Education
Orchard was educated at Shrewsbury School and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
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. He had a regular slot on Spike Milligan"s The World of Beachcomber, a television 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 television musical Pickwick for the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1969, and appeared in several of the comedy Carry On films and the sex comedy.
He appeared on British Broadcasting Corporation 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 television series Whack-O! was played by Julian Orchard in 1971 (having been created by Arthur Howard in 1956-1960).
In 1974 Julian Orchard became a member of the National Company at the Old Vic, appearing in Peter Hall"s debut production, The Tempest.