:The Upper Hand\|The Upper Hand]]'' and ''[[w:Heartbeat (UK TV series)\|Heartbeat]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=49805\|title=Doug Fisher\|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> His final role was a clergyman in the 1999 miniseries adaptation of ''[[w:Oliver Twist (1999 miniseries)\|Oliver Twist]]''.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web\|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0bb6249\|title=Doug Fisher\|website=BFI}}</ref>

	He also played the role of Jim Medhurst (Kevin Medhurst's father) In TV series ''[[w:London's Burning (TV series)\|London's Burning]]'' from 1988 until the character was killed off in series 6 in 1993.<ref name=bfi/>Fisher appeared as habitual criminal Stephen Grismal in the ''[[w:Jonathan Creek\|Jonathan Creek]]'' episode ''The Wrestler's Tomb,'' in 1997.		He also played the role of Jim Medhurst (Kevin Medhurst's father) In TV series ''[[w:London's Burning (TV series)\|London's Burning]]'' from 1988 until the character was killed off in series 6 in 1993.<ref name=bfi/>Fisher appeared as habitual criminal Stephen Grismal in the ''[[w:Jonathan Creek\|Jonathan Creek]]'' episode ''The Wrestler's Tomb,'' in 1997.

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Fisher had a relationship with actress [[w:Susan Penhaligon\|Susan Penhaligon]] in the early 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Frost+brings+Susan+in+from+the+cold%3B+1970s+pin-up+Susan+Penhaligon+on...-a082169449\|title=Frost brings Susan in from the cold; 1970s pin-up Susan Penhaligon on her tangled love life and her TV comeback in A Touch Of Frost.\|first=Tim\|last=Oglethorpe\|date=26 January 2002\|publisher=The Mirror}}</ref>		Fisher had a relationship with actress [[w:Susan Penhaligon\|Susan Penhaligon]] in the early 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Frost+brings+Susan+in+from+the+cold%3B+1970s+pin-up+Susan+Penhaligon+on...-a082169449\|title=Frost brings Susan in from the cold; 1970s pin-up Susan Penhaligon on her tangled love life and her TV comeback in A Touch Of Frost.\|first=Tim\|last=Oglethorpe\|date=26 January 2002\|publisher=[[w:The Mirror\|The Mirror]]}}</ref>

