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John Orchard is a Actor British born on 15 november 1928 at Kennington (United-kingdom)

John Orchard

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Birth name John Michael Charles Orchard
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 15 november 1928 at Kennington (United-kingdom)
Death 3 november 1995 (at 66 years) at Beckenham (United-kingdom)

John Orchard (15 November 1928 - 3 November 1995) was an English actor. He is probably best remembered for playing anaesthetist "Ugly John" Black in the earlier episodes of M*A*S*H.

Biography

Married to Carol Randall, father to Sarah Orchard, grandfather to Kayleigh and Jason Pennington.

Born in Kennington, London, Orchard lived in California from 1963 until 1977. He died in Beckenham, Kent in 1995.

Usually with

Bryan Forbes
Bryan Forbes
(2 films)
Nick Dimitri
Nick Dimitri
(2 films)
Chuck Hicks
Chuck Hicks
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of John Orchard (16 films)

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Actor

Rustlers' Rhapsody, 1h28
Directed by Hugh Wilson
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors Tom Berenger, G. W. Bailey, Marilu Henner, Fernando Rey, Andy Griffith, Sela Ward
Roles Town Sheriff
Rating63% 3.1943253.1943253.1943253.1943253.194325
The concept of the movie is explained in a voiceover intro by G. W. Bailey, who wonders what it would be like if one of the 1930s/1940s Rex O'Herlihan movies were to be made today. At that point, in a scene reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz, the cinematography shifts from black & white to color and the soundtrack changes from mono to Dolby Digital surround sound.
The Memory of Eva Ryker, 2h24
Directed by Walter Grauman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Actors Natalie Wood, Robert Foxworth, Ralph Bellamy, Roddy McDowall, Bradford Dillman, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Roles Burke
Rating65% 3.282523.282523.282523.282523.28252
William E. Ryker engage Norman Hall pour enquêter sur les circonstances de la mort de sa femme Eva durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale afin d'aider sa fille Claire. Cette dernière est, selon les médecins, perturbée par ce qu'elle a vécu enfant en lien avec la mort d'Eva. Le détective va trouver bien plus en mettant à jour une conspiration ayant comme objet le vol de bijoux inestimables.
Gus
Gus (1976)
, 1h36
Directed by Vincent McEveety, Arthur Alsberg, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, American football films, Children's films
Actors Don Knotts, Edward Asnere, Gary Grimes, Tim Conway, Timothy Brown, Harold Gould
Roles Pemberton Captain
Rating57% 2.8535052.8535052.8535052.8535052.853505
Gus is a film about a football-kicking mule ("Gus") and his trainer "Andy" (Gary Grimes).
Capone
Capone (1975)
, 1h41
Directed by Steve Carver
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Crime
Themes Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, L'Outfit de Chicago, Gangster films
Actors Ben Gazzara, Harry Guardino, Susan Blakely, Sylvester Stallone, John Cassavetes, Frank Campanella
Roles Dion O'Banion
Rating57% 2.854082.854082.854082.854082.85408
The story is of the rise and fall of the Chicago gangster Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during the prohibition years.
That Man Bolt, 1h43
Directed by Henry Levin, David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Fred Williamson, Teresa Graves, Masatoshi Nakamura, John Orchard, Jack Ging, Kenji Kazama
Roles Carter
Rating57% 2.8519652.8519652.8519652.8519652.851965
Courier Jefferson Bolt is asked to take a briefcase from Hong Kong to Mexico City, but he is not told what is in it or the identity of the man who asks him, a man named Griffiths. Convinced he will get good pay and see a few good places, Bolt takes on the job, while looking out for anything suspicious. Soon he does find exotic places, beautiful women, and ruthless gunmen interested in the briefcase.
Cleopatra Jones, 1h26
Directed by Jack Starrett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Tamara Dobson, Antonio Fargas, Bill McKinney, Shelley Winters, Bernie Casey, Brenda Sykes
Roles British Agent (uncredited)
Rating58% 2.9488652.9488652.9488652.9488652.948865
