Christopher Chittell
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 31 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 as 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
- 1998 · Emmerdale: Revenge as Eric Pollard
- 1983 · Tucker's Luck as 'Junior'
- 1979 · Game for Vultures as McAllister
- 1979 · Zulu Dawn as Lt. Milne
- 1978 · The Wild Geese as Philips
- 1977 · Golden Rendezvous as Rogers
- 1977 · Practice Makes Perfect as Richard
- 1977 · Molly as Peter
- 1975 · The Intruders as Richard, the Intruder
- 1975 · Erotic Inferno as Martin Barnard
- 1973 · The Tomorrow People as Chris
- 1972 · Emmerdale as Eric Pollard
- 1971 · They Call Him Cemetery as John McIntire
- 1971 · The Last Valley as Svenson
- 1971 · The Raging Moon as Terry
- 1970 · The Weekend Murders as Georgie Kemple
- 1970 · The Breaking of Bumbo as The Prisoner
- 1970 · The Beast in the Cellar as Baker
- 1970 · Doomwatch as Dick Burns
- 1968 · The Best Pair of Legs in the Business as Alan Sheridan
- 1968 · The Charge of the Light Brigade as Trooper
- 1967 · To Sir, with Love as Potter
- 1967 · A Night Out as Horne
- 1961 · The Avengers as Bassin