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Acting
Daniel Gélin
Also known as: Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin, Daniel Gelin
Biography
Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin (19 May 1921 – 29 November 2002) was a French actor. Gélin was born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, the son of Yvonne (née Le Méner) and Alfred Ernest Joseph Gélin. When he was ten, his family moved to Saint-Malo where Daniel went to college until he was expelled for 'uncouthness'. His father then found him a job in a shop that sold cans of salted cod. It was seeing the shooting of Marc Allégret's film Entrée des artistes that triggered his desire to go to Paris to train to be an actor. He trained at the Cours Simon in Paris before entering the Conservatoire national d'art dramatique. There he met Louis Jouvet and embarked on a theatrical career. He made his first film appearance in 1940 in Miquette and for several years was an extra or played small roles in French films. He appeared with Jean Gabin and Marlene Dietrich in Martin Roumagnac (1946). He won his first leading role in Rendez-vous de juillet (1949). From that time, he went on to appear in more than 150 films, including Max Ophüls' films La Ronde (1950) and Le Plaisir (1952), Jacques Becker's Édouard et Caroline (1951), Sacha Guitry's films Si Versailles m'était conté (Royal Affairs in Versailles) (1954) and Napoléon (1955), Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Jean Cocteau's Le Testament d'Orphée (1960), Le souffle au cœur (Murmur of the Heart) (1971), and La Nuit de Varennes (That Night in Varennes) (1982). He also wrote and directed one film, The Long Teeth, in 1952. Gélin was a leading man in French cinema during the 1950s, but his career declined with the coming of the New Wave. He worked in theater for several years, but later found new success on screen as a character actor. He appeared extensively in French films and television productions from the 1970s until his death, often playing cynical characters or grumpy old men. In 1946, Gélin married actress Danièle Delorme with whom he had a son, actor, director and producer Xavier Gélin. They divorced in 1954. While still married to Delorme, he had an affair with 17 year old model Marie Christine Schneider that produced a daughter, Maria Schneider. Due to his status as a married man, Gélin could not recognize Maria as his daughter. He visited the child several times but eventually severed his relationship with her mother. Maria Schneider and Daniel Gélin reconnected when she was sixteen and came to visit him. They remained in contact, although their relationship was irregular. Gélin was married to model Sylvie Hirsch from 1954 until their divorce in 1968. This marriage produced three children, Pascal (who died aged one year), Fiona , and Manuel, the latter two also becoming actors. In 1973, he remarried to Lydie Zaks with whom he had a daughter, Laura. Gélin died in Paris on 29 November 2002 of kidney failure. Source: Article "Daniel Gélin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 19, 1921
Day of Death
November 29, 2002
Age at Death
81 years old
Place of Birth
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Popularity Score
0.8
Filmography
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022Movie
Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
Self (archive footage)
2009Movie
Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde"
Self (archive footage)
2008Movie
Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "Le Plaisir"
Self (archive footage)
2008Movie
À l'abri des regards indiscrets
Abdel-Robert
2002Movie
Obsession
Xavier Favre
1997Movie
Une femme d'action
Charles
1997Movie
Men, Women: A User's Manual
le veuf
1996Movie
Les Bidochon
Le père Bidochon
1996Movie
Ghost with Driver
Le passeur (Le guide céleste)
1996Movie
Runaways
Bruno
1995Movie
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist
1994Movie
Warrior Spirit
John Ball
1994Movie
Pushing the Limits
Le père de Fiona
1994Movie
Poorly Extinguished Fires
The gentleman from the beach
1994Movie
Roulez jeunesse !