Cleopatra "Cleo" Jones (Dobson) is an undercover special agent for the United States Government. Overseas modeling is only a cover for her real job. Cleo is a Bond-like heroine with power and influence, her silver and black `73 Corvette Stingray (equipped with automatic weapons), and her martial arts ability. While she evokes the glory of a funk goddess, she remains loyal to her drug-ravaged community and her lover, Reuben Masters (Bernie Casey), who runs B&S House (a community home for recovering drug addicts).
Bedknobs and Broomsticks, 1h53
Directed by Robert Stevenson, Christopher Hibler, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Sports films, Transport films, Aviation films, Association football films, Witches in film, Musical films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Cindy O'Callaghan, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe, John Ericson
Roles Plaster Vendor
Rating70% 3.5003053.5003053.5003053.5003053.500305
The three Rawlins children, Charlie, Carrie, and Paul are evacuated from London during The Blitz to the remote village of Pepperinge Eye. They are placed in the reluctant care of Miss Eglantine Price, a reclusive woman who agrees to the arrangement temporarily. The children attempt to run away back to London, but change their minds after observing Miss Price attempting to fly on a broomstick. Miss Price reveals she is learning witchcraft through a correspondence school with hopes of using her spells in the British war effort, and offers the children a transportation spell in exchange for their silence. Miss Price casts the spell on a knob that the youngest child, Paul, has removed from the bed in the children’s shared bedroom, and she adds that only Paul can activate the spell.
Raid on Rommel, 1h39
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres War, Action
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Richard Burton, John Colicos, Clinton Greyn, Wolfgang Preiss, Danielle De Metz, Karl-Otto Alberty
Roles Garth
Rating55% 2.753562.753562.753562.753562.75356
Libya 1943. Captain Alex Foster, an intelligence officer with the British Army, allows himself to be captured by a German Afrika Korps convoy transporting British prisoners, pretending to be injured. Once integrated with the prisoners, remnants of a commando force and a medical unit, Foster outlines his plans to take over the convoy, with the help of the prisoners, and redirect it towards the Libyan port town of Tobruk.
The Molly Maguires, 2h4
Directed by Martin Ritt, Oscar Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Themes Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar, Frank Finlay, Bethel Leslie, Anthony Zerbe
Roles Man in Court Room (uncredited)
Rating67% 3.3949453.3949453.3949453.3949453.394945
The Molly Maguires were a secret organization of Irish coal miners established in nineteenth century Pennsylvania to fight oppressive mineowners. Led by Jack Kehoe (Sean Connery), they plant dynamite to destroy plant shafts and equipment. As character James McParlan, Richard Harris portrays real life Pinkerton Detective James McParland who was employed to infiltrate the Mollies.
The Thomas Crown Affair, 1h42
Directed by Norman Jewison, Walter Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Jack Weston, Gordon Pinsent, Addison Powell
Roles John - Crown's Butler (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.449713.449713.449713.449713.44971
Millionaire businessman-sportsman Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen) pulls off a perfect crime by orchestrating four men to rob $2,660,527.62 from a Boston bank, along with a fifth man who drives the getaway Ford station wagon with the money and dumps it in a cemetery trash can. None of the men ever meets Crown face-to-face, nor do they know or meet each other before the robbery. Crown retrieves the money from the trash can personally after secretly following the driver of the station wagon, then personally deposits the money into an anonymous Swiss bank account in Geneva, making several trips, never depositing the money all at once so as to not draw undue attention to his actions.
Ice Station Zebra, 2h28
Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Political films, Arme nucléaire
Actors Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan, Tony Bill, Lloyd Nolan, Alf Kjellin
