- Although he directed 29 films for Hammer, including all their biggest and most iconic hits, he did not have a harmonious relationship with the company, least of all with the big boss, James Carreras. After the box-office failure of "The Phantom Of The Opera" (1962), a rather grander Hammer production than usual, he was dropped by the company and spent some time making B-movies for smaller firms before his return with "The Gorgon" in 1964. Fisher was struggling with alcoholism in his later years. He only directed his last film, "Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell", because its star, Peter Cushing, insisted on him. His funeral in 1980 was attended by only a handful of his former Hammer colleagues.
- He directed Christopher Lee in 12 films: A Song for Tomorrow (1948), The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Horror of Dracula (1958), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), The Mummy (1959), The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959), The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962), The Gorgon (1964), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), Night of the Big Heat (1967) and The Devil Rides Out (1968).
- During post production work on The Devil Rides Out he was hit by a motor bike while crossing a road and suffered a fractured leg. This resulted in him being replaced by Freddie Francis as director on Dracula Has Risen From the Grave.
- He directed Peter Cushing in 13 films: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Horror of Dracula (1958), The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), The Mummy (1959), The Brides of Dracula (1960), Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960), The Gorgon (1964), Island of Terror (1966), Frankenstein Created Woman (1967), Night of the Big Heat (1967), Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) and Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974).
- He directed 29 films for Hammer Film Productions, more than anyone else: Man Bait (1952), Dead on Course (1952), Stolen Face (1952), Four Sided Triangle (1953), Man in Hiding (1953), Spaceways (1953), Three Stops to Murder (1953), The Black Glove (1954), Blackout (1954), Race for Life (1954), The Unholy Four (1954), The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Horror of Dracula (1958), The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), The Mummy (1959), The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959), The Stranglers of Bombay (1959), The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960), The Brides of Dracula (1960), The Curse of the Werewolf (1961), The Phantom of the Opera (1962), The Gorgon (1964), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), Frankenstein Created Woman (1967), The Devil Rides Out (1968), Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) and Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974).
- He was an extremely underrated director since all the legendary movies he directed are mostly given full credit to Hammer Films and/or the actors that starred, like Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.
- He directed the Hammer Films that were remakes of the Universal Monster movies, from Frankenstein to Dracula The Werewolf to The Phantom of the Opera, and thus they became almost equally as iconic as British movies.
- He directed George Woodbridge in five films: Horror of Dracula (1958), The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958), The Mummy (1959), The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) and Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966).
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