Christopher Chittell
Actor
- Born
- May 19, 1948 (age 78) · Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
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.
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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
To Sir, with Love
June 14, 1967
The Wild Geese
June 28, 1978
Zulu Dawn
May 14, 1979
The Charge of the Light Brigade
April 10, 1968
The Last Valley
January 28, 1971
The Beast in the Cellar
April 14, 1971
The Weekend Murders
October 15, 1970
They Call Him Cemetery
September 23, 1971
The Raging Moon
January 21, 1971
Golden Rendezvous
December 1, 1977
Molly
April 11, 1977
Game for Vultures
June 25, 1979
Acting21
- 2026Corriedale: Backstage Pass as Self
- 2022Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable Years as Self
- 1998Emmerdale: Revenge as Eric Pollard
- 1979Game for Vultures as McAllister
- 1979Zulu Dawn as Lt. Milne
- 1978The Wild Geese as Philips
- 1977Golden Rendezvous as Rogers
- 1977Practice Makes Perfect as Richard
- 1977Molly as Peter
- 1975The Intruders