Roles Survivor
Rating65% 3.29723.29723.29723.29723.2972
A satellite reenters the atmosphere and ejects a capsule which parachutes to the Arctic, coordinates 85N 21W (approx 320 miles WNW of Nord, Greenland, in the Arctic Ocean ice pack). During an ice storm, a figure soon approaches, guided by a homing beacon, while a second person secretly watches from nearby.
The Split
The Split (1968)
, 1h30
Directed by Gordon Flemyng
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Diahann Carroll, Ernest Borgnine, Julie Harris, Gene Hackman, Jack Klugman, Warren Oates
Roles Guard (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.0053253.0053253.0053253.0053253.005325
McClain, un gangster afro-américain, revient à Los Angeles après deux ans d'absence. Il retourne habiter chez Elly, son ex-femme et prend contact avec Gladys, une ancienne complice qui lui propose d'organiser un hold-up. Il s'agit de voler la recette d'un grand stade de Los Angeles pendant un match de football. Il ne reste plus qu'à recruter des complices, de préférence des professionnels du crime. Un quatuor, trié sur le volet, est donc engagé. Le jour dit, l'opération se déroule sans anicroche et McClain dépose le butin dans l'appartement de son ex-femme. Peu de temps après, leur voisin, un certain Herb Sutro, fait irruption chez eux en l'absence de McClain et tente de violer Ellie avant de l'abattre.
The Whisperers, 1h45
Directed by Bryan Forbes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Edith Evans, Ronald Fraser, Eric Portman, Nanette Newman, Harry Baird, Gerald Sim
Roles Grogan
Rating71% 3.587563.587563.587563.587563.58756
Mrs. Ross, an impoverished elderly eccentric living in a ground floor flat in an unnamed town in the North and dependent on welfare, is visited by her criminal son, who hides a package containing a large sum of stolen money in an unused bedroom. Thinking the money is a windfall intended for her, Mrs. Ross makes elaborate plans which she casually confides to a stranger, who pretends to befriend her but actually kidnaps her to obtain the money. Rendered drunk and turned into the elements by her captors, Mrs. Ross contracts pneumonia and barely recovers in hospital. Her sympathetic agent at the welfare bureau finds her and reunites her with her ne'er-do-well husband who deserted her decades ago. Motivated by his own need for stability, he moves back in with her but soon turns to crime, which forces him to flee and desert her again. Having been on the verge of a return to decent living, Mrs. Ross resumes her decayed status as a reclusive derelict of society.
King Rat
King Rat (1965)
, 2h14
Directed by Bryan Forbes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films, Political films
Actors George Segal, Tom Courtenay, James Fox, Gerald Sim, Patrick O'Neal, Denholm Elliott
Roles Gurble
Rating74% 3.745123.745123.745123.745123.74512
Corporal King is an anomaly in the Japanese prison camp; one of a handful of Americans amongst the British and Australian inmates, he thrives through his conniving and black market enterprises, while others (nearly all of higher rank) struggle to survive sickness and starvation, while trying to keep their civilised nature. King recruits upper class British RAF officer Flight Lieutenant Peter Marlowe (James Fox) to act as a translator. As they become acquainted, Marlowe comes to like the man and appreciate his cunning. King respects Marlowe, but his attitude is otherwise ambiguous; when Marlowe is injured, King obtains expensive medicines to save Marlowe's gangrenous arm from amputation, but it is unclear whether he does so out of friendship or because Marlowe is the only one who knows where the proceeds from King's latest and most profitable venture are hidden.
Strange Bedfellows, 1h38
Directed by Melvin Frank
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Gig Young, Terry-Thomas, Edward Judd, Alan Caillou
Roles Radio Dispatcher
Rating61% 3.099133.099133.099133.099133.09913
A wealthy American (Hudson) and a bohemian Italian woman (Lollobrigida) meet in London, and impulsively marry. Then finding they have virtually nothing in common they separate. Seven years later, just days before the divorce is due to be finalized, they meet again and begin to rekindle the romance.