He met his third wife actress Sue Nicholls at a party in 1983 and they married ten years later. He later starred as baddie Alan Bradley in "Coronation Street" with Sue.
Mark Eden's grand-daughter is the actress Emma Griffiths Malin (b. 1981), who made a stunning impression as Fleur Forsyte in the 2003 television remake of John Galsworthy's "The Forsyte Saga", with an original interpretation of the role.
One son, David Malin, from his marriage to Joan Malin (who later married John Le Mesurier).