
Actor
Christopher Chittell
Born 1948 · 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.
Acting

To Sir, with Love
Potter · 1967

The Avengers
Bassin · 1961

The Wild Geese
Philips · 1978

Zulu Dawn
Lt. Milne · 1979

The Last Valley
Svenson · 1971

The Charge of the Light Brigade
Trooper · 1968

Coronation Street
Eric Pollard · 1960

Man About the House
Alan · 1973

The Raging Moon
Terry · 1971

The Weekend Murders
Georgie Kemple · 1970

The Tomorrow People
Chris · 1973

They Call Him Cemetery
John McIntire · 1971

Emmerdale
Eric Pollard · 1972

Theatre 625
Horne · 1964

Emmerdale: Revenge
Eric Pollard · 1998

The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
Alan Sheridan · 1968

Molly
Peter · 1977

The Beast in the Cellar
Baker · 1971

The Big Quiz
Self · 2011

ITV Playhouse
Rodney · 1967

Tucker's Luck
'Junior' · 1983

Doomwatch
Dick Burns · 1970

The Venturers
Eddie · 1975

Golden Rendezvous
Rogers · 1977