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Mollie Quirk

Harrison Ford's love life from secret affair to 20-year marriage and big age gap love

Harrison Ford shot to fame in the Star Wars franchise as Han Solo, with his career going from strength to strength ever since.

At 80 years of age he is still at the top of his game, with the Hollywood hunk having starred in many movies as the leading man.

It is reported that the movies Harrison has starred in have grossed $5.4 billion in North America and more than $9.3 billion worldwide.

Harrison has starred in the likes of The Devil's Own, Indiana Jones, The Age Of Adeline, Raiders Of The Lost Ark and Blade Runner - among many other blockbusters.

A very private person, Harrison's personal life is kept on the down-low, with his love life very low-key.

But with three marriages and a steamy fling, the Hollywood icon has had his fair share of blockbuster romances happen away from the silver screen.

Mary Marquardt

Harrison Ford and Mary Marquardt were childhood sweethearts (Getty)

Harrison's first wife was Mary Marquardt, with the pair being childhood sweethearts at high school before tying the knot.

The pair got hitched on June 18, 1964, with them welcoming two children together.

Harrison and Mary welcomed two sons, Ben and Willard, with the couple then later becoming grandparents to four of their children's offspring.

Following Harrison shooting to fame in the Star Wars franchise, the couple sadly divorced in 1979.

Carrie Fisher

Harrison and Carrie had a short fling while filming Star Wars (Corbis via Getty Images)

In the hit movie franchise, Star Wars, Harrison portrays the role of Han Solo - a character who is in love with Princess Leia.

Played by Carrie Fisher, Princess Leia is Han Solo's on-screen love interest - with that soon playing out in real life for the stars behind the characters.

Harrison and Carrie - who was 19 at the time - had a three month affair while filming the first movie, which was revealed in Carrie's memoir, The Princess Diarist.

Speaking about her romance with Harrison she told of how she was "shocked" that he fancied her, with her revealing that they stayed together "for the remainder of the film".

"It was never going to be more than that. I didn’t think it was going to be even that," she added in her chat with The Guardian.

Melissa Mathison

Screenwriter Melissa Mathison was wed to Harrison for 20 years (WireImage)

Harrison met Melissa while he was still married to his high school sweetheart Mary.

Meeting on the set of Apocalypse Now in 1976, Melissa worked as a production assistant while Harrison played the role of Colonel Lucas.

After Harrison had divorced from Mary in 1979 he was busy with work before starting to date again, with him and Melissa starting their relationship in 1982.

Melissa Mathison and Harrison Ford separated in 2000 (Rex)

Getting married the following year, the couple were hitched for two decades and welcomed two children during their union - a son Malcolm, and a daughter Georgia.

The couple separated in 2000 and divorced in 2004, with a three-year-long battle to reach a settlement.

According to Forbes, their settlement ultimately landed at $85million (£71million) in 2004.

Sadly Melissa died in 2015 aged 65, from neuroendocrine cancer.

Calista Flockheart

It seems as though Harrison and Calista are more loved up than ever before (@elizabethstewart1/Instagram)
Harrison could be seen gazing adoringly at his wife at Cannes (@elizabethstewart1/Instagram)

Harrison met Calista in 2002 at the Golden Globe Awards, with them then getting married eight years later in an intimate ceremony in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

At the time of publication Harrison is 80 years of age, while Calista is 58 - meaning their age-gap romance is seemingly a success for the pair.

They are the parents of Liam (born 2001), the son she adopted before meeting the Star Wars actor.

Gushing about his now-wife before they got hitched, Harrison spoke of how he was "in love" and thought that romantic love was "exciting and fulfilling".

Totally loved up, the couple live on an 800-acre ranch in Jackson, Wyoming, which is where Harrison has lived since the 1980s.

Recently, during Cannes Film Festival, Harrison gave his wife an adoring look in a very sweet snap, after 13 years of marriage, which left fans gushing over how "besotted" he still is.

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