Julian Orchard
| Julian Orchard | |
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| Born |
Julian Dean C. Orchard 3 March 1930 Wheatley, Oxfordshire, England, UK |
| Died |
21 June 1979 (aged 49) Westminster, London, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Comedy actor |
Julian Dean C. Orchard (3 March 1930, in Wheatley, Oxfordshire [1] – 21 June 1979, in Westminster, London, England)[2] was an English comedy actor. In 1951 he sang a duet entitled 'Maud' with Joyce Grenfell who also died in 1979.
Biography
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).
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.
The role of Mr Oliver Pettigrew in the TV series Whack-O! was played by Julian Orchard in 1971 (having been created by Arthur Howard in 1956-60).
Theatre
For the 1971 Christmas season Orchard starred, with Terry Scott, as an Ugly Sister, in the London Palladium's production of Cinderella and the following year he again played the Dame, the nurse, in the London Palladium's pantomime, 'Babes in the Wood'.
In 1974 Julian Orchard became a member of the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic, appearing in Peter Hall's debut production, The Tempest. He and Arthur Lowe played the comedy duo of Stephano and Trinculo to John Gielgud's Prospero.
Filmography
- Three on a Spree (1961)
- Crooks Anonymous (1962)
- Kill or Cure (1962)
- On the Beat (1962)
- A Stitch in Time (1963)
- Father Came Too! (1963)
- Hide and Seek (1964)
- The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
- Don't Lose Your Head (1966)
- Half a Sixpence (1967)
- Stranger in the House (1967)
- Follow That Camel (1967)
- Carry On Doctor (1967)
- The Nine Ages of Nakedness (1969)
- Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)
- Futtocks End (1970)
- Perfect Friday (1970)
- Carry On Henry (1971)
- Bless This House (1972)
- Man About the House (1974)
- The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
- The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
- Adventures of a Private Eye (1977)
- Crossed Swords (1977)
- Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
- The London Connection (1979)