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 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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Coronation Street
1960 · Eric Pollard
The Avengers
1961 · Bassin
Emmerdale
1972 · Eric Pollard
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Rodney
Theatre 625
1964 · Horne
Doomwatch
1970 · Dick Burns
Man About the House
1973 · Alan
To Sir, with Love
1967 · Potter
The Wild Geese
1978 · Philips
The Big Quiz
2011 · Self
The Tomorrow People
1973 · Chris
Zulu Dawn
1979 · Lt. Milne
Tucker's Luck
1983 · 'Junior'
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968 · Trooper
The Last Valley
1971 · Svenson
The Venturers
1975 · Eddie
Golden Rendezvous
1977 · Rogers
The Raging Moon
1971 · Terry
Game for Vultures
1979 · McAllister
The Beast in the Cellar
1971 · Baker
They Call Him Cemetery
1971 · John McIntire
The Weekend Murders
1970 · Georgie Kemple
The Breaking of Bumbo
1970 · The Prisoner
Emmerdale: Revenge
1998 · Eric Pollard
A Night Out
1967 · Horne
Erotic Inferno
1975 · Martin Barnard
Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable Years
2022 · Self
The Intruders
1975 · Richard, the Intruder
Corriedale: Backstage Pass
2026 · Self
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
1968 · Alan Sheridan
Molly
1977 · Peter
Practice Makes Perfect
1977 · Richard