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.
Acting
Movie
To Sir, with Love
as Potter
1967
Movie
The Wild Geese
as Philips
1978
TV
The Avengers
as Bassin
1961
TV
Coronation Street
as Eric Pollard
1960
Movie
Zulu Dawn
as Lt. Milne
1979
TV
Emmerdale
as Eric Pollard
1972
Movie
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Trooper
1968
Movie
The Last Valley
as Svenson
1971
Movie
The Beast in the Cellar
as Baker
1971
Movie
The Weekend Murders
as Georgie Kemple
1970
TV
Man About the House
as Alan
1973
Movie
The Raging Moon
as Terry
1971
Movie
They Call Him Cemetery
as John McIntire
1971
TV
The Tomorrow People
as Chris
1973
Movie
Golden Rendezvous
as Rogers
1977
Movie
Molly
as Peter
1977
Movie
Game for Vultures
as McAllister
1979
TV
Doomwatch
as Dick Burns
1970
TV
Theatre 625
as Horne
1964
Movie
Erotic Inferno
as Martin Barnard
1975
Movie
The Intruders
as Richard, the Intruder
1975
Movie
The Breaking of Bumbo
as The Prisoner
1970
TV
Tucker's Luck
as 'Junior'
1983
TV
ITV Playhouse
as Rodney
1967