Daniel Gélin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 19, 1921
- Died
- November 29, 2002
- Birthplace
- Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
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.
Filmography
Belmondo: The Incorrigible 2022
Actor
Max par Marcel: Lola Montès 2009
as Self (archive footage)
- Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "Le Plaisir"
Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "Le Plaisir" 2008
as Self (archive footage)
- Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde"
Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde" 2008
as Self (archive footage)
À l'abri des regards indiscrets 2002
as Abdel-Robert
Une femme d'action 1997
as Charles
Obsession 1997
as Xavier Favre
Men, Women: A User's Manual 1996
as le veuf
Les Bidochon 1996
as Le père Bidochon
Ghost with Driver 1996
as Le passeur (Le guide céleste)
Runaways 1995
as Bruno
Pushing the Limits 1994
as Le père de Fiona
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy 1994
as Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist
Poorly Extinguished Fires 1994
as The gentleman from the beach
- Warrior Spirit
Warrior Spirit 1994
as John Ball
Roulez jeunesse ! 1993
as Jean Moulinier
- De force avec d'autres
De force avec d'autres 1993
as L'autre lui-même
Coup de jeune 1993
as Gaudeamus at 70
Un type bien 1991
as Docteur Avril
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck 1991
as Roland Grumaud
Mauvaise fille 1991
as Fernand
Promotion canapé 1990
as Le responsable des inspecteurs de la Justice
Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren 1990
as Self
Mr. Frost 1990
as Simon Scolari
The summer of all sorrows 1989
as papy
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child 1988
as Pierre Duvivier, Albert's father
Life Is a Long Quiet River 1988
as Docteur Mavial
Dandin 1988
as Monsieur de Sotenville
Public Security 1987
as Martino Morando
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life 1987
as Self (archive footage)
Via Montenapoleone 1987
as padre di Elena
- Pétition
Pétition 1987
as Stanek
Killing Cars 1986
as Kellermann
The Children 1985
as Enrico
- Blitz
Blitz 1985
as Kellerman
- Un delitto
Un delitto 1984
as Judge Freshville
That Night of Varennes 1982
as De Wendel
Guy de Maupassant 1982
as Gustave
Season of Peace in Paris 1981
Actor
Signé Furax 1981
as Broutechoux
Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise ! 1979
as Don Gomez
- Schwüle Tage
Schwüle Tage 1978
as Vater
The Suspended Vocation 1978
as Malagrida
La Discorde 1978
as Bernard
We Will All Meet in Paradise 1977
as Bastien, stage director
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante 1977
as Self
La Jalousie 1976
as Albert Blondel
Trop c'est trop 1975
as Flic
Dialogues of Exiles 1975
Actor
Ariane 1974
as The comedian
No Pockets in a Shroud 1974
as Laurence
The Police Serve the Citizens? 1973
as Brera
Double Assassinat dans la rue Morgue 1973
as Dupin
Far from Dallas 1972
as Jean
- Un enfant dans la ville
Un enfant dans la ville 1971
as Gustave, the bartender
Swedish Fly Girls 1971
as André
Murmur of the Heart 1971
as Charles Chevalier
The Servant 1970
as Dr. Robert Marbois
Destroy, She Said 1969
as Bernard Alione
Sadistic Hallucinations 1969
as Charles
Slogan 1969
as Evelyne's father
The Most Beautiful Month 1968
as Le capitaine
The Truce 1968
as Arno
Witness Out of Hell 1967
as Bora Petrović
Black Sun 1966
as Guy Rodier
Is Paris Burning? 1966
as Yves Bayet
À belles dents 1966
