Maxwell Reed (2 April 1919, Larne, Ireland–31 October 1974, England) was an Irish actor which became a matinee idol during the 1950s with the Rank Organisation in Britain. He was the first husband of the young British starlet Joan Collins whom he married on 24 May 1952. The marriage ended in divorce in 1956. Collins later claimed in her 1978 autobiography Past Imperfect that the divorce was a result of Reed allegedly tried to sell her to an Arab sheik. He is best known for his roles in the films The Dark Man, Blackout, Daybreak, Clouded Yellow, Dear Murderer, There Is Another Sun and The Brain Machine. He also appeared to good effect in non-genre films such as Helen of Troy, Sea Devils, The Brothers and The Square Ring (in a role later played on TV by Sean Connery). Maxwell Reed drifted to the US in the late 50s and appeared in a few films and was a guest star on many TV series. He portrayed the title role in the 1950s television series Captain David Grief. He died young from cancer in 1974.

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• Maxwell Reed at the Internet Movie Database