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Christopher Chittell

Christopher Chittell

Birthday: 1948-05-19 | Place of Birth: 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 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2026
1998
Emmerdale: Revenge

as    Eric Pollard

1980
Game for Vultures

as    McAllister

1976
Erotic Inferno

as    Martin Barnard

1975
The Intruders

as    Richard, the Intruder

1972
The Weekend Murders

as    Georgie Kemple

1971
The Beast in the Cellar

as    Baker

1971
They Call Him Cemetery

as    John McIntire

1971
The Raging Moon

as    Terry

1968
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business

as    Alan Sheridan

1968
1967
A Night Out

as    Horne

1967
To Sir, with Love

as    Potter