Acting
Christopher Chittell
EN, SV, IT cinema · 21 credits
Born
19 May 1948 (age 78)
Birthplace
Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
Also known as Charles Canyon · Chris Chittel · Christopher John Chittell · Christopher Chitell
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.
Known for
Filmography
Emmerdale: Revenge
as Eric Pollard
Zulu Dawn
as Lt. Milne
Game for Vultures
as McAllister
The Wild Geese
as Philips
Golden Rendezvous
as Rogers
Molly
as Peter
Practice Makes Perfect
as Richard
Erotic Inferno
as Martin Barnard
The Intruders
as Richard, the Intruder
They Call Him Cemetery
as John McIntire
The Last Valley
as Svenson
The Raging Moon
as Terry
The Breaking of Bumbo
as The Prisoner
The Weekend Murders
as Georgie Kemple
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
as Alan Sheridan
To Sir, with Love
as Potter
A Night Out
as Horne