
Christopher Chittell
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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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The Wild Geese (1978)
as Philips

To Sir, with Love (1967)
as Potter

Zulu Dawn (1979)
as Lt. Milne

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
as Trooper

The Last Valley (1971)
as Svenson

The Raging Moon (1971)
as Terry

They Call Him Cemetery (1971)
as John McIntire

The Beast in the Cellar (1971)
as Baker

Golden Rendezvous (1977)
as Rogers

The Intruders (1975)
as Richard, the Intruder

The Weekend Murders (1970)
as Georgie Kemple

The Breaking of Bumbo (1970)
as The Prisoner

Game for Vultures (1979)
as McAllister

Erotic Inferno (1975)
as Martin Barnard

Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable Years (2022)
as Self

Corriedale: Backstage Pass (2026)
as Self

A Night Out (1967)
as Horne

Emmerdale: Revenge (1998)
as Eric Pollard

The Best Pair of Legs in the Business (1968)
as Alan Sheridan

Practice Makes Perfect (1977)
as Richard

Molly (1977)
as Peter