	==Death==		==Death==
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	\|1971		\|1971
	\|''[[That's Your Funeral]]''		\|''[[w:That's Your Funeral\|That's Your Funeral]]''
	\|Alf<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=Guide\|first=British Comedy\|title=Doug Fisher\|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/doug_fisher/\|access-date=2020-11-04\|website=British Comedy Guide\|language=en-GB}}</ref>		\|Alf<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=Guide\|first=British Comedy\|title=Doug Fisher\|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/doug_fisher/\|access-date=2020-11-04\|website=British Comedy Guide\|language=en-GB}}</ref>
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1972 \|\| ''Cheap at Half the Price'' \|\| Charlie		\| 1972 \|\| ''Cheap at Half the Price'' \|\| Charlie
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1973 \|\| ''[[All Our Saturdays]]'' \|\| Ronnie Rendell		\| 1973 \|\| ''[[w:All Our Saturdays\|All Our Saturdays]]'' \|\| Ronnie Rendell
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1973 \|\| ''[[Thirty Minutes Worth]]''\|\|		\| 1973 \|\| ''[[w:Thirty Minutes Worth\|Thirty Minutes Worth]]''\|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1973 to 1976 \|\| ''[[Man About the House]]'' \|\| Larry Simmonds ''(19 episodes)''		\| 1973 to 1976 \|\| ''[[Man About the House]]'' \|\| Larry Simmonds ''(19 episodes)''
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	\| 1987 to 1988 \|\| ''[[Sorry! (TV series)\|Sorry!]]'' \|\| Wurzo		\| 1987 to 1988 \|\| ''[[Sorry! (TV series)\|Sorry!]]'' \|\| Wurzo
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	\| 1988 to 1993 \|\| ''[[London's Burning (TV series)\|London's Burning]]'' \|\| Jim Medhurst		\| 1988 to 1993 \|\| ''[[w:London's Burning (TV series)\|London's Burning]]'' \|\| Jim Medhurst
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1989 \|\| ''[[Close to Home (1989 TV series)\|Close to Home]]'' \|\| Ted		\| 1989 \|\| ''[[w:Close to Home (1989 TV series)\|Close to Home]]'' \|\| Ted
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1992 \|\| ''[[Haggard (TV series)\|Haggard]]'' \|\| Elusive Edward		\| 1992 \|\| ''[[w:Haggard (TV series)\|Haggard]]'' \|\| Elusive Edward
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	\| 1993 \|\| ''[[The Detectives (1993 TV series)\|The Detectives]]'' \|\| Cabbie		\| 1993 \|\| ''[[w:The Detectives (1993 TV series)\|The Detectives]]'' \|\| Cabbie
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	\| 1994 \|\| ''[[Pie in the Sky (TV series) \|Pie In The Sky]]'' \|\| Mr. Barnet		\| 1994 \|\| ''[[w:Pie in the Sky (TV series) \|Pie In The Sky]]'' \|\| Mr. Barnet
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1997 \|\| ''[[Goodnight Sweetheart (TV series)\|Goodnight Sweetheart]]'' \|\| Stanley		\| 1997 \|\| ''[[w:Goodnight Sweetheart (TV series)\|Goodnight Sweetheart]]'' \|\| Stanley
	\|-		\|-
	\|1997		\|1997
	\|''[[List of Jonathan Creek episodes\|Jonathan Creek]]''		\|''[[w:List of Jonathan Creek episodes\|Jonathan Creek]]''
	\|Stephen Grismal<ref name=":0" />		\|Stephen Grismal<ref name=":0" />
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	\| 1999 \|\| ''[[Oliver Twist (1999 miniseries)\|Oliver Twist]]'' \|\| Clergyman		\| 1999 \|\| ''[[w:Oliver Twist (1999 miniseries)\|Oliver Twist]]'' \|\| Clergyman
	\|}		\|}

	==References==		==References==
	<references><ref name=sydney>{{cite news \|title=Actor Left Out In In The Cold \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iP5jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f-YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2309,5987072&dq=doug-fisher+man-about-the-house&hl=en \|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] \|date=18 July 1977 \|accessdate=8 September 2011 }}</ref></references>		<references><ref name=sydney>{{cite news \|title=Actor Left Out In In The Cold \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iP5jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f-YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2309,5987072&dq=doug-fisher+man-about-the-house&hl=en \|work=[[w:The Sydney Morning Herald\|The Sydney Morning Herald]] \|date=18 July 1977 \|accessdate=8 September 2011 }}</ref></references>

	== External links ==		== External links ==

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	== External links ==		== External links ==
	*{{IMDb name\|0279464}}		*{{IMDb name\|0279464}}

