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Christopher Chittell

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Christopher Chittell

Born May 19, 1948 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK19 films

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.

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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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To Sir, with Love posterFirst watchTo Sir, with Love19677.4as PotterA British Guianese engineer starts a job as a high school teacher in London’s East End, where his uninterested and delinquent pupils are in desperate need of attention and care.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Wild Geese poster6.8The Wild Geese1978Zulu Dawn poster6.1Zulu Dawn1979The Charge of the Light Brigade poster6.2The Charge of the Light Brigade1968The Last Valley poster6.5The Last Valley1971

Filmography

19 films as actor
  1. 1998Emmerdale: RevengeEric Pollard
  2. 1979Game for VulturesMcAllister
  3. 1979Zulu DawnLt. Milne
  4. 1978The Wild GeesePhilips
  5. 1977Golden RendezvousRogers
  6. 1977Practice Makes PerfectRichard
  7. 1977MollyPeter
  8. 1975The IntrudersRichard, the Intruder
  9. 1975Erotic InfernoMartin Barnard
  10. 1971They Call Him CemeteryJohn McIntire
  11. 1971The Beast in the CellarBaker
  12. 1971The Last ValleySvenson
  13. 1971The Raging MoonTerry
  14. 1970The Weekend MurdersGeorgie Kemple
  15. 1970The Breaking of BumboThe Prisoner
  16. 1968The Best Pair of Legs in the BusinessAlan Sheridan
  17. 1968The Charge of the Light BrigadeTrooper
  18. 1967To Sir, with LovePotter
  19. 1967A Night OutHorne