Acting
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 s…

The London Connection
as Driscoll

Revenge of the Pink Panther
as Hospital Clerk

The Prince and the Pauper
as . St.John

Adventures of a Private Eye
as Police Cyclist

That's Carry On!
as Duc de Pincenay (archive footage)

The Slipper and the Rose
as Montague

Keep It Up Downstairs
as Bishop

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
as Man in Tails

Man About the House
as Producer

Bless This House
as Tom Hobbs
The Slipper and the Rose
1976