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	==Career ==		==Career ==
	He portrayed Larry Simmonds, the [[w:lovable rogue\|lovable rogue]] who occupied the [[attic\|attic]] [[w:Apartment\|flat]] in the [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Man About the House]]''<ref name="sydney" /> and played Sammy in the films ''[[w:The Stud (film)\|The Stud]]'' (1978) and ''[[w:The Bitch (film)\|The Bitch]]'' (1979), opposite [[w:Joan Collins\|Joan Collins]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/doug-fisher-p23635\|title=Doug Fisher \| Movies and Filmography\|website=AllMovie}}</ref> He also appeared in ''[[All Our Saturdays]]'', ''[[Yes Minister]]'', ''[[Home to Roost]]'', ''[[Sorry! (TV series)\|Sorry!]]'', ''[[Haggard (TV series)\|Haggard]]'', ''[[Close to Home (1989 TV series)\|Close to Home]]'', ''[[Goodnight Sweetheart (TV series)\|Goodnight Sweetheart]]'', ''[[The Upper Hand]]'' and ''[[w:Heartbeat (UK TV series)\|Heartbeat]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=49805\|title=Doug Fisher\|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> His final role was a clergyman in the 1999 miniseries adaptation of ''[[w:Oliver Twist (1999 miniseries)\|Oliver Twist]]''.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web\|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0bb6249\|title=Doug Fisher\|website=BFI}}</ref>		He portrayed Larry Simmonds, the [[w:lovable rogue\|lovable rogue]] who occupied the [[w:attic\|attic]] [[w:Apartment\|flat]] in the [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] [[w:sitcom\|sitcom]] ''[[Man About the House]]''<ref name="sydney" /> and played Sammy in the films ''[[w:The Stud (film)\|The Stud]]'' (1978) and ''[[w:The Bitch (film)\|The Bitch]]'' (1979), opposite [[w:Joan Collins\|Joan Collins]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/doug-fisher-p23635\|title=Doug Fisher \| Movies and Filmography\|website=AllMovie}}</ref> He also appeared in ''[[w:All Our Saturdays\|All Our Saturdays]]'', ''[[Yes Minister]]'', ''[[Home to Roost]]'', ''[[Sorry! (TV series)\|Sorry!]]'', ''[[Haggard (TV series)\|Haggard]]'', ''[[Close to Home (1989 TV series)\|Close to Home]]'', ''[[Goodnight Sweetheart (TV series)\|Goodnight Sweetheart]]'', ''[[The Upper Hand]]'' and ''[[w:Heartbeat (UK TV series)\|Heartbeat]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=49805\|title=Doug Fisher\|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> His final role was a clergyman in the 1999 miniseries adaptation of ''[[w:Oliver Twist (1999 miniseries)\|Oliver Twist]]''.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web\|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0bb6249\|title=Doug Fisher\|website=BFI}}</ref>

	He also played the role of Jim Medhurst (Kevin Medhurst's father) In TV series ''[[w:London's Burning (TV series)\|London's Burning]]'' from 1988 until the character was killed off in series 6 in 1993.<ref name=bfi/>Fisher appeared as habitual criminal Stephen Grismal in the ''[[w:Jonathan Creek\|Jonathan Creek]]'' episode ''The Wrestler's Tomb,'' in 1997.		He also played the role of Jim Medhurst (Kevin Medhurst's father) In TV series ''[[w:London's Burning (TV series)\|London's Burning]]'' from 1988 until the character was killed off in series 6 in 1993.<ref name=bfi/>Fisher appeared as habitual criminal Stephen Grismal in the ''[[w:Jonathan Creek\|Jonathan Creek]]'' episode ''The Wrestler's Tomb,'' in 1997.

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	\| image = Doug Fisher.jpg		\| image = Doug Fisher.jpg
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	\| birth_name =		\| birth_name = Douglas Marjoribanks Fisher
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1941\|9\|20\|df=y}}<ref>[https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7579&h=1575473&tid=&pid=&queryId=28a0acccf748e248e2a5ee9e97066d20&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Dqh267&_phstart=successSource Douglas Marjoribanks Fisher in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007]</ref>		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1941\|9\|20\|df=y}}<ref>[https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7579&h=1575473&tid=&pid=&queryId=28a0acccf748e248e2a5ee9e97066d20&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Dqh267&_phstart=successSource Douglas Marjoribanks Fisher in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007]</ref>
	\| birth_place = [[London]], England, U.K.		\| birth_place = [[w:London\|London]], England, U.K.
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2000\|7\|9\|1941\|9\|20\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2000\|7\|9\|1941\|9\|20\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = London, England, U.K.		\| death_place = London, England, U.K.
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	'''Douglas Marjoribanks Fisher''' (20 September 1941 – 9 July 2000) was an English actor best known for playing Larry Simmonds in ''[[Man About the House]]'' (1973–1976), Sammy in the films ''[[The Stud (film)\|The Stud]]'' (1978) and ''[[The Bitch (film)\|The Bitch]]'' (1979) and Jim Medhurst in ''[[London's Burning (TV series)\|London's Burning]]'' (1988–1993).		'''Douglas Marjoribanks Fisher''' (20 September 1941 – 9 July 2000) was an English actor best known for playing Larry Simmonds in ''[[Man About the House]]'' (1973–1976), Sammy in the films ''[[w:The Stud (film)\|The Stud]]'' (1978) and ''[[w:The Bitch (film)\|The Bitch]]'' (1979) and Jim Medhurst in ''[[w:London's Burning (TV series)\|London's Burning]]'' (1988–1993).

