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

Known For

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Eric Pollard

Emmerdale: Revenge

1998

5.5

'Junior'

Tucker's Luck

1983

4.4

McAllister

Game for Vultures

1979

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Lt. Milne

Zulu Dawn

1979

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Philips

The Wild Geese

1978

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Rogers

Golden Rendezvous

1977

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Richard

Practice Makes Perfect

1977

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Peter

Molly

1977

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Richard, the Intruder

The Intruders

1975

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Martin Barnard

Erotic Inferno

1975

Credits

Emmerdale: Revenge

as Eric Pollard

1998

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Tucker's Luck

as 'Junior'

1983

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Game for Vultures

as McAllister

1979

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Zulu Dawn

as Lt. Milne

1979

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The Wild Geese

as Philips

1978

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Golden Rendezvous

as Rogers

1977

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Practice Makes Perfect

as Richard

1977

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Molly

as Peter

1977

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The Intruders

as Richard, the Intruder

1975

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Erotic Inferno

as Martin Barnard

1975

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The Tomorrow People

as Chris

1973

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Emmerdale

as Eric Pollard

1972

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They Call Him Cemetery

as John McIntire

1971

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The Last Valley

as Svenson

1971

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The Raging Moon

as Terry

1971

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The Weekend Murders

as Georgie Kemple

1970

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The Breaking of Bumbo

as The Prisoner

1970

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The Beast in the Cellar

as Baker

1970

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Doomwatch

as Dick Burns

1970

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The Best Pair of Legs in the Business

as Alan Sheridan

1968

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The Charge of the Light Brigade

as Trooper

1968

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To Sir, with Love

as Potter

1967

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A Night Out

as Horne

1967

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The Avengers

as Bassin

1961

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