Christopher Chittell
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Chris Chittell is an English actor, best known for his role as Eric Pollard in ITV's Emmerdale, a part that he has played since 1986. He is now the longest serving character having played Pollard for 40 years and, in 2016, Chittell married Emmerdale co-star Lesley Dunlop. He had previously been married to Caroline Hunt, with whom he has two children with. From 1968 to 1973 he had a lead role in the TV series The Freewheelers. His films include To Sir, With Love, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Zulu Dawn, Golden Rendezvous, A Game For Vultures, The Last Valley, The Beast in the Cellar, The Raging Moon and The Weekend Murders. He also has uncredited roles in If... and The Wild Geese, and appeared in a number of Swedish sex films in the 1970s under the name Charles Canyon. These include Swedish Sex Games (aka The Intruders and Let Us Play Sex) in 1975 (which also featured a young Stellan Skarsgård), and Sex in Sweden and Practice Makes Perfect (aka Girl on Her Knees) in 1977.
Known for
Credits
To Sir, with Love (1967)
as Potter
The Wild Geese (1978)
as Philips
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
as Trooper
Zulu Dawn (1979)
as Lt. Milne
The Last Valley (1971)
as Svenson
Emmerdale: Revenge (1998)
as Eric Pollard
Corriedale: Backstage Pass (2026)
as Self
They Call Him Cemetery (1971)
as John McIntire
Golden Rendezvous (1977)
as Rogers
The Beast in the Cellar (1971)
as Baker
The Breaking of Bumbo (1970)
as The Prisoner
Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable Years (2022)
as Self
The Raging Moon (1971)
as Terry
Game for Vultures (1979)
as McAllister
The Weekend Murders (1970)
as Georgie Kemple
The Intruders (1975)
as Richard, the Intruder
A Night Out (1967)
as Horne
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business (1968)
as Alan Sheridan
Erotic Inferno (1975)
as Martin Barnard
Molly (1977)
as Peter
Practice Makes Perfect (1977)
as Richard