About

Known credits:
18
Birthday:
1948-05-19
Place of birth:
Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
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Christopher Chittell

Overview

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 SkarsgÄrd), and Sex in Sweden and Practice Makes Perfect (aka Girl on Her Knees) in 1977.

Known for

Acting

1998 Emmerdale: Revenge Actor Eric Pollard N/A
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1979 Game for Vultures Actor McAllister 58
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1979 Zulu Dawn Actor Lt. Milne 59
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1978 The Wild Geese Actor Philips 61
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1977 Golden Rendezvous Actor Rogers 58
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1977 Practice Makes Perfect Actor Richard 59
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1975 The Intruders Actor Richard, the Intruder 58
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1975 Erotic Inferno Actor Martin Barnard 58
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1971 They Call Him Cemetery Actor John McIntire 59
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1971 The Last Valley Actor Svenson 59
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1971 The Raging Moon Actor Terry 59
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1970 The Weekend Murders Actor Georgie Kemple 59
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1970 The Breaking of Bumbo Actor The Prisoner 59
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1970 The Beast in the Cellar Actor Baker 58
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1968 The Best Pair of Legs in the Business Actor Alan Sheridan N/A
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1968 The Charge of the Light Brigade Actor Trooper 59
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1967 To Sir, with Love Actor Potter 65
Fair
1967 A Night Out Actor Horne N/A
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