Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin (19 May 1921 – 29 November 2002) was a French actor.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/10/2009
Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "Le Plaisir"
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/09/2008
Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde"
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2008
À l'abri des regards indiscrets
Character:Abdel-Robert
Release Date:01/01/2002
Une femme d'action
Character:Charles
Release Date:01/12/1997
Obsession
Character:Xavier Favre
Release Date:28/08/1997
Men, Women: A User's Manual
Character:le veuf
Release Date:28/08/1996
Les Bidochon
Character:Le père Bidochon
Release Date:07/07/1996
Ghost with Driver
Character:Le passeur (Le guide céleste)
Release Date:20/03/1996
Runaways
Character:Bruno
Release Date:23/08/1995
Pushing the Limits
Character:Le père de Fiona
Release Date:16/03/1994
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
Character:Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist
Release Date:09/03/1994
Poorly Extinguished Fires
Character:The gentleman from the beach
Release Date:12/01/1994
Warrior Spirit
Character:John Ball
Release Date:07/01/1994
Roulez jeunesse !
Character:Jean Moulinier
Release Date:28/04/1993
De force avec d'autres
Character:L'autre lui-même
Release Date:24/04/1993
Coup de jeune
Character:Gaudeamus at 70
Release Date:07/04/1993
Iran: Days of Crisis
Character:Shah
Release Date:30/09/1991
Un type bien
Character:Docteur Avril
Release Date:28/08/1991
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
Character:Roland Grumaud
Release Date:24/04/1991
Mauvaise fille
Character:Fernand
Release Date:23/01/1991
Promotion canapé
Character:Le responsable des inspecteurs de la Justice
Release Date:10/10/1990
Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren
Character:Self
Release Date:03/09/1990
Mister Frost
Character:Simon Scolari
Release Date:10/04/1990
The summer of all sorrows
Character:papy
Release Date:08/03/1989
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child
Character:Pierre Duvivier, Albert's father
Release Date:30/11/1988
Life Is a Long Quiet River
Character:Docteur Mavial
Release Date:03/02/1988
Dandin
Character:Monsieur de Sotenville
Release Date:20/01/1988
Public Security
Character:Martino Morando
Release Date:17/06/1987
Via Montenapoleone
Character:padre di Elena
Release Date:13/03/1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/03/1987
Pétition
Character:Stanek
Release Date:01/01/1987
Killing Cars
Character:Kellermann
Release Date:13/02/1986
Blitz
Character:Kellerman
Release Date:13/03/1985
The Children
Character:Enrico
Release Date:01/02/1985
Un delitto
Character:Judge Freshville
Release Date:01/09/1984
The Night of Varennes
Character:De Wendel
Release Date:15/05/1982
Guy de Maupassant
Character:Gustave
Release Date:14/04/1982
Season of Peace in Paris
Character:
Release Date:01/07/1981
Signé Furax
Character:Broutechoux
Release Date:01/04/1981
Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !
Character:Don Gomez
Release Date:19/12/1979
Schwüle Tage
Character:Vater
Release Date:17/12/1978
The Suspended Vocation
Character:Malagrida
Release Date:27/07/1978
La Discorde
Character:Bernard
Release Date:22/03/1978
We Will All Meet in Paradise
Character:Bastien, stage director
Release Date:09/11/1977
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
Character:Self
Release Date:01/08/1977
La jalousie
Character:Albert Blondel
Release Date:21/04/1976
Trop c'est trop
Character:Flic
Release Date:05/06/1975
Dialogues of the Exiles
Character:
Release Date:23/04/1975
Ariane
Character:The comedian
Release Date:01/12/1974
No Pockets in a Shroud
Character:Laurence
Release Date:25/10/1974
The Police Serve the Citizens?
