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
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⭐ 5.3Carry On Henry
⭐ 6.1The Slipper and the Rose
⭐ 6.9Kill or Cure
⭐ 5.143That's Carry On!
⭐ 5.652The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
⭐ 6Pickwick
⭐ 0The Nine Ages of Nakedness
⭐ 3.667The Great Van Robbery
⭐ 4Comedy Workshop: Love and Maud Carver
⭐ 0Cucumber Castle
⭐ 4.5The London Connection
⭐ 7.8Anoop and the Elephant
⭐ 6Perfect Friday
⭐ 6.278Keep It Up Downstairs
⭐ 3.75Carry On Follow That Camel
⭐ 5.8Cop-Out
⭐ 5.3Carry On Doctor
⭐ 6.5Revenge of the Pink Panther
⭐ 6.4Bless This House
⭐ 6.304The Prince and the Pauper
⭐ 6Crooks Anonymous
⭐ 6.091Adventures of a Private Eye
⭐ 4.1Three on a Spree
⭐ 6The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
⭐ 0Man About the House
⭐ 4.8Operation Stogie
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