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.
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Credits
- 1998 ·Emmerdale: Revengeas Eric Pollard
- 1983 ·Tucker's Luckas 'Junior'
- 1979 ·Game for Vulturesas McAllister
- 1979 ·Zulu Dawnas Lt. Milne
- 1978 ·The Wild Geeseas Philips
- 1977 ·Golden Rendezvousas Rogers
- 1977 ·Practice Makes Perfectas Richard
- 1977 ·Mollyas Peter
- 1975 ·The Intrudersas Richard, the Intruder
- 1975 ·Erotic Infernoas Martin Barnard
- 1973 ·The Tomorrow Peopleas Chris
- 1972 ·Emmerdaleas Eric Pollard
- 1971 ·They Call Him Cemeteryas John McIntire
- 1971 ·The Last Valleyas Svenson
- 1971 ·The Raging Moonas Terry
- 1970 ·The Weekend Murdersas Georgie Kemple
- 1970 ·The Breaking of Bumboas The Prisoner
- 1970 ·The Beast in the Cellaras Baker
- 1970 ·Doomwatchas Dick Burns
- 1968 ·The Best Pair of Legs in the Businessas Alan Sheridan
- 1968 ·The Charge of the Light Brigadeas Trooper
- 1967 ·To Sir, with Loveas Potter
- 1967 ·A Night Outas Horne
- 1961 ·The Avengersas Bassin