Jean Moulinier
1993Movie
Coup de jeune
Gaudeamus at 70
1993Movie
De force avec d'autres
L'autre lui-même
1993Movie
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
Roland Grumaud
1991Movie
Mauvaise fille
Fernand
1991Movie
Un type bien
Docteur Avril
1991Movie
Maigret
Le père Nicolas
1991TV
Iran: Days of Crisis
Shah
1991TV
Mr. Frost
Simon Scolari
1990Movie
Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren
Self
1990Movie
Promotion canapé
Le responsable des inspecteurs de la Justice
1990Movie
Les Nuls, l'émission
Self - Guest
1990TV
The summer of all sorrows
papy
1989Movie
Life Is a Long Quiet River
Docteur Mavial
1988Movie
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child
Pierre Duvivier, Albert's father
1988Movie
Dandin
Monsieur de Sotenville
1988Movie
Pétition
Stanek
1987Movie
Public Security
Martino Morando
1987Movie
Via Montenapoleone
padre di Elena
1987Movie
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1987Movie
The Legacy of Guldenburgs
Gregor Baschkurin
1987TV
Marc et Sophie
Edmond, le beau-père
1987TV
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987TV
Killing Cars
Kellermann
1986Movie
Le Tiroir secret
Jean-Pierre Jolivet
1986TV
The Children
Enrico
1985Movie
Blitz
Kellerman
1985Movie
Olga e i suoi figli
Il primario
1985TV
Un delitto
Judge Freshville
1984Movie
That Night of Varennes
De Wendel
1982Movie
Guy de Maupassant
Gustave
1982Movie
Aujourd'hui la vie
Self
1982TV
Season of Peace in Paris
1981Movie
Signé Furax
Broutechoux
1981Movie
Tarendol
Bazalo
1980TV
Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !
Don Gomez
1979Movie
The Suspended Vocation
Malagrida
1978Movie
Schwüle Tage
Vater
1978Movie
La Discorde
Bernard
1978Movie
Ciné regards
Self
1978TV
We Will All Meet in Paradise
Bastien, stage director
1977Movie
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
Self
1977Movie
La Jalousie
Albert Blondel
1976Movie
Trop c'est trop
Flic
1975Movie
Dialogues of the Exiles
1975Movie
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975TV
Midi Première
Self
1975TV
Numéro un
Self
1975TV
Système 2
Self
1975TV
No Pockets in a Shroud
Laurence
1974Movie
Ariane
The comedian
1974Movie
Der große Preis
Self
1974TV
The Police Serve the Citizens?
Brera
1973Movie
Double Assassinat dans la rue Morgue
Dupin
1973Movie
Far from Dallas
Jean
1972Movie
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972TV
Murmur of the Heart
Charles Chevalier
1971Movie
Swedish Fly Girls
André
1971Movie
Un enfant dans la ville
Gustave, the bartender
1971Movie
Arsène Lupin
Daubrecq
1971TV
The Servant
Dr. Robert Marbois
1970Movie
Slogan
Evelyne's father
1969Movie
Sadistic Hallucinations
Charles
1969Movie
Destroy, She Said
Bernard Alione
1969Movie
The Truce
Arno
1968Movie
The Most Beautiful Month
Le capitaine
1968Movie
Witness Out of Hell
Bora Petrović
1967Movie
Is Paris Burning?
