| Hiram Fisher | |
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| Hiram Fisher | |
| Aliases: | Doctor Hiram Fisher |
| Franchise: | Dark Shadows |
| Notability: | Minor character |
| Type: | Physician |
| Gender: | Male |
| Location: | Collinsport, Maine |
| Status: | Alive |
| Introduction: | Dark Shadows: 1.1 |
| Final: | Dark Shadows: 1.4 |
| Actor: | Wayne Tippit |
Hiram Fisher is a fictional physician and a minor character featured on the 1991 Dark Shadows revival series on NBC. Played by actor Wayne Tippit, he was introduced in the first episode of the series.
Biography[]
Hiram Fisher was a medical doctor who worked at a hospital in the town of Collinsport, Maine in the early 1990s. In 1991, a woman named Daphne Collins was admitted to the hospital after having been attacked by what local police officers believed to have been a wild animal. Fisher kept Daphne sedated and her boyfriend, Joe Haskell came in to visit her. When Daphne's family, Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, and Carolyn Stoddard arrived, Hiram Fisher gave them a brief summary of her medical state.
Fisher later spoke to Collinsport sheriff, George Patterson. He revealed to him that Daphne had lost nearly two liters of blood from her injuries. He further told Patterson he could call off his hunt for a wild animal, as he had discovered traces of human saliva in the wounds. Fisher could never have guessed that the injuries Daphne suffered had been perpetuated by a vampire named Barnabas Collins. [1]
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Hiram Fisher was created by director Dan Curtis and teleplay writers Steve Feke, Hall Powell, and Bill Taub.
- Hiram Fisher is unique to the continuity of the 1991 Dark Shadows revival series. His closest counterpart to the original Dark Shadows TV series is Doctor Dave Woodard.
- On English subtitles on the Dark Shadows: The Revival DVD collection, Doctor Fisher's first name is spelled "Hyram".