Cuddles the Orangutan was one half of Keith Harris's puppet act, the sidekick and nemesis of

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 s ...

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was orange, with a blue face. He wore a white shirt collar and blue tie, and his catchphrase was "I hate that duck." In the TV show actress Ruth Verrall played the part of Cuddles when movement was needed.

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Harris' accolades with Orville and Cuddles, and new show
Television characters introduced in 1982 Ventriloquists' dummies Fictional apes British comedy puppets {{Puppet-stub