Christopher Chittell
Acting
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.
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Movies (21)
Corriedale: Backstage Pass2026Self
Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable Years2022Self
Emmerdale: Revenge1998Eric Pollard
Game for Vultures1979McAllister
Zulu Dawn1979Lt. Milne
The Wild Geese1978Philips
Golden Rendezvous1977Rogers
Practice Makes Perfect1977Richard
Molly1977Peter
The Intruders1975Richard, the Intruder
Erotic Inferno1975Martin Barnard
They Call Him Cemetery1971John McIntire
The Beast in the Cellar1971Baker
The Last Valley1971Svenson
The Raging Moon1971Terry
The Weekend Murders1970Georgie Kemple
The Breaking of Bumbo1970The Prisoner
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business1968Alan Sheridan
The Charge of the Light Brigade1968Trooper
To Sir, with Love1967Potter
A Night Out1967Horne
Shows (11)
The Big Quiz2011Self
Tucker's Luck1983'Junior'
The Venturers1975Eddie
Man About the House1973Alan
The Tomorrow People1973Chris
Emmerdale1972Eric Pollard
Doomwatch1970Dick Burns
ITV Playhouse1967Rodney
Theatre 6251964Horne
The Avengers1961Bassin
Coronation Street1960Eric Pollard