
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.

BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965

The Goodies
TV • 1970

Whack-O!
TV • 1956

Ooh La La!
TV • 1968

Revenge of the Pink Panther
MOVIE • 1978

Adventures of a Private Eye
MOVIE • 1977

The Prince and the Pauper
MOVIE • 1977

Cucumber Castle
MOVIE • 1970

Crooks Anonymous
MOVIE • 1962

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
MOVIE • 1975

Don't Lose Your Head
MOVIE • 1967

Carry On Doctor
MOVIE • 1967

That's Carry On!
MOVIE • 1977

Follow That Camel
MOVIE • 1967

The Slipper and the Rose
MOVIE • 1976

The London Connection
MOVIE • 1979

On the Beat
MOVIE • 1962

Carry On Henry
MOVIE • 1971