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Christopher Chittell

Christopher Chittell

Known For Acting
Birthday May 19, 1948 (77)
Birthplace Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
Popularity 3 (history)
Updated Nov 15, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 31 years and, in 2016, Chittell married Emmerdale co-star Lesley Dunlop. He had previously been marr ... ied 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.

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Emmerdale: Revenge

Emmerdale: Revenge

1998

as Eric Pollard

Game for Vultures

Game for Vultures

1979

as McAllister

Zulu Dawn

Zulu Dawn

1979

as Lt. Milne

The Wild Geese

The Wild Geese

1978

as Philips

Golden Rendezvous

Golden Rendezvous

1977

as Rogers

Erotic Inferno

Erotic Inferno

1975

as Martin Barnard

The Raging Moon

The Raging Moon

1971

as Terry

The Last Valley

The Last Valley

1971

as Svenson

The Beast in the Cellar

The Beast in the Cellar

1970

as Baker

The Breaking of Bumbo

The Breaking of Bumbo

1970

as The Prisoner

To Sir, with Love

To Sir, with Love

1967

as Potter

A Night Out

A Night Out

1967

as Horne

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Television Credits

Emmerdale

as Eric Pollard

Episodes: 6883

First Aired: Oct 16, 1972

The Tomorrow People

as Chris

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Apr 30, 1973

Tucker's Luck

as 'Junior'

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Mar 10, 1983

Doomwatch

as Dick Burns

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 09, 1970

The Avengers

as Bassin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 07, 1961

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