
Cast
Daniel Gélin
Acting
Cast
Daniel Gélin
Known for
Acting
Born
1921-05-19
From
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Died
2002-11-29
Also known as Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin, Daniel Gelin
Biography
Daniel Yves Alfred GĂ©lin (19 May 1921 â 29 November 2002) was a French actor. GĂ©lin was born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, the son of Yvonne (nĂ©e Le MĂ©ner) and Alfred Ernest Joseph GĂ©lin. 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 AllĂ©gret's film EntrĂ©e 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 OphĂŒls' films La Ronde (1950) and Le Plaisir (1952), Jacques Becker's Ădouard et Caroline (1951), Sacha Guitry's films Si Versailles m'Ă©tait contĂ© (Royal Affairs in Versailles) (1954) and NapolĂ©on (1955), Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Jean Cocteau's Le Testament d'OrphĂ©e (1960), Le souffle au cĆur (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. GĂ©lin 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, GĂ©lin married actress DaniĂšle Delorme with whom he had a son, actor, director and producer Xavier GĂ©lin. 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, GĂ©lin 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 GĂ©lin reconnected when she was sixteen and came to visit him. They remained in contact, although their relationship was irregular. GĂ©lin 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. GĂ©lin died in Paris on 29 November 2002 of kidney failure. Source: Article "Daniel GĂ©lin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Murmur of the Heart
as Charles Chevalier

The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Louis Bernard

Is Paris Burning?
as Yves Bayet

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
as Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist

Napoleon
as Napoléon Bonaparte

Slogan
as Evelyne's father

Obsession
as Xavier Favre

The Sleeping Car Murders
as Le vétérinaire titulaire, chargé de cours (uncredited)

Itinerary of a Spoiled Child
as Pierre Duvivier, Albert's father

Mister Frost
as Simon Scolari

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)

Warrior Spirit
as John Ball

The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
as Roland Grumaud

Promotion canapé
as Le responsable des inspecteurs de la Justice

Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Jean Collinet

The Slave
as Michel Landa

There's Always a Price Tag
as Robert Montillon

Testament of Orpheus
as L'interne (non crédité)

The Moment of Truth
as Daniel Prévost

La Ronde
as Alfred, le jeune homme

That Night of Varennes
as De Wendel

The Sultans
as Léo

Belmondo: The Incorrigible

Life Is a Long Quiet River
as Docteur Mavial

Le Plaisir
as Jean

Rendezvous in July
as Lucien Bonnard

Carthage in Flames
as Phegor

Trop c'est trop
as Flic

Signé Furax
as Broutechoux

Martin Roumagnac
as Le surveillant du collĂšge

Lovers' Net
as Pierre Roubier

Edward and Caroline
as Edouard Mortier

Woman of Rome
as Mino

Miquette

Les Dents longues
as Louis Commandeur

Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
as Narrator (voice)

Line of Demarcation
as Doctor Jacques Lafaye

Urgent ou Ă quoi bon exĂ©cuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-mĂȘme une jouissance suffisante
as Self

Adorable Creatures
as André Noblet

Men, Women: A User's Manual
as le veuf

Three Days to Live
as Simon Belin

The Cheerful Squadron
as Frédéric d'Héricourt

Black Sun
as Guy Rodier

Mort en fraude
as Paul Horcier

Cherchez l'idole
as Self, guest at Sylvie Vartan's show (uncredited)

We Will All Meet in Paradise
as Bastien, stage director

Chicago Digest
as Coffino

Plucking the Daisy
as Daniel Roy

Les Bidochon
as Le pĂšre Bidochon

Ghost with Driver
as Le passeur (Le guide céleste)

Uncertain Verification
as (archive footage)

Portuguese Vacation
as Daniel

Destroy, She Said
as Bernard Alione

Hitch-Hike
as le comédien qui répÚte "Cyrano"

Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
as Lieutenant Miguel Villard

