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Orchard was educated at Shrewsbury School and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He appeared as the flamboyant Duke of Montague, a cousin of Prince Edward, in the Cinderella film, The Slipper and the Rose (1976). He had a regular slot on Spike Milligan's The World of Beachcomber, a TV version of the "Beachcomber" pieces by J. B. Morton, appearing as the poet Roland Milk. His customary role was that of a gangling and effete – and sometimes effeminate – dandy. He played Snodgrass in the TV musical Pickwick for the BBC in 1969, and appeared in several of the comedy Carry On films and the sex comedy Adventures of a Private Eye (1977).[3] He appeared on BBC television as the "Minister for the Arts" in the episode of The Goodies entitled "Culture for the Masses"; and as one of the "mechanicals" in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. He played teacher Mr Oliver Pettigrew in the TV series Whack-O! in 1971 (the role having been created by Arthur Howard in 1956–60). He played Cornelius Button in the 1971 London Weekend Television children's serial Grasshopper Island as an eccentric grasshopper expert who had lived on Grasshopper Island for many years.
Filmography
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1979
The London Connection
Movie Driscoll
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1978
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Movie Hospital Clerk
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1977
That's Carry On!
Movie Duc de Pincenay (archive footage)
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1977
The Prince and the Pauper
Movie . St.John
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1977
Dawson and Friends
TV show Man in Pub
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1977
Adventures of a Private Eye
Movie Police Cyclist
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1976
Keep It Up Downstairs
Movie Bishop
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1976
The Slipper and the Rose
Movie Montague
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1975
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Movie Man in Tails
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1974
Man About the House
Movie Producer
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1974
Happy Ever After
TV show Discollector Proprietor
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1972
Bless This House
Movie Tom Hobbs
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1972
Anoop and the Elephant
Movie Mr Skinner
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1971
Carry On Henry
Movie Duc de Pincenay
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1970
Cucumber Castle
Movie Julian the Lord Chamberlaine
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1970
Perfect Friday
Movie Thompson
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1970
The Goodies
TV show
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1970
Futtocks End
Movie The Twit
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1969
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
Movie Employer
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1969
Pickwick
Movie Augustus Snodgrass
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1969
The Nine Ages of Nakedness
Movie The Pharaoh (segment "The Egyptians")
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1969
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Movie Red Cardinal
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1968
Iolanthe
Movie George, Earl of Mountararat
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1968
Ooh La La!
TV show Dardenboeut
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1968
The World of Beachcomber
TV show Various Roles
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1967
Carry On Doctor
Movie Fred
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1967
Follow That Camel
Movie Doctor
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1967
Stranger in the House
Movie Policeman (uncredited)
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1967
Don't Lose Your Head
Movie Rake (uncredited)
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1967
The World of Wodehouse
TV show Looney Coote
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1965
BBC Play of the Month
TV show Snug
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1964
A World Of His Own
TV show
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1964
Comedy Workshop: Love and Maud Carver
Movie His Lordship / Guards Officer
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1964
Father Came Too!
Movie Bath Salesman
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1963
A Stitch in Time
Movie Man with Headache (uncredited)
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1962
On the Beat
Movie Wedding Photographer (uncredited)
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1962
Kill or Cure
Movie PC Lofthouse
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1962
Crooks Anonymous
Movie Jeweller
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1962
Operation Stogie
Movie Major Soames
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1961
Three on a Spree
Movie Walker