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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 19, 1921
Died
November 29, 2002
Place of Birth
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Also Known As
- Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin
- Daniel Gelin
Daniel Gélin
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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.
Known For
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Self (archive footage)
Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
2009
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Self (archive footage)
Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "Le Plaisir"
2008
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Self (archive footage)
Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde"
2008
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Abdel-Robert
À l'abri des regards indiscrets
2002
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Charles
Une femme d'action
1997
3.8
Xavier Favre
Obsession
1997
6.0
le veuf
Men, Women: A User's Manual
1996
2.9
Le père Bidochon
Les Bidochon
1996
4.9
Le passeur (Le guide céleste)
Ghost with Driver
1996
5.8
Bruno
Runaways
1995
Credits
Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
as Self (archive footage)
2009
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Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "Le Plaisir"
as Self (archive footage)
2008
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Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde"
as Self (archive footage)
2008
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À l'abri des regards indiscrets
as Abdel-Robert
2002
5.5
Une femme d'action
as Charles
1997
0.0
Obsession
as Xavier Favre
1997
3.8
Men, Women: A User's Manual
as le veuf
1996
6.0
Les Bidochon
as Le père Bidochon
1996
2.9
Ghost with Driver
as Le passeur (Le guide céleste)
1996
4.9
Runaways
as Bruno
1995
5.8
Pushing the Limits
as Le père de Fiona
1994
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Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
as Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist
1994
7.5
Poorly Extinguished Fires
as The gentleman from the beach
1994
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Warrior Spirit
as John Ball
1994
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Roulez jeunesse !
as Jean Moulinier
1993
5.5
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De force avec d'autres
as L'autre lui-même
1993
5.0
Coup de jeune
as Gaudeamus at 70
1993
5.0
Maigret
as Le père Nicolas
1991
7.6
Iran: Days of Crisis
as Shah
1991
3.5
Un type bien
as Docteur Avril
1991
1.0
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
as Roland Grumaud
1991
5.3
Mauvaise fille
as Fernand
1991
2.0
Les Nuls, l'émission
as Self - Guest
1990
8.3
Promotion canapé
as Le responsable des inspecteurs de la Justice
1990
5.0
Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren
as Self
1990
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Mister Frost
as Simon Scolari
1990
6.1
The summer of all sorrows
as papy
1989
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Itinerary of a Spoiled Child
as Pierre Duvivier, Albert's father
1988
7.3
Life Is a Long Quiet River
as Docteur Mavial
1988
6.8
Dandin
as Monsieur de Sotenville
1988
3.7
Marc et Sophie
as Edmond, le beau-père
1987
5.2
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
5.1
Public Security
as Martino Morando
1987
0.0
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
6.0
Via Montenapoleone
as padre di Elena
1987
3.4
The Legacy of Guldenburgs
as Gregor Baschkurin
1987
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Pétition
as Stanek
1987
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Le Tiroir secret
as Jean-Pierre Jolivet
1986
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Killing Cars
as Kellermann
1986
2.8
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Olga e i suoi figli
as Il primario
1985
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Blitz
as Kellerman
1985
2.0
The Children
as Enrico
1985
5.9
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Un delitto
as Judge Freshville
1984
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The Night of Varennes
as De Wendel
1982
6.8
Guy de Maupassant
as Gustave
1982
4.5
Season of Peace in Paris
1981
5.1
Signé Furax
as Broutechoux
1981
4.8
Tarendol
as Bazalo
1980
2.0
Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !
as Don Gomez
1979
2.0
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Schwüle Tage
as Vater
1978
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The Suspended Vocation
as Malagrida
1978
6.0
La Discorde
as Bernard
1978
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We Will All Meet in Paradise
as Bastien, stage director
1977
6.7
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
as Self
1977
5.5
La jalousie
as Albert Blondel
1976
0.0
Trop c'est trop
as Flic
1975
5.7
Dialogues of the Exiles
1975
6.6
Numéro un
as Self
1975
6.0
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Système 2
as Self
1975
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
Midi Première
as Self
1975
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Ariane
as The comedian
1974
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No Pockets in a Shroud
as Laurence
1974
5.2
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Der große Preis
as Self
1974
6.0
The Police Serve the Citizens?
as Brera
1973
6.6
Double assassinat dans la Rue Morgue
as Dupin
1973
7.0
Far from Dallas
as Jean
1972
6.0
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1972
8.0
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Un enfant dans la ville
as Gustave, the bartender
1971
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Swedish Fly Girls
as André
1971
4.6
Murmur of the Heart
as Charles Chevalier
1971
7.0
Arsène Lupin
as Daubrecq
1971
7.7
The Servant
as Dr. Robert Marbois
1970
6.0
Destroy, She Said
as Bernard Alione
1969
6.8
Sadistic Hallucinations
as Charles
1969
2.3
Slogan
as Evelyne's father
1969
5.6
The Most Beautiful Month
as Le capitaine
1968
4.0
The Truce
as Arno
1968
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Witness Out of Hell
as Bora Petrović
1967
6.7
Black Sun
as Guy Rodier
1966
4.0
Is Paris Burning?
