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Daniel Gélin
Actor, Director, Additional Credits
Born May 19, 1921Died November 29, 2002 (81 years)
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.
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
Filmography
| 2022 | Belmondo L'Incorrigible · as Cast |
| 2021 | Warrior Spirit · as John Ball |
| 2016 | Chris Olsen - The Boy Who Cried · as Cast |
| 2010 | What War May Bring · as Cameo Appearance |
| 1999 | Eva & Adam (TV Series) · as Badvakten |
| 1997 | Obsession · as Xavier Favre |
| 1996 | Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi · as Le Veuf |
| 1996 | Les Bidochon · as Le Père Bidochon |
| 1996 | Fantôme avec chauffeur · as Le Passeur (le Guide Céleste) |
| 1995 | Runaways · as Bruno |
| 1994 | 3000 scénarios contre un virus (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1994 | Pushing the Limits · as Le Père De Fiona |
| 1994 | Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy · as Mr. Mireille, The 2nd Projectionist |
| 1993 | Les marmottes · as Léo |
| 1993 | Coup de jeune · as Gaudeamus At 70 |
| 1992 | De force avec d'autres · as L'autre Lui-Même |
| 1992 | Une Famille Formidable (TV Series) · as Édouard Beaumont |
| 1991 | Maigret (1991) (TV Series) · as Le Père Nicolas |
| 1991 | Iran: Days of Crisis · as Shah |
| 1991 | Les secrets professionnels du Docteur Apfelgluck · as Roland Grumaud |
| 1990 | Promotion canapé · as Le Responsable Des Inspecteurs De La Justice |
| 1990 | Mister Frost · as Simon Scolari |
| 1988 | Itinerary of a Spoiled Child · as Pierre Duvivier, Albert's Father |
| 1988 | Life Is a Long Quiet River · as Docteur Mavial |
| 1988 | Dandin · as Monsieur De Sotenville |
| 1987 | Marc et Sophie (TV Series) · as Edmond, Le Beau-Père |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson · as Louis Bernard (clip From The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)) |
| 1987 | The Legacy of Guldenburgs (TV Series) · as Gregor Baschkurin |
| 1987 | Via Montenapoleone · as Padre Di Elena |
| 1986 | The Secret Drawer (TV Series) · as Jean-Pierre Jolivet |
| 1986 | Killing Cars · as Kellermann |
| 1985 | The Children · as Enrico |
| 1983 | |
| 1982 | That Night in Varennes · as De Wendel |
| 1982 | Guy de Maupassant · as Gustave |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | Signé Furax · as Broutechoux |
| 1980 | Tarendol (TV Series) · as Bazalo |
| 1979 | Qu'il est joli garçon l'assassin de papa · as Don Gomez |
| 1978 | The Suspended Vocation · as Malagrida |
| 1977 | Pardon Mon Affaire, Too! · as Bastien, Stage Director |
| 1976 | La jalousie · as Albert Blondel |
| 1975 | Cinéma 16 (TV Series) · as Adam |
| 1975 | Trop c'est trop! · as Flic |
| 1975 | |
| 1974 | Ariane · as The Comedian |
| 1974 | No Pockets in a Shroud · as Laurence |
| 1973 | The Police Serve the Citizens? · as Brera |
| 1973 | Le double assassinat de la rue Morgue · as Dupin |
| 1971 | Swedish Fly Girls · as André |
| 1971 | Murmur of the Heart · as Charles Chevalier |
| 1971 | Arsène Lupin (TV Series) · as Daubrecq |
| 1970 | The Servant · as Dr. Robert Marbois |
| 1969 | Destroy, She Said · as Bernard Alione |
| 1969 | Hallucinations sadiques · as Charles |
| 1969 | Slogan · as Le Père D'evelyne |
| 1968 | The Truce · as Arno |
| 1967 | Maigret (1967) (TV Series) · as François Keller |
| 1966 | Witness Out of Hell · as Bora Petrović |
| 1966 | Soleil noir · as Guy Rodier |
| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? · as Yves Bayet |
| 1966 | La morale de l'histoire · as François |
| 1966 | Living it Up · 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 (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Les Saintes Chéries (TV Series) · as Pierre Lagarde |
| 1965 | The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall · as Gunther Smith |
| 1965 | The Hour of Truth · as Davod |
| 1964 | La confrontation · as Jacques |
| 1964 | La bonne soupe · as Raymond |
| 1963 | Tre piger i Paris · as Raymond |
| 1963 | Vacances portugaises · as Daniel |
| 1962 | The Longest Day · as Undetermined Role (french Version) |
| 1962 | Hitch-Hike · as Le Comédien Qui Répète "cyrano" |
| 1961 | The Season for Love · as Jacques Saint-Ford |
| 1961 | Shadows of Adultery · as Eric Kraemmer |
| 1960 | Testament of Orpheus · as The Intern (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Carthage in Flames · as Phegor |
| 1959 | Julie the Redhead · as Édouard Lavigne / Jean Lavigne |
| 1959 | This Desired Body · as Guillaume Féraud |
| 1958 | Suivez-moi jeune homme · as Michel Corbier |
| 1958 | Port of Desire · as Pierre |
| 1957 | Charmants garçons · as Alain Cartier |
| 1957 | Retour de manivelle · as Robert Montillon |
| 1957 | Three Days to Live · as Simon Belin |
| 1957 | Fugitive in Saigon · 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 |
| 1955 | Napoleon · as Napoléon Bonaparte |
| 1955 | Port of Shame · as Pierre Roubier |
| 1955 | Pantomimes · as Cast |
| 1954 | Woman of Rome · as Mino |
| 1954 | The Cheerful Squadron · as Il Soldato Frédéric D'héricourt |
| 1954 | On Trial · as Léonard Maurizius |
| 1954 | Beauty and the Bullfighter · as Ricardo Garcia |
| 1954 | The Snow Was Black · as Frank Friedmayer |
| 1954 | Royal Affairs in Versailles · as Jean Collinet |
| 1953 | The Slave · as Michel Landa |
| 1953 | Francoise Steps Out · as Robert |
| 1953 | Voice of Silence · as L'ancien Prisonnier |
| 1953 | The Long Teeth · as Louis Commandeur |
| 1952 | The Moment of Truth · as Daniel Prevost |
| 1952 | Adorable Creatures · as André Noblet |
| 1952 | Le Plaisir · as Jean |
| 1951 | Young Love · as Jean Bompart |
| 1951 | Dirty Hands · as Hugo |
| 1951 | Edward and Caroline · as Edouard Mortier |
| 1950 | God Needs Men · as Joseph Le Berre |
| 1950 | La Ronde · as Alfred, Le Jeune Homme |
| 1949 | Rendezvous in July · as Lucien Bonnard |
| 1947 | Miroir · as Charles |
| 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 |
| 1944 | Les petites du quai aux fleurs · as (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Lucrèce · as College Student |
| 1942 | The Murderer Lives at Number 21 · as Cast |
| 1942 | Strangers in the House · as (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Her First Affair · as Chauveau-Laplace (uncredited) |