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	He graduated from [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]] in 1966, with a degree in French and Russian.<ref name="sydney" />		He graduated from [[w:St Edmund Hall, Oxford\|St Edmund Hall]] in 1966, with a degree in French and Russian.<ref name="sydney" />

	==Career ==		==Career ==
	He portrayed Larry Simmonds, the [[lovable rogue]] who occupied the [[attic]] [[~~apartment~~]] in the [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Man About the House]]''<ref name="sydney" /> and played Sammy in the films ''[[The Stud (film)\|The Stud]]'' (1978) and ''[[The Bitch (film)\|The Bitch]]'' (1979), opposite [[Joan Collins]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/doug-fisher-p23635\|title=Doug Fisher \| Movies and Filmography\|website=AllMovie}}</ref> He also appeared in ''[[All Our Saturdays]]'', ''[[Yes Minister]]'', ''[[Home to Roost]]'', ''[[Sorry! (TV series)\|Sorry!]]'', ''[[Haggard (TV series)\|Haggard]]'', ''[[Close to Home (1989 TV series)\|Close to Home]]'', ''[[Goodnight Sweetheart (TV series)\|Goodnight Sweetheart]]'', ''[[The Upper Hand]]'' and ''[[Heartbeat (UK TV series)\|Heartbeat]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=49805\|title=Doug Fisher\|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> His final role was a clergyman in the 1999 miniseries adaptation of ''[[Oliver Twist (1999 miniseries)\|Oliver Twist]]''.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web\|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0bb6249\|title=Doug Fisher\|website=BFI}}</ref>		He portrayed Larry Simmonds, the [[w:lovable rogue\|lovable rogue]] who occupied the [[attic\|attic]] [[w:Apartment\|flat]] in the [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Man About the House]]''<ref name="sydney" /> and played Sammy in the films ''[[w:The Stud (film)\|The Stud]]'' (1978) and ''[[w:The Bitch (film)\|The Bitch]]'' (1979), opposite [[w:Joan Collins\|Joan Collins]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/doug-fisher-p23635\|title=Doug Fisher \| Movies and Filmography\|website=AllMovie}}</ref> He also appeared in ''[[All Our Saturdays]]'', ''[[Yes Minister]]'', ''[[Home to Roost]]'', ''[[Sorry! (TV series)\|Sorry!]]'', ''[[Haggard (TV series)\|Haggard]]'', ''[[Close to Home (1989 TV series)\|Close to Home]]'', ''[[Goodnight Sweetheart (TV series)\|Goodnight Sweetheart]]'', ''[[The Upper Hand]]'' and ''[[w:Heartbeat (UK TV series)\|Heartbeat]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=49805\|title=Doug Fisher\|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> His final role was a clergyman in the 1999 miniseries adaptation of ''[[w:Oliver Twist (1999 miniseries)\|Oliver Twist]]''.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web\|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0bb6249\|title=Doug Fisher\|website=BFI}}</ref>

	He also played the role of Jim Medhurst (Kevin Medhurst's father) In TV series ''[[London's Burning (TV series)\|London's Burning]]'' from 1988 until the character was killed off in series 6 in 1993.<ref name=bfi/>Fisher appeared as habitual criminal Stephen Grismal in the ''[[Jonathan Creek]]'' episode ''The Wrestler's Tomb,'' in 1997.		He also played the role of Jim Medhurst (Kevin Medhurst's father) In TV series ''[[w:London's Burning (TV series)\|London's Burning]]'' from 1988 until the character was killed off in series 6 in 1993.<ref name=bfi/>Fisher appeared as habitual criminal Stephen Grismal in the ''[[w:Jonathan Creek\|Jonathan Creek]]'' episode ''The Wrestler's Tomb,'' in 1997.

