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