Known For
Acting
Born
May 19, 1948
Place of Birth
Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
Credits
32 titles
Christopher Chittell
Biography
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
Filmography
Corriedale: Backstage Pass
Self
Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable Years
Self
The Big Quiz
Self
Emmerdale: Revenge
Eric Pollard
Tucker's Luck
'Junior'
Game for Vultures
McAllister
Zulu Dawn
Lt. Milne
The Wild Geese
Philips
Golden Rendezvous
Rogers
Practice Makes Perfect
Richard
Molly
Peter
The Intruders
Richard, the Intruder
The Venturers
Eddie
Erotic Inferno
Martin Barnard
Man About the House
Alan
The Tomorrow People
Chris
Emmerdale
Eric Pollard
They Call Him Cemetery
John McIntire
The Beast in the Cellar
Baker
The Last Valley
Svenson
The Raging Moon
Terry
The Weekend Murders
Georgie Kemple
The Breaking of Bumbo
The Prisoner
Doomwatch
Dick Burns
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
Alan Sheridan
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Trooper
ITV Playhouse
Rodney
To Sir, with Love
Potter
A Night Out
Horne
Theatre 625
Horne
The Avengers
Bassin
Coronation Street
Eric Pollard