Orville the Duck Orville the Duck Orville the Duck was the most famous puppet often used by the ventriloquist Keith Harris (1947–2015) and was named after Orville Wright (one of the Wright Brothers). Orville is a green duckling who wears nothing but a nappy with a large safety pin on the front. He speaks with a falsetto voice. Orville appeared on BBC television from 1982 to 1990 on "The Keith Harris Show", which featured assorted puppets such as Orville the Duck and Cuddles the Monkey. At the peak of their popularity in December 1982, Harris and Orville released the single "Orville's Song", reaching
Mark Curry (television presenter) show "The Wright Stuff". From 25 March 2016 he is playing the role of Wizard in the popular West End musical Wicked. In September 2008, Curry formed a civil partnership with his long-term partner, Jeremy Sandle. Mark Curry (television presenter) Mark Preston Curry (born 27 August 1961) is an English actor and television and radio presenter. Born in Stafford, Curry grew up in the mining village of Allerton Bywater near Castleford in the West Riding of Yorkshire. His father, Arthur, a physical training instructor and prison officer, died when Curry was five. His mother, Lily, was a maternity nurse. His