DR ROD LANGLEY played by CHRIS ORCHARD

Dr Rod Langley was a likeable doctor, even if he could be a little arrogant at times. His father was a respected doctor, and getting on in his career was of great importance to Rod.

He had dalliances with a number of ladies, including Liz Kennedy, but it was another nurse that broke his heart. Like Peter Holland after him, Rod became involved in a love triangle involving his own father. Nurse Vicki Rayner eventually ended up marrying the older Dr Langley. At the end of 1978 Rod and Tania took Vicki's son, Toby, on a sailing trip. There was a freak storm and Jamie was thrown overboard. His little body was never found, and Vicki could not forgive the man in whom she had entrusted her son's safety.

After eighteen months of playing Rod, Chris Orchard left the show and announced in a newspaper article that he was disillusioned with television acting. He went on to pursue a stage career with the Melbourne Theatre Company, appearing in a Man For All Seasons, The Good Person of Setzuan and The London Cuckolds. However, within a few years he was back on the small screen, in the ongoing role of Tommy Carson in Carson's Law.

Chris has also had a number of other, smaller, TV roles, in dramas such as Prisoner and E Street.