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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 19, 1948
Place of Birth
Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Charles Canyon
- Chris Chittel
- Christopher John Chittell
- Christopher Chitell
Christopher Chittell
7.1 Popularity
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 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.
Known For
Credits
Corriedale
as Eric Pollard
2026
0.0
The Big Quiz
as Self
2011
7.5
Emmerdale: Revenge
as Eric Pollard
1998
0.0
Tucker's Luck
as 'Junior'
1983
5.5
Game for Vultures
as McAllister
1979
4.4
Zulu Dawn
as Lt. Milne
1979
6.1
The Wild Geese
as Philips
1978
6.8
Golden Rendezvous
as Rogers
1977
4.9
Practice Makes Perfect
as Richard
1977
4.0
Molly
as Peter
1977
6.6
The Intruders
as Richard, the Intruder
1975
1.3
Erotic Inferno
as Martin Barnard
1975
1.0
Man About the House
as Alan
1973
7.1
The Tomorrow People
as Chris
1973
6.6
Emmerdale
as Eric Pollard
1972
4.2
They Call Him Cemetery
as John McIntire
1971
6.0
The Beast in the Cellar
as Baker
1971
4.8
The Last Valley
as Svenson
1971
6.4
The Raging Moon
as Terry
1971
6.6
The Weekend Murders
as Georgie Kemple
1970
6.0
The Breaking of Bumbo
as The Prisoner
1970
2.0
Doomwatch
as Dick Burns
1970
6.0
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
as Alan Sheridan
1968
0.0
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Trooper
1968
6.0
To Sir, with Love
as Potter
1967
7.5
A Night Out
as Horne
1967
0.0
Theatre 625
as Horne
1964
7.2
The Avengers
as Bassin
1961
7.7