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Christopher Chittell
Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
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 havin…
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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 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.
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2026
Corriedale: Backstage Pass
Movie Self
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2022
Emmerdale: 50 Unforgettable Years
Movie Self
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2011
The Big Quiz
TV show Self
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1998
Emmerdale: Revenge
Movie Eric Pollard
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1983
Tucker's Luck
TV show 'Junior'
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1979
Game for Vultures
Movie McAllister
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1979
Zulu Dawn
Movie Lt. Milne
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1978
The Wild Geese
Movie Philips
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1977
Golden Rendezvous
Movie Rogers
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1977
Practice Makes Perfect
Movie Richard
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1977
Molly
Movie Peter
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1975
The Intruders
Movie Richard, the Intruder
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1975
The Venturers
TV show Eddie
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1975
Erotic Inferno
Movie Martin Barnard
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1973
Man About the House
TV show Alan
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1973
The Tomorrow People
TV show Chris
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1972
Emmerdale
TV show Eric Pollard
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1971
They Call Him Cemetery
Movie John McIntire
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1971
The Beast in the Cellar
Movie Baker
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1971
The Last Valley
Movie Svenson
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1971
The Raging Moon
Movie Terry
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1970
The Weekend Murders
Movie Georgie Kemple
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1970
The Breaking of Bumbo
Movie The Prisoner
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1970
Doomwatch
TV show Dick Burns
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1968
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
Movie Alan Sheridan
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1968
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Movie Trooper
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1967
ITV Playhouse
TV show Rodney
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1967
To Sir, with Love
Movie Potter
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1967
A Night Out
Movie Horne
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1964
Theatre 625
TV show Horne
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1961
The Avengers
TV show Bassin
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1960
Coronation Street
TV show Eric Pollard