Yves Bayet
1966Movie
Line of Demarcation
Doctor Jacques Lafaye
1966Movie
Black Sun
Guy Rodier
1966Movie
The Sultans
Léo
1966Movie
À belles dents
Bernard
1966Movie
An Affair of States
Ballard
1966Movie
The Sleeping Car Murders
Le vétérinaire titulaire, chargé de cours (uncredited)
1965Movie
Uncertain Verification
(archive footage)
1965Movie
The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall
Gunther Smith
1965Movie
The Hour of Truth
Davod
1965Movie
Les Saintes Chéries
Pierre Lagarde
1965TV
How to Make a French Dish
Raymond
1964Movie
Cherchez l'idole
Self, guest at Sylvie Vartan's show (uncredited)
1964Movie
Les murs
François Bonjean
1964Movie
Three Girls in Paris
Raymond
1963Movie
Règlements de compte
Nicky
1963Movie
Portuguese Vacation
Daniel
1963Movie
Hitch-Hike
le comédien qui répète "Cyrano"
1962Movie
Shadows of Adultery
Eric Kraemmer
1961Movie
The Season for Love
Jacques Saint-Ford
1961Movie
Réveille-toi, chérie
Masure
1961Movie
In the Mouth of the Wolf
Un drogué
1961Movie
Testament of Orpheus
L'interne (non crédité)
1960Movie
Carthage in Flames
Phegor
1960Movie
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
Lieutenant Miguel Villard
1960Movie
This Desired Body
Guillaume Féraud
1959Movie
Julie la rousse
Édouard Lavigne / Jean Lavigne
1959Movie
Port of Desire
Pierre
1958Movie
Three Days to Live
Simon Belin
1958Movie
Follow Me Young Man
Michel Corbier
1958Movie
There's Always a Price Tag
Robert Montillon
1957Movie
Too Many Lovers
Alain Cartier
1957Movie
Mort en fraude
Paul Horcier
1957Movie
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Louis Bernard
1956Movie
Plucking the Daisy
Daniel Roy
1956Movie
I'll Get Back to Kandara
Bernard Cormière
1956Movie
Good Evening Paris
Georges Bernier / Self
1956Movie
Maid in Paris
Antoine du Merlet
1956Movie
Cinépanorama
Self
1956TV
Napoleon
Napoléon Bonaparte
1955Movie
Lovers' Net
Pierre Roubier
1955Movie
On Trial
Léonard Maurizius
1954Movie
Woman of Rome
Mino
1954Movie
Love in a Hot Climate
Ricardo Garcia
1954Movie
Public Opinion
Paolo Jaier
1954Movie
The Cheerful Squadron
Frédéric d'Héricourt
1954Movie
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
Narrator (voice)
1954Movie
Reflets de Cannes
Self
1954TV
Les Dents longues
Louis Commandeur
1953Movie
Rue de l'estrapade
Robert
1953Movie
Voice of Silence
Francesco Ferro
1953Movie
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Jean Collinet
1953Movie
Stain on the Snow
Frank Friedmayer
1953Movie
The Slave
Michel Landa
1953Movie
Les Dents longues
Director
1953Movie
Les Dents longues
Adaptation
1953Movie
Le Plaisir
Jean
1952Movie
The Moment of Truth
Daniel Prévost
1952Movie
Venom and Eternity
Self
1952Movie
Adorable Creatures
André Noblet
1952Movie
Torticola versus Frankensberg
The Man who sleeps in a Coffin
1952Movie
Young Love
Jean Bompart
1951Movie
Edward and Caroline
Edouard Mortier
1951Movie
Dirty Hands
Hugo
1951Movie
La légende cruelle
Narrator (voice)
1951Movie
Chicago Digest
Coffino
1951Movie
La Ronde
Alfred, le jeune homme
1950Movie
God Needs Men
Joseph Le Berre
1950Movie
The Hell of Lost Pilots
Lieutenant Villeneuve
1949Movie
Rendezvous in July
Lucien Bonnard
1949Movie
The Murdered Model
Léopold
1948Movie
La Nuit de Sybille
Stany
1947Movie
The Woman in Red
Saladin
1947Movie
Mirror
Charles
1947Movie
Martin Roumagnac
Le surveillant du collège
1946Movie
A Friend Will Come Tonight
Pierre Ribault
1946Movie
The Temptation of Barbizon
Michel
1946Movie
L'Enquête du 58
1945Movie
Les Cadets de l'océan
Philippe Demantes
1945Movie
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
(uncredited)
1944Movie
Lucrèce
College student
1943Movie
Strangers in the House
(uncredited)
1942Movie
Soyez les bienvenus
1942Movie
Her First Affair
Chauveau-Laplace (uncredited)
1941Movie
Radio Surprises
Extra (uncredited)
1940Movie
Miquette
1940Movie