Too Many Lovers
as Alain Cartier

Un enfant dans la ville
as Gustave, the bartender

The Temptation of Barbizon
as Michel

Her First Affair
as Chauveau-Laplace (uncredited)

Max par Marcel: Lola MontĂšs
as Self (archive footage)

Good Evening Paris
as Georges Bernier / Self

The Season for Love
as Jacques Saint-Ford

A Friend Will Come Tonight
as Pierre Ribault

The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall
as Gunther Smith

Venom and Eternity
as Self

Rue de l'estrapade
as Robert

Voice of Silence
as Francesco Ferro

How to Make a French Dish
as Raymond

Strangers in the House
as (uncredited)

Season of Peace in Paris

The Police Serve the Citizens?
as Brera

An Affair of States
as Ballard

ArrĂȘte de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !
as Don Gomez

Via Montenapoleone
as padre di Elena

Maid in Paris
as Antoine du Merlet

On Trial
as Léonard Maurizius

Roulez jeunesse !
as Jean Moulinier

Shadows of Adultery
as Eric Kraemmer

The Children
as Enrico

No Pockets in a Shroud
as Laurence

LucrĂšce
as College student

Les Cadets de l'océan
as Philippe Demantes

Killing Cars
as Kellermann

Swedish Fly Girls
as André

The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
as (uncredited)

In the Mouth of the Wolf
as Un drogué

Blitz
as Kellerman

God Needs Men
as Joseph Le Berre

The Suspended Vocation
as Malagrida

Ă belles dents
as Bernard

Port of Desire
as Pierre

Radio Surprises
as Extra (uncredited)

The Hour of Truth
as Davod

The Servant
as Dr. Robert Marbois

Guy de Maupassant
as Gustave

Dandin
as Monsieur de Sotenville

Witness Out of Hell
as Bora PetroviÄ

Mirror
as Charles

Runaways
as Bruno

The Hell of Lost Pilots
as Lieutenant Villeneuve

Julie la rousse
as Ădouard Lavigne / Jean Lavigne

Mauvaise fille
as Fernand

Young Love
as Jean Bompart

RĂšglements de compte
as Nicky

The Most Beautiful Month
as Le capitaine

Public Security
as Martino Morando

Ariane
as The comedian

Une femme d'action
as Charles

La Nuit de Sybille
as Stany

SchwĂŒle Tage
as Vater

The summer of all sorrows
as papy

This Desired Body
as Guillaume Féraud

Max OphĂŒls - Den schönen guten Waren
as Self

Coup de jeune
as Gaudeamus at 70

Ă l'abri des regards indiscrets
as Abdel-Robert

Sadistic Hallucinations
as Charles

Love in a Hot Climate
as Ricardo Garcia

Poorly Extinguished Fires
as The gentleman from the beach

The Truce
as Arno

De force avec d'autres
as L'autre lui-mĂȘme

Dirty Hands
as Hugo

L'EnquĂȘte du 58

Un delitto
as Judge Freshville

The Murdered Model
as Léopold

Les murs
as François Bonjean

Dialogues of the Exiles

Un type bien
as Docteur Avril

Three Girls in Paris
as Raymond

I'll Get Back to Kandara
as Bernard CormiĂšre

Réveille-toi, chérie
as Masure

Soyez les bienvenus

Stain on the Snow
as Frank Friedmayer

Public Opinion
as Paolo Jaier

Pushing the Limits
as Le pĂšre de Fiona

Torticola versus Frankensberg
as The Man who sleeps in a Coffin

The Woman in Red
as Saladin

La Discorde
as Bernard

La Jalousie
as Albert Blondel

Follow Me Young Man
as Michel Corbier

Far from Dallas
as Jean

Double Assassinat dans la rue Morgue
as Dupin

Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "Le Plaisir"
as Self (archive footage)

Pétition
as Stanek

La légende cruelle
as Narrator (voice)

Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde"
as Self (archive footage)