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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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Born:
May 19, 1948 In Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
22
First Appeared:
In the series The Avengers 1961-01-07
Latest Project:
Movie Emmerdale: Revenge 1998-11-20
Known For
Poster of Emmerdale: Revenge
Poster of Practice Makes Perfect
Poster of Molly
Poster of The Tomorrow People
Filmography
Movie Emmerdale: Revenge Eric Pollard 1998-11-20
Movie Zulu Dawn Lt. Milne 1979-05-14
Movie Game for Vultures McAllister 1979-06-25
Movie The Wild Geese Philips 1978-06-28
Movie Molly Peter 1977-04-11
Movie Golden Rendezvous Rogers 1977-12-25
Movie Practice Makes Perfect Richard 1977-09-26
Movie Erotic Inferno Martin Barnard 1975-01-01
Movie The Intruders Richard, the Intruder 1975-07-02
Series The Tomorrow People Chris 1973-04-30
Series Emmerdale Eric Pollard 1972-10-16
Movie The Raging Moon Terry 1971-01-21
Movie The Last Valley Svenson 1971-01-28
Movie They Call Him Cemetery John McIntire 1971-09-23
Series Doomwatch Unknown 1970-02-09
Movie The Beast in the Cellar Baker 1970-08-01
Movie The Weekend Murders Georgie Kemple 1970-10-15
Movie The Breaking of Bumbo The Prisoner 1970-09-28
Movie The Charge of the Light Brigade Trooper 1968-04-10
Movie To Sir, with Love Potter 1967-06-14
Movie A Night Out Horne 1967-02-13
Series The Avengers Bassin 1961-01-07