Character:Brera
Release Date:06/09/1973
Double assassinat dans la Rue Morgue
Character:Dupin
Release Date:02/06/1973
Far from Dallas
Character:Jean
Release Date:28/06/1972
Un enfant dans la ville
Character:Gustave, the bartender
Release Date:12/12/1971
Swedish Fly Girls
Character:André
Release Date:20/08/1971
Murmur of the Heart
Character:Charles Chevalier
Release Date:27/04/1971
The Servant
Character:Dr. Robert Marbois
Release Date:21/01/1970
Destroy, She Said
Character:Bernard Alione
Release Date:25/09/1969
Sadistic Hallucinations
Character:Charles
Release Date:30/07/1969
Slogan
Character:Evelyne's father
Release Date:27/07/1969
The Most Beautiful Month
Character:Le capitaine
Release Date:26/06/1968
The Truce
Character:Arno
Release Date:01/01/1968
Witness Out of Hell
Character:Bora Petrović
Release Date:28/06/1967
Black Sun
Character:Guy Rodier
Release Date:10/12/1966
Is Paris Burning?
Character:Yves Bayet
Release Date:26/10/1966
À belles dents
Character:Bernard
Release Date:05/07/1966
Line of Demarcation
Character:Doctor Jacques Lafaye
Release Date:25/05/1966
The Sultans
Character:Léo
Release Date:06/05/1966
An Affair of States
Character:Ballard
Release Date:25/02/1966
The Sleeping Car Murder
Character:Le vétérinaire titulaire, chargé de cours (uncredited)
Release Date:17/11/1965
Uncertain Verification
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:30/04/1965
The Hour of Truth
Character:Davod
Release Date:28/04/1965
The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall
Character:Gunther Smith
Release Date:17/03/1965
Les murs
Character:François Bonjean
Release Date:04/06/1964
Cherchez l'idole
Character:Self, guest at Sylvie Vartan's show (uncredited)
Release Date:26/02/1964
How to Make a French Dish
Character:Raymond
Release Date:29/01/1964
Three Girls in Paris
Character:Raymond
Release Date:12/10/1963
Portuguese Vacation
Character:Daniel
Release Date:09/10/1963
Règlements de compte
Character:Nicky
Release Date:05/03/1963
Hitch-Hike
Character:le comédien qui répète "Cyrano"
Release Date:16/03/1962
Réveille-toi, chérie
Character:Masure
Release Date:12/07/1961
In the Mouth of the Wolf
Character:Un drogué
Release Date:20/06/1961
The Season for Love
Character:Jacques Saint-Ford
Release Date:12/06/1961
Shadows of Adultery
Character:Eric Kraemmer
Release Date:13/04/1961
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
Character:Lieutenant Miguel Villard
Release Date:26/08/1960
Testament of Orpheus
Character:The Intern (uncredited)
Release Date:18/02/1960
Carthage in Flames
Character:Phegor
Release Date:29/01/1960
Julie la rousse
Character:Édouard Lavigne / Jean Lavigne
Release Date:12/08/1959
This Desired Body
Character:Guillaume Féraud
Release Date:17/04/1959
Follow Me Young Man
Character:Michel Corbier
Release Date:03/12/1958
Port of Desire
Character:Pierre
Release Date:13/08/1958
Three Days to Live
Character:Simon Belin
Release Date:12/03/1958
Too Many Lovers
Character:Alain Cartier
Release Date:11/12/1957
There's Always a Price Tag
Character:Robert Montillon
Release Date:18/09/1957
Mort en fraude
Character:Paul Horcier
Release Date:09/04/1957
I'll Get Back to Kandara
Character:Bernard Cormière
Release Date:20/12/1956
Good Evening Paris
Character:Georges Bernier / Self
Release Date:14/12/1956
Plucking the Daisy
Character:Daniel Roy
Release Date:25/07/1956
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Character:Louis Bernard
Release Date:16/05/1956
Maid in Paris
Character:Antoine du Merlet
Release Date:20/01/1956
Napoleon
Character:Napoléon Bonaparte
Release Date:25/03/1955
Lovers' Net
