Daniel Gélin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 19, 1921
- Died
- November 29, 2002 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
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.
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Filmography
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Movie
Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde"
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "Le Plaisir"
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
À l'abri des regards indiscrets
Movie · as Abdel-Robert
Obsession
Movie · as Xavier Favre
Une femme d'action
Movie · as Charles
Men, Women: A User's Manual
Movie · as le veuf
Les Bidochon
Movie · as Le père Bidochon
Ghost with Driver
Movie · as Le passeur (Le guide céleste)
Runaways
Movie · as Bruno
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
Movie · as Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist
Warrior Spirit
Movie · as John Ball
Pushing the Limits
Movie · as Le père de Fiona
Poorly Extinguished Fires
Movie · as The gentleman from the beach
Coup de jeune
Movie · as Gaudeamus at 70
Roulez jeunesse !
Movie · as Jean Moulinier
De force avec d'autres
Movie · as L'autre lui-même
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
Movie · as Roland Grumaud
Mauvaise fille
Movie · as Fernand
Un type bien
Movie · as Docteur Avril
Maigret
TV · as Le père Nicolas · 1 ep
Iran: Days of Crisis
TV · as Shah · 2 eps
Mr. Frost
Movie · as Simon Scolari
Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren
Movie · as Self
Promotion canapé
Movie · as Le responsable des inspecteurs de la Justice
Les Nuls, l'émission
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The summer of all sorrows
Movie · as papy
Life Is a Long Quiet River
Movie · as Docteur Mavial
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child
Movie · as Pierre Duvivier, Albert's father
Dandin
Movie · as Monsieur de Sotenville
Pétition
Movie · as Stanek
Public Security
Movie · as Martino Morando
Via Montenapoleone
Movie · as padre di Elena
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Legacy of Guldenburgs
TV · as Gregor Baschkurin · 1 ep
Marc et Sophie
TV · as Edmond, le beau-père · 220 eps
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Killing Cars
Movie · as Kellermann
Le Tiroir secret
TV · as Jean-Pierre Jolivet · 1 ep
The Children
Movie · as Enrico
Blitz
Movie · as Kellerman
Olga e i suoi figli
TV · as Il primario · 4 eps
Un delitto
Movie · as Judge Freshville
That Night of Varennes
Movie · as De Wendel
Guy de Maupassant
Movie · as Gustave
Aujourd'hui la vie
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Season of Peace in Paris
Movie
Signé Furax
Movie · as Broutechoux
Tarendol
TV · as Bazalo · 4 eps
Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !
Movie · as Don Gomez
The Suspended Vocation
Movie · as Malagrida
Schwüle Tage
Movie · as Vater
La Discorde
Movie · as Bernard
Ciné regards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
We Will All Meet in Paradise
Movie · as Bastien, stage director
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
Movie · as Self
La Jalousie
Movie · as Albert Blondel
Trop c'est trop
Movie · as Flic
Dialogues of Exiles
Movie
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Midi Première
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Numéro un
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Système 2
TV · as Self · 1 ep
No Pockets in a Shroud
Movie · as Laurence
Ariane
Movie · as The comedian
Der große Preis
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Police Serve the Citizens?
Movie · as Brera
Double Assassinat dans la rue Morgue
Movie · as Dupin
Far from Dallas
Movie · as Jean
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Murmur of the Heart
Movie · as Charles Chevalier
Swedish Fly Girls
Movie · as André
Un enfant dans la ville
Movie · as Gustave, the bartender
Arsène Lupin
TV · as Daubrecq · 1 ep
The Servant
Movie · as Dr. Robert Marbois
Slogan
Movie · as Evelyne's father
Sadistic Hallucinations
Movie · as Charles
Destroy, She Said
Movie · as Bernard Alione
The Truce
Movie · as Arno
The Most Beautiful Month
Movie · as Le capitaine
Witness Out of Hell
Movie · as Bora Petrović
Is Paris Burning?
