Eric Pollard
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| Emmerdale character | |
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| Eric Pollard | |
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| Played by | Chris Chittell |
| Duration | 1986- |
| Date of birth | 11th June 1945 |
| Date of death | |
| Marital status | Divorced |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Family | David |
Eric Charles Pollard is a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He is played by Chris Chittell. There is also a professional skier with the name Eric Pollard.
[edit] About Eric
Eric Pollard has appeared on the show since 1986, making him the third longest running current character. He has lied, cheated and swindled nearly all his neighbours – without allowing his actions to ever trouble his conscience. Of course, the women love a bad boy and Eric’s been married an incredible four times. He is also known for his deception and bigamy. After a few years in Emmerdale, Eric started to pursue Elizabeth Feldmann – without bothering to mention he was still married to his first wife Eileen. And he even married the poor woman bigamously too. Unlike his three other wives, Elizabeth didn’t leave Eric of her own accord. When the terrible plane crash hit Emmerdale in 1993, she was out babysitting – having told Eric she planned to shop him to the police for cheque fraud. Elizabeth was killed off-screen during the plane crash storyline. There is still speculation on- and off-screen that Eric murdered her, but if he did he got away with it since her death was officially recognized as a result of the plane crash. Undeterred, Eric continued to practice his dodgy business dealings throughout Emmerdale – and went into business with Kathy Tate by opening a wine bar in the old village tea rooms. When he went to the Philippines over Christmas 1997, Eric shocked everyone by arriving back with a sexy young fiancée in tow, Dee de la Cruz. Dee was happy to be Eric’s little woman and the pair got married and threw all their energies into their business. But the marriage didn’t last. Dee got sick of Eric’s business woes and paranoia about her so left to return home – leaving Eric absolutely suicidal. With the help of Marlon Dingle, Eric did manage to recover from his heartbreak. In 2000, Eric forgot about being a nasty bit of work in order to save the life of one of his best friends – Kathy. Suspecting her boyfriend Graham of being a murderer, Eric voiced his worries and had the whole village doubting him. But when he eventually rescued Kathy when Graham tried to kill her, he proved to be her hero. It seemed Eric had finally found his perfect woman when he met new villager Gloria Weaver in 2001. But, despite her mild persona, it turned out that Gloria was thirsty for power! Having married Eric in 2002, Gloria pushes him in his quest to become mayor and, on their wedding night, encourages him to sleep with councilor Glynis to secure her nomination for the post! When the scandal brakes, thanks to Steph Stokes’ interference, Gloria spins the whole thing to make her look like the wronged wife and ends up taking the job herself – and being posted to Westminster. While away, Gloria has an affair with Hilary, her male researcher. When the fling is exposed, Eric is horrified and chucks her out. In despair, Gloria drives out of the village drunk and her car and shoes are found later. Convinced she’s dead, Eric is plunged into a deep grief. But, a few months later, he receives a videotape of Gloria sipping a cocktail in the sun saying she’s glad to be rid of him. Having had so many disasters, you’d think that Eric would be off women forever. But then he got together with troublemaker Val Lambert. The sparky duo set up a business together and let their romance flourish. But politics was going to come between Eric and love again. When he decided to run for re-election, Pollard realized that having a dodgy character like Val for a partner could spoil his chances. The duo cooked up a story that they’d split and promised to reunite after the election, but Pollard got carried away in his dismissal of Val and she dumped him. However, the pair carried on working together at the factory and it was clear there were still strong feelings between them. Pollard was horrified when he found out that Val had decided to run against him in the local elections and it looked like any moves that had been made towards a reconciliation would be in vain. However, when she realized the damage she was doing to his campaign, Val tried to sabotage her own by coming clean about her shady past. Pollard was deeply touched by the gesture, but horrified that she was still doing better than him with the electorate. And things got even worse when Eric got tangled up with a local dominatrix and saw his political chances got even worse. But, when he went head to head with Rodney, Pollard played as dirty as he could to win. Now Pollard’s back in office and taking bribes from Jimmy King too.
[edit] Family
- Son: David Metcalfe
