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.
21 movies · 11 shows
Corriedale: Backstage Pass
2026·0.0
Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable Years
2022·0.0
Emmerdale: Revenge
1998·8.0
Game for Vultures
1979·5.2
Zulu Dawn
1979·6.1
The Wild Geese
1978·6.8
Golden Rendezvous
1977·5.5
Practice Makes Perfect
1977·5.5
Molly
1977·6.6
The Intruders
1975·2.8
Erotic Inferno
1975·3.0
They Call Him Cemetery
1971·6.3
The Beast in the Cellar
1971·4.9
The Last Valley
1971·6.5
The Raging Moon
1971·6.5
The Weekend Murders
1970·6.1
The Breaking of Bumbo
1970·4.7
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
1968·8.0
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968·6.2
To Sir, with Love
1967·7.5
A Night Out
1967·0.0