as Bernard
Line of Demarcation 1966
as Doctor Jacques Lafaye
The Sultans 1966
as Léo
An Affair of States 1966
as Ballard
The Sleeping Car Murders 1965
as Le vétérinaire titulaire, chargé de cours (uncredited)
Uncertain Verification 1965
as (archive footage)
The Hour of Truth 1965
as Davod
The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall 1965
as Gunther Smith
Les murs 1964
as François Bonjean
Cherchez l'idole 1964
as Self, guest at Sylvie Vartan's show (uncredited)
How to Make a French Dish 1964
as Raymond
Three Girls in Paris 1963
as Raymond
Portuguese Vacation 1963
as Daniel
Règlements de compte 1963
as Nicky
Hitch-Hike 1962
as le comédien qui répète "Cyrano"
Réveille-toi, chérie 1961
as Masure
In the Mouth of the Wolf 1961
as Un drogué
The Season for Love 1961
as Jacques Saint-Ford
Shadows of Adultery 1961
as Eric Kraemmer
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel 1960
as Lieutenant Miguel Villard
Testament of Orpheus 1960
as L'interne (non crédité)
Carthage in Flames 1960
as Phegor
Julie la rousse 1959
as Édouard Lavigne / Jean Lavigne
This Desired Body 1959
as Guillaume Féraud
Follow Me Young Man 1958
as Michel Corbier
Port of Desire 1958
as Pierre
Three Days to Live 1958
as Simon Belin
Too Many Lovers 1957
as Alain Cartier
There's Always a Price Tag 1957
as Robert Montillon
Mort en fraude 1957
as Paul Horcier
I'll Get Back to Kandara 1956
as Bernard Cormière
Good Evening Paris 1956
as Georges Bernier / Self
Plucking the Daisy 1956
as Daniel Roy
The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956
as Louis Bernard
Maid in Paris 1956
as Antoine du Merlet
Napoleon 1955
as Napoléon Bonaparte
Lovers' Net 1955
as Pierre Roubier
The Cheerful Squadron 1954
as Frédéric d'Héricourt
Woman of Rome 1954
as Mino
On Trial 1954
as Léonard Maurizius
Love in a Hot Climate 1954
as Ricardo Garcia
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances 1954
as Narrator (voice)
Public Opinion 1954
as Paolo Jaier
Royal Affairs in Versailles 1953
as Jean Collinet
The Slave 1953
as Michel Landa
Rue de l'estrapade 1953
as Robert
Voice of Silence 1953
as Francesco Ferro
Stain on the Snow 1953
as Frank Friedmayer
Les Dents longues 1953
as Louis Commandeur, Director, Adaptation
The Moment of Truth 1952
as Daniel Prévost
- Torticola versus Frankensberg
Torticola versus Frankensberg 1952
as The Man who sleeps in a Coffin
Le Plaisir 1952
as Jean
Venom and Eternity 1952
as Self
Adorable Creatures 1952
as André Noblet
Young Love 1951
as Jean Bompart
Dirty Hands 1951
as Hugo
Chicago Digest 1951
as Coffino
Edward and Caroline 1951
as Edouard Mortier
La légende cruelle 1951
as Narrator (voice)
God Needs Men 1950
as Joseph Le Berre
La Ronde 1950
as Alfred, le jeune homme
Rendezvous in July 1949
as Lucien Bonnard
The Hell of Lost Pilots 1949
as Lieutenant Villeneuve
The Murdered Model 1948
as Léopold
The Woman in Red 1947
as Saladin
Mirror 1947
as Charles
La Nuit de Sybille 1947
as Stany
Martin Roumagnac 1946
as Le surveillant du collège
A Friend Will Come Tonight 1946
as Pierre Ribault
The Temptation of Barbizon 1946
as Michel
Les Cadets de l'océan 1945
as Philippe Demantes
L'Enquête du 58 1945
Actor
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform 1944
as (uncredited)
- Lucrèce
Lucrèce 1943
as College student
Soyez les bienvenus 1942
Actor
Strangers in the House 1942
as (uncredited)
Her First Affair 1941
as Chauveau-Laplace (uncredited)
Radio Surprises 1940
as Extra (uncredited)
Miquette 1940
Actor
Credits from TMDB.