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Fisher had a relationship with actress [[Susan Penhaligon]] in the early 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Frost+brings+Susan+in+from+the+cold%3B+1970s+pin-up+Susan+Penhaligon+on...-a082169449\|title=Frost brings Susan in from the cold; 1970s pin-up Susan Penhaligon on her tangled love life and her TV comeback in A Touch Of Frost.\|first=Tim\|last=Oglethorpe\|date=26 January 2002\|publisher=The Mirror}}</ref>		Fisher had a relationship with actress [[w:Susan Penhaligon\|Susan Penhaligon]] in the early 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Frost+brings+Susan+in+from+the+cold%3B+1970s+pin-up+Susan+Penhaligon+on...-a082169449\|title=Frost brings Susan in from the cold; 1970s pin-up Susan Penhaligon on her tangled love life and her TV comeback in A Touch Of Frost.\|first=Tim\|last=Oglethorpe\|date=26 January 2002\|publisher=The Mirror}}</ref>

	==Death==		==Death==
	On 9 July 2000, Fisher died of a [[heart attack]] aged 58.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001637/20000810/158/0026\|title=Doug Fisher Obituary\|author=Roger Bilder, Michael Palin\|date=10 August 2000\|publisher=The Stage}}</ref><ref name =bfi/><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/man-house-star-sally-thomsett-14446462\|title=Man About The House star Sally Thomsett opens up about her complicated love\|first=Peter\|last=Robertson\|date=22 April 2019\|website=mirror}}</ref>		On 9 July 2000, Fisher died of a [[w:heart attack\|heart attack]] aged 58.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001637/20000810/158/0026\|title=Doug Fisher Obituary\|author=Roger Bilder, Michael Palin\|date=10 August 2000\|publisher=The Stage}}</ref><ref name =bfi/><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/man-house-star-sally-thomsett-14446462\|title=Man About The House star Sally Thomsett opens up about her complicated love\|first=Peter\|last=Robertson\|date=22 April 2019\|website=mirror}}</ref>

	== Selected television roles ==		== Selected television roles ==

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	\| name = Doug Fisher		\| name = Doug Fisher
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	\| birth_name =		\| birth_name =
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1941\|9\|20\|df=y}}<ref>[https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7579&h=1575473&tid=&pid=&queryId=28a0acccf748e248e2a5ee9e97066d20&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Dqh267&_phstart=successSource Douglas Marjoribanks Fisher in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007]</ref>		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1941\|9\|20\|df=y}}<ref>[https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7579&h=1575473&tid=&pid=&queryId=28a0acccf748e248e2a5ee9e97066d20&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Dqh267&_phstart=successSource Douglas Marjoribanks Fisher in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007]</ref>

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{{Short description|English actor (1941–2000)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Doug Fisher
| image = Doug Fisher 6 March 1968.jpg
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| caption = Fisher in 1968
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|9|20|df=y}}<ref>[https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7579&h=1575473&tid=&pid=&queryId=28a0acccf748e248e2a5ee9e97066d20&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Dqh267&_phstart=successSource Douglas Marjoribanks Fisher in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007]</ref>
| birth_place = [[London]], England, U.K.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|7|9|1941|9|20|df=y}}
| death_place = London, England, U.K.
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| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1964–2000
}}

'''Douglas Marjoribanks Fisher''' (20 September 1941 – 9 July 2000) was an English actor best known for playing Larry Simmonds in ''[[Man About the House]]'' (1973–1976), Sammy in the films ''[[The Stud (film)|The Stud]]'' (1978) and ''[[The Bitch (film)|The Bitch]]'' (1979) and Jim Medhurst in ''[[London's Burning (TV series)|London's Burning]]'' (1988–1993).

