Hollywood couple with 18-year age gap prove age is just a number as they're spotted 45 years after tying the knot

A Hollywood couple who have an 18-year age gap are still going strong, 45 years after getting married.

Now, we know that some people can find age differences controversial, with many celebrity couples who have differences in age facing scrutiny from the public.

But this duo are proving that it can work out, as their relationship has stood the test of time since they walked down the aisle in 1980.

They're both actors who have respectively taken on some huge movie roles, including in The Rare Breed, Grease 2, Dynasty, Passions, Electric Dreams, and The Colbys, to name a few.

The couple met as they both starred in the play The Elephant Man and went on to act in an episode of the 80s show Hotel together.

When they first crossed paths, he was 21 and she was 39, and now, he is 66 and she's 84 - but as we say, the age gap has in no way stopped them.

When they first met, he was 21 and she was 39 (Ron Galella/Getty Images)

They were spotted holding hands on a walk together in Los Angeles last month on November 23.

She was sporting a colourful outfit of purple leggings and a light-blue knitted jumper, complete with a black gilet, walking boots, and a funky pair of sunglasses, while her husband opted for a purple turtleneck and a navy fleece teamed with black jeans.

The couple also had a large professional camera on them as well as what looked like a card about information for something.

Have you guessed who they are yet?

That's right, this smitten couple is none other than Maxwell Caulfield and Juliet Mills!

As we say, they've been going strong for over four decade after meeting on set of The Elephant Man on Broadway in 1979 - and the attraction was instant.

Mills told Weekend Magazine in 2019: "We were instant friends, immediately attracted. I believe in reincarnation and I believe I'd known Maxwell in another life. It was like saying, 'Oh hello, there you are.'"

Caulfield added: "'It was a full-blown romance. There was a connection on a psychic level. It was instantaneous for us both."

Last month, the celebrity couple were spotted holding hands during a walk together (Backgrid)

The couple were living in California at the time and so managed to avoid to criticism of their age gap over here in the UK.

Mills recalled: "We were living in California and it didn't make so much news over there. I never felt any negative reaction. We were in a euphoric state. We never worried about the age gap."

She gushed: "Maxwell is very romantic, very protective and my best friend.

"He planned our wedding too. It was the most romantic ever - at sunrise on a clifftop overlooking the Pacific."

The pair got married at Point Dume in Malibu, with a small reception held at Mills' house in Beverly Hills.

She added: "Maxwell organised all the decorating in the house - fairylights and archways - it was absolutely beautiful.

"At one point there was a plane flying over with a message. It said, 'JMC for ever.'"