as Yves Bayet
1966
7.2
À belles dents
as Bernard
1966
3.5
Line of Demarcation
as Doctor Jacques Lafaye
1966
6.2
The Sultans
as Léo
1966
4.3
An Affair of States
as Ballard
1966
0.0
The Sleeping Car Murder
as Le vétérinaire titulaire, chargé de cours (uncredited)
1965
6.9
Les Saintes Chéries
as Pierre Lagarde
1965
6.0
Uncertain Verification
as (archive footage)
1965
6.6
The Hour of Truth
as Davod
1965
5.2
The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall
as Gunther Smith
1965
6.4
Les murs
as François Bonjean
1964
0.0
Cherchez l'idole
as Self, guest at Sylvie Vartan's show (uncredited)
1964
6.2
How to Make a French Dish
as Raymond
1964
4.5
Three Girls in Paris
as Raymond
1963
5.0
Portuguese Vacation
as Daniel
1963
5.6
Règlements de compte
as Nicky
1963
2.0
Hitch-Hike
as le comédien qui répète "Cyrano"
1962
5.5
Réveille-toi, chérie
as Masure
1961
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In the Mouth of the Wolf
as Un drogué
1961
7.5
The Season for Love
as Jacques Saint-Ford
1961
5.0
Shadows of Adultery
as Eric Kraemmer
1961
6.1
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
as Lieutenant Miguel Villard
1960
0.0
Testament of Orpheus
as The Intern (uncredited)
1960
7.7
Carthage in Flames
as Phegor
1960
5.1
Julie la rousse
as Édouard Lavigne / Jean Lavigne
1959
1.0
This Desired Body
as Guillaume Féraud
1959
6.0
Follow Me Young Man
as Michel Corbier
1958
5.0
Port of Desire
as Pierre
1958
3.5
Three Days to Live
as Simon Belin
1958
5.4
Too Many Lovers
as Alain Cartier
1957
5.6
There's Always a Price Tag
as Robert Montillon
1957
6.3
Mort en fraude
as Paul Horcier
1957
5.6
I'll Get Back to Kandara
as Bernard Cormière
1956
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Good Evening Paris
as Georges Bernier / Self
1956
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Plucking the Daisy
as Daniel Roy
1956
6.2
The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Louis Bernard
1956
7.5
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
8.0
Maid in Paris
as Antoine du Merlet
1956
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Napoleon
as Napoléon Bonaparte
1955
6.3
Lovers' Net
as Pierre Roubier
1955
4.7
The Cheerful Squadron
as Frédéric d'Héricourt
1954
5.7
Woman of Rome
as Mino
1954
6.0
On Trial
as Léonard Maurizius
1954
6.8
Love in a Hot Climate
as Ricardo Garcia
1954
0.0
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
as Narrator (voice)
1954
0.0
Reflets de Cannes
as Self
1954
2.0
Public Opinion
as Paolo Jaier
1954
0.0
Stain on the Snow
as Frank Friedmayer
1954
6.1
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Jean Collinet
1954
6.7
The Slave
as Michel Landa
1953
5.5
Rue de l'estrapade
as Robert
1953
5.2
Voice of Silence
as L'ancien prisonnier
1953
6.4
Les Dents longues
as Louis Commandeur
1953
5.4
The Moment of Truth
as Daniel Prévost
1952
5.8
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Torticola versus Frankensberg
as The Man who sleeps in a Coffin
1952
4.0
Le Plaisir
as Jean
1952
7.5
Venom and Eternity
as Self
1952
6.7
Adorable Creatures
as André Noblet
1952
5.0
Young Love
as Jean Bompart
1951
6.2
Dirty Hands
as Hugo
1951
4.4
Chicago Digest
as Coffino
1951
0.0
Edward and Caroline
as Edouard Mortier
1951
6.4
La légende cruelle
as Narrator (voice)
1951
0.0
God Needs Men
as Joseph Le Berre
1950
6.2
La Ronde
as Alfred, le jeune homme
1950
7.3
Rendezvous in July
as Lucien Bonnard
1949
5.8
The Hell of Lost Pilots
as Lieutenant Villeneuve
1949
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The Murdered Model
as Léopold
1948
4.0
The Woman in Red
as Saladin
1947
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Mirror
as Charles
1947
6.8
La Nuit de Sybille
as Stany
1947
0.0
Martin Roumagnac
as Le surveillant du collège
1946
6.6
A Friend Will Come Tonight
as Pierre Ribault
1946
5.5
The Temptation of Barbizon
as Michel
1946
5.7
Les Cadets de l'océan
as Philippe Demantes
1945
5.0
L'Enquête du 58
1945
9.0
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
as (uncredited)
1944
6.1
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Lucrèce
as College student
1943
4.0
Soyez les bienvenus
1942
0.0
Strangers in the House
as (uncredited)
1942
7.0
Her First Affair
as Chauveau-Laplace (uncredited)
1941
6.5
Radio Surprises
as Extra (uncredited)
1940
5.0
Miquette
1940
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