==Early life==
He graduated from [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]] in 1966, with a degree in French and Russian.<ref name="sydney" />

==Career ==
He portrayed Larry Simmonds, the [[lovable rogue]] who occupied the [[attic]] [[apartment]] in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Man About the House]]''<ref name="sydney" /> and played Sammy in the films ''[[The Stud (film)|The Stud]]'' (1978) and ''[[The Bitch (film)|The Bitch]]'' (1979), opposite [[Joan Collins]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/doug-fisher-p23635|title=Doug Fisher | Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}</ref> He also appeared in ''[[All Our Saturdays]]'', ''[[Yes Minister]]'', ''[[Home to Roost]]'', ''[[Sorry! (TV series)|Sorry!]]'', ''[[Haggard (TV series)|Haggard]]'', ''[[Close to Home (1989 TV series)|Close to Home]]'', ''[[Goodnight Sweetheart (TV series)|Goodnight Sweetheart]]'', ''[[The Upper Hand]]'' and ''[[Heartbeat (UK TV series)|Heartbeat]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=49805|title=Doug Fisher|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> His final role was a clergyman in the 1999 miniseries adaptation of ''[[Oliver Twist (1999 miniseries)|Oliver Twist]]''.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0bb6249|title=Doug Fisher|website=BFI}}</ref>

He also played the role of Jim Medhurst (Kevin Medhurst's father) In TV series ''[[London's Burning (TV series)|London's Burning]]'' from 1988 until the character was killed off in series 6 in 1993.<ref name=bfi/>Fisher appeared as habitual criminal Stephen Grismal in the ''[[Jonathan Creek]]'' episode ''The Wrestler's Tomb,'' in 1997.

==Personal life==
Fisher had a relationship with actress [[Susan Penhaligon]] in the early 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Frost+brings+Susan+in+from+the+cold%3B+1970s+pin-up+Susan+Penhaligon+on...-a082169449|title=Frost brings Susan in from the cold; 1970s pin-up Susan Penhaligon on her tangled love life and her TV comeback in A Touch Of Frost.|first=Tim|last=Oglethorpe|date=26 January 2002|publisher=The Mirror}}</ref>

==Death==
On 9 July 2000, Fisher died of a [[heart attack]] aged 58.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001637/20000810/158/0026|title=Doug Fisher Obituary|author=Roger Bilder, Michael Palin|date=10 August 2000|publisher=The Stage}}</ref><ref name =bfi/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/man-house-star-sally-thomsett-14446462|title=Man About The House star Sally Thomsett opens up about her complicated love|first=Peter|last=Robertson|date=22 April 2019|website=mirror}}</ref>

== Selected television roles ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Father, Dear Father]]'' || Leslie
|-
|1971
|''[[That's Your Funeral]]''
|Alf<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Guide|first=British Comedy|title=Doug Fisher|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/doug_fisher/|access-date=2020-11-04|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
| 1972 || ''Cheap at Half the Price'' || Charlie
|-
| 1973 || ''[[All Our Saturdays]]'' || Ronnie Rendell
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Thirty Minutes Worth]]''||
|-
| 1973 to 1976 || ''[[Man About the House]]'' || Larry Simmonds ''(19 episodes)''
|-
| 1979 || ''Feet First'' || Hamilton Defries
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Yes Minister]] ''|| Ben Stanley
|-
|1986
|''[[Full House (British TV series)|Full House]]''
|Workman<ref name=":0" />
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Home to Roost]]'' || George
|-
| 1987 to 1988 || ''[[Sorry! (TV series)|Sorry!]]'' || Wurzo
|-
| 1988 to 1993 || ''[[London's Burning (TV series)|London's Burning]]'' || Jim Medhurst
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Close to Home (1989 TV series)|Close to Home]]'' || Ted
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Haggard (TV series)|Haggard]]'' || Elusive Edward
|-
| 1993 || ''[[The Detectives (1993 TV series)|The Detectives]]'' || Cabbie
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Pie in the Sky (TV series) |Pie In The Sky]]'' || Mr. Barnet
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Goodnight Sweetheart (TV series)|Goodnight Sweetheart]]'' || Stanley
|-
|1997
|''[[List of Jonathan Creek episodes|Jonathan Creek]]''
|Stephen Grismal<ref name=":0" />
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Oliver Twist (1999 miniseries)|Oliver Twist]]'' || Clergyman
|}

==References==
<references><ref name=sydney>{{cite news |title=Actor Left Out In In The Cold |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iP5jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f-YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2309,5987072&dq=doug-fisher+man-about-the-house&hl=en |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=18 July 1977 |accessdate=8 September 2011 }}</ref></references>

== External links ==
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