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Actor
Christopher Chittell
- Born May 19, 1948 in 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.
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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
To Sir, with Love1967
The Wild Geese1978
The Avengers1961
Zulu Dawn1979
Coronation Street1960
Emmerdale1972
The Charge of the Light Brigade1968
The Last Valley1971
Filmography
- 2026Corriedale: Backstage PassFilmSelf
- 2022Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable YearsFilmSelf
- 2011The Big QuizSeriesSelf
- 1998Emmerdale: RevengeFilmEric Pollard
- 1983Tucker's LuckSeries'Junior'
- 1979Zulu DawnFilmLt. Milne
- 1979Game for VulturesFilmMcAllister
- 1978The Wild GeeseFilmPhilips
- 1977Golden RendezvousFilmRogers
- 1977MollyFilmPeter
- 1977Practice Makes PerfectFilmRichard
- 1975The IntrudersFilmRichard, the Intruder
- 1975Erotic InfernoFilmMartin Barnard
- 1975The VenturersSeriesEddie
- 1973Man About the HouseSeriesAlan
- 1973The Tomorrow PeopleSeriesChris
- 1972EmmerdaleSeriesEric Pollard
- 1971The Last ValleyFilmSvenson
- 1971The Beast in the CellarFilmBaker
- 1971They Call Him CemeteryFilmJohn McIntire
- 1971The Raging MoonFilmTerry
- 1970The Weekend MurdersFilmGeorgie Kemple
- 1970DoomwatchSeriesDick Burns
- 1970The Breaking of BumboFilmThe Prisoner
- 1968The Charge of the Light BrigadeFilmTrooper
- 1968The Best Pair of Legs in the BusinessFilmAlan Sheridan
- 1967To Sir, with LoveFilmPotter
- 1967ITV PlayhouseSeriesRodney
- 1967A Night OutFilmHorne
- 1964Theatre 625SeriesHorne
- 1961The AvengersSeriesBassin
- 1960Coronation StreetSeriesEric Pollard