Movie · as Yves Bayet
Line of Demarcation
Movie · as Doctor Jacques Lafaye
Black Sun
Movie · as Guy Rodier
The Sultans
Movie · as Léo
À belles dents
Movie · as Bernard
An Affair of States
Movie · as Ballard
The Sleeping Car Murders
Movie · as Le vétérinaire titulaire, chargé de cours (uncredited)
Uncertain Verification
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall
Movie · as Gunther Smith
The Hour of Truth
Movie · as Davod
Les Saintes Chéries
TV · as Pierre Lagarde · 39 eps
How to Make a French Dish
Movie · as Raymond
Cherchez l'idole
Movie · as Self, guest at Sylvie Vartan's show (uncredited)
Les murs
Movie · as François Bonjean
Three Girls in Paris
Movie · as Raymond
Règlements de compte
Movie · as Nicky
Portuguese Vacation
Movie · as Daniel
Hitch-Hike
Movie · as le comédien qui répète "Cyrano"
Shadows of Adultery
Movie · as Eric Kraemmer
The Season for Love
Movie · as Jacques Saint-Ford
Réveille-toi, chérie
Movie · as Masure
In the Mouth of the Wolf
Movie · as Un drogué
Testament of Orpheus
Movie · as L'interne (non crédité)
Carthage in Flames
Movie · as Phegor
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
Movie · as Lieutenant Miguel Villard
This Desired Body
Movie · as Guillaume Féraud
Julie la rousse
Movie · as Édouard Lavigne / Jean Lavigne
Port of Desire
Movie · as Pierre
Three Days to Live
Movie · as Simon Belin
Follow Me Young Man
Movie · as Michel Corbier
There's Always a Price Tag
Movie · as Robert Montillon
Too Many Lovers
Movie · as Alain Cartier
Mort en fraude
Movie · as Paul Horcier
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Movie · as Louis Bernard
Plucking the Daisy
Movie · as Daniel Roy
I'll Get Back to Kandara
Movie · as Bernard Cormière
Good Evening Paris
Movie · as Georges Bernier / Self
Maid in Paris
Movie · as Antoine du Merlet
Cinépanorama
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Napoleon
Movie · as Napoléon Bonaparte
Lovers' Net
Movie · as Pierre Roubier
On Trial
Movie · as Léonard Maurizius
Woman of Rome
Movie · as Mino
Love in a Hot Climate
Movie · as Ricardo Garcia
Public Opinion
Movie · as Paolo Jaier
The Cheerful Squadron
Movie · as Frédéric d'Héricourt
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Reflets de Cannes
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Les Dents longues
Movie · as Louis Commandeur
Rue de l'estrapade
Movie · as Robert
Voice of Silence
Movie · as Francesco Ferro
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Movie · as Jean Collinet
Stain on the Snow
Movie · as Frank Friedmayer
The Slave
Movie · as Michel Landa
Le Plaisir
Movie · as Jean
The Moment of Truth
Movie · as Daniel Prévost
Venom and Eternity
Movie · as Self
Adorable Creatures
Movie · as André Noblet
Torticola versus Frankensberg
Movie · as The Man who sleeps in a Coffin
Young Love
Movie · as Jean Bompart
Edward and Caroline
Movie · as Edouard Mortier
Dirty Hands
Movie · as Hugo
La légende cruelle
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Chicago Digest
Movie · as Coffino
La Ronde
Movie · as Alfred, le jeune homme
God Needs Men
Movie · as Joseph Le Berre
The Hell of Lost Pilots
Movie · as Lieutenant Villeneuve
Rendezvous in July
Movie · as Lucien Bonnard
The Murdered Model
Movie · as Léopold
La Nuit de Sybille
Movie · as Stany
The Woman in Red
Movie · as Saladin
Mirror
Movie · as Charles
Martin Roumagnac
Movie · as Le surveillant du collège
A Friend Will Come Tonight
Movie · as Pierre Ribault
The Temptation of Barbizon
Movie · as Michel
L'Enquête du 58
Movie
Les Cadets de l'océan
Movie · as Philippe Demantes
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
Movie · as (uncredited)
Lucrèce
Movie · as College student
Strangers in the House
Movie · as (uncredited)
Soyez les bienvenus
Movie
Her First Affair
Movie · as Chauveau-Laplace (uncredited)
Radio Surprises
Movie · as Extra (uncredited)
Miquette
Movie