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