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Christopher Chittell
Actor

Christopher Chittell

19 May 1948Born
78Age
29Credits
Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UKBirthplace

Biography

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...

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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.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 1998Emmerdale: RevengeFilm: Eric Pollard
  2. 1983Tucker's LuckSeries: 'Junior' (9 episodes)
  3. 1979Game for VulturesFilm: McAllister
  4. 1979Zulu DawnFilm: Lt. Milne
  5. 1978The Wild GeeseFilm: Philips
  6. 1977Golden RendezvousFilm: Rogers
  7. 1977Practice Makes PerfectFilm: Richard
  8. 1977MollyFilm: Peter
  9. 1975The IntrudersFilm: Richard, the Intruder
  10. 1975The VenturersSeries: Eddie (1 episode)
  11. 1975Erotic InfernoFilm: Martin Barnard
  12. 1973Man About the HouseSeries: Alan (1 episode)
  13. 1973The Tomorrow PeopleSeries: Chris (13 episodes)
  14. 1972EmmerdaleSeries: Eric Pollard (7683 episodes)
  15. 1971They Call Him CemeteryFilm: John McIntire
  16. 1971The Beast in the CellarFilm: Baker
  17. 1971The Last ValleyFilm: Svenson
  18. 1971The Raging MoonFilm: Terry
  19. 1970The Weekend MurdersFilm: Georgie Kemple
  20. 1970The Breaking of BumboFilm: The Prisoner
  21. 1970DoomwatchSeries: Dick Burns (1 episode)
  22. 1968The Best Pair of Legs in the BusinessFilm: Alan Sheridan
  23. 1968The Charge of the Light BrigadeFilm: Trooper
  24. 1967ITV PlayhouseSeries: Rodney (1 episode)
  25. 1967To Sir, with LoveFilm: Potter
  26. 1967A Night OutFilm: Horne
  27. 1964Theatre 625Series: Horne (1 episode)
  28. 1961The AvengersSeries: Bassin (1 episode)
  29. 1960Coronation StreetSeries: Eric Pollard (1 episode)

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