
Christopher Chittell
Born
May 19, 1948 (77 years old)
Known For
Acting
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.

Emmerdale: Revenge
Eric Pollard
1998

Tucker's Luck
'Junior' · (9 episodes)
1983

Game for Vultures
McAllister
1979

Zulu Dawn
Lt. Milne
1979

The Wild Geese
Philips
1978

Golden Rendezvous
Rogers
1977

Practice Makes Perfect
Richard
1977

Molly
Peter
1977

The Intruders
Richard, the Intruder
1975

Erotic Inferno
Martin Barnard
1975

The Tomorrow People
Chris · (13 episodes)
1973

Emmerdale
Eric Pollard · (6959 episodes)
1972

They Call Him Cemetery
John McIntire
1971

The Last Valley
Svenson
1971

The Raging Moon
Terry
1971

The Weekend Murders
Georgie Kemple
1970

The Breaking of Bumbo
The Prisoner
1970

The Beast in the Cellar
Baker
1970

Doomwatch
Dick Burns · (1 episode)
1970
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
Alan Sheridan
1968

The Charge of the Light Brigade
Trooper
1968

To Sir, with Love
Potter
1967

A Night Out
Horne
1967

The Avengers
Bassin · (1 episode)
1961