Character:Pierre Roubier
Release Date:18/01/1955
The Cheerful Squadron
Character:Frédéric d'Héricourt
Release Date:05/12/1954
Woman of Rome
Character:Mino
Release Date:27/10/1954
On Trial
Character:Léonard Maurizius
Release Date:04/06/1954
Love in a Hot Climate
Character:Ricardo Garcia
Release Date:14/05/1954
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:15/04/1954
Public Opinion
Character:Paolo Jaier
Release Date:26/02/1954
Stain on the Snow
Character:Frank Friedmayer
Release Date:19/02/1954
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Character:Jean Collinet
Release Date:10/02/1954
The Slave
Character:Michel Landa
Release Date:02/09/1953
Rue de l'estrapade
Character:Robert
Release Date:14/04/1953
Voice of Silence
Character:L'ancien prisonnier
Release Date:01/04/1953
Les Dents longues
Character:Louis Commandeur
Release Date:15/03/1953
The Moment of Truth
Character:Daniel Prévost
Release Date:22/10/1952
Torticola versus Frankensberg
Character:The Man who sleeps in a Coffin
Release Date:19/04/1952
Le Plaisir
Character:Jean
Release Date:29/02/1952
Venom and Eternity
Character:Self
Release Date:25/01/1952
Adorable Creatures
Character:André Noblet
Release Date:02/01/1952
Young Love
Character:Jean Bompart
Release Date:14/11/1951
Dirty Hands
Character:Hugo
Release Date:09/08/1951
Chicago Digest
Character:Coffino
Release Date:24/07/1951
Edward and Caroline
Character:Edouard Mortier
Release Date:06/04/1951
La légende cruelle
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:28/02/1951
God Needs Men
Character:Joseph Le Berre
Release Date:03/10/1950
La Ronde
Character:Alfred, le jeune homme
Release Date:27/09/1950
Rendezvous in July
Character:Lucien Bonnard
Release Date:06/12/1949
The Hell of Lost Pilots
Character:Lieutenant Villeneuve
Release Date:18/08/1949
The Murdered Model
Character:Léopold
Release Date:10/03/1948
The Woman in Red
Character:Saladin
Release Date:21/05/1947
Mirror
Character:Charles
Release Date:02/05/1947
La Nuit de Sybille
Character:Stany
Release Date:05/03/1947
Martin Roumagnac
Character:Le surveillant du collège
Release Date:18/12/1946
A Friend Will Come Tonight
Character:Pierre Ribault
Release Date:09/04/1946
The Temptation of Barbizon
Character:Michel
Release Date:13/03/1946
Les Cadets de l'océan
Character:Philippe Demantes
Release Date:14/11/1945
L'Enquête du 58
Character:
Release Date:04/11/1945
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:26/05/1944
Lucrèce
Character:College student
Release Date:15/12/1943
Soyez les bienvenus
Character:
Release Date:08/07/1942
Strangers in the House
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:16/05/1942
Her First Affair
Character:Chauveau-Laplace (uncredited)
Release Date:14/08/1941
Radio Surprises
Character:Extra (uncredited)
Release Date:08/05/1940
Miquette
Character:
Release Date:01/05/1940
Television Appearances
Maigret
Character:Le père Nicolas
Les Nuls, l'émission
Character:Self - Guest
Marc et Sophie
Character:Edmond, le beau-père
Sacrée Soirée
Character:Self
The Legacy of Guldenburgs
Character:Gregor Baschkurin
Le Tiroir secret
Character:Jean-Pierre Jolivet
Olga e i suoi figli
Character:Il primario
Tarendol
Character:Bazalo
Numéro un
Character:Self
Système 2
Character:Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
Midi Première
Character:Self
Der große Preis
Character:Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Character:Self
Arsène Lupin
Character:Daubrecq
Les Saintes Chéries
Character:Pierre Lagarde
Cinépanorama
Character:Self
Reflets de Cannes
Character:Self
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