Christopher Chittell
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... 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.
Filmography
Corriedale: Backstage Pass
2026
as Self
Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable Years
2022
as Self
Emmerdale: Revenge
1998
as Eric Pollard
Game for Vultures
1979
as McAllister
Zulu Dawn
1979
as Lt. Milne
The Wild Geese
1978
as Philips
Golden Rendezvous
1977
as Rogers
Practice Makes Perfect
1977
as Richard
Molly
1977
as Peter
The Intruders
1975
as Richard, the Intruder
Erotic Inferno
1975
as Martin Barnard
They Call Him Cemetery
1971
as John McIntire
The Beast in the Cellar
1971
as Baker
The Last Valley
1971
as Svenson
The Raging Moon
1971
as Terry
The Weekend Murders
1970
as Georgie Kemple
The Breaking of Bumbo
1970
as The Prisoner
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
1968
as Alan Sheridan
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968
as Trooper
To Sir, with Love
1967
as Potter
A Night Out
1967
as Horne