David Soul - Personal Life

Personal Life

Soul has been married five times and has five sons and a daughter. He married his first wife, actress Mirriam "Mim" Solberg (née Russeth), in 1964. The couple had one child together, but the marriage only lasted a year.

Soul then married actress Karen Carlson in 1968, after they had met on the set of the television series Here Comes The Brides. The couple also had a child together, though they divorced in 1977.

During the years he was filming Starsky & Hutch, Soul had an open relationship with actress Lynne Marta.

Soul's third wife was Patti Carmel Sherman (the ex-wife of fellow Here Come the Brides co-star and teen pop idol Bobby Sherman), whom he married in 1980. They had three children together, but the marriage disintegrated due to Soul's alcoholism and violent temper. Soul had been an alcoholic for several years, a problem that had affected both of his previous marriages. During his marriage to Sherman, Soul was arrested and jailed for assaulting her while she was seven months pregnant. After being released, he was ordered to attend a 2-year therapy program to deal with his drinking and anger. The couple divorced in 1986.

Soul was married again in 1987, to actress Julia Nickson. The couple had one child, China Soul, who is a singer/songwriter. Soul and Nickson divorced in 1993.

Soul emigrated to England (London) in the mid-1990s with his partner, American actress Alexa Hamilton, though the couple later broke up.

In September 2004, Soul became a British citizen, but retained his US citizenship. He is an avid fan of English football and is an Arsenal F.C. supporter.

Soul married his fifth wife, Helen Snell, in June 2010. They had been in a relationship since 2002, after meeting when Soul was working on the UK stage production of Deathtrap.