Martin Fisk

English actor (born 1946)

Martin Fisk (born 28 April 1946 in London) is an English actor.

After leaving full time education at Highgate School and Southgate College he studied drama part-time at Mountview Theatre School in North London, where he met his wife Diane. He then went on to study drama full time at RADA where he won the Rodney Millington Award for Most Promising Actor. He is now retired and living in Spain with his wife, they have two sons and a grandson. He worked extensively in theatre, television and film. Ironically he became widely recognised as the truck driver in the original commercial for Yorkie chocolate bar.[1] His many TV appearances include::

  • Poldark in 1975
  • Thriller: The Next Victim (1976)
  • A Horseman Riding By in 1978, starring Nigel Havers, and was released on DVD in 2004
  • Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive (1980)
  • Miss Marple dramatisation of The Moving Finger in 1985

References

  1. ^ "The problems of a chocolate box star", The Journal, 19 June 1982 (pg.7)
  • Martin Fisk at IMDb
  • Martin Fisk at Theatricalia