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Xavier Gélin

Producer, Actor, Writer, Director, Additional Credits
Born June 21, 1946Died July 2, 1999 (53 years)
Xavier Gélin (21 June 1946 – 2 July 1999) was a French actor and film producer, and son of French film star Daniel Gélin and actress-producer Danièle Delorme. Through his father, he was a half-brother of Fiona Gélin and Maria Schneider, also actresses. Gélin, a French actor and a mainstay of popular French cinema for more than three decades, died of cancer at the age of 53.

He played supporting roles in more than 20 films, including Gerard Oury's 1973 comic hit "The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob" with Louis de Funes. He also starred in Claude Lelouche's "Adventure, It's Adventure" and "The Devil by the Tail" by Phillippe de Broca. Other hits include Claude Pinoteau's "The Slap" and "The Party-2."

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Woman in Red
  • The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

Known For

  • War of the Buttons
  • The Man with One Red Shoe
  • The Woman in Red
  • The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
  • The Tit and the Moon
  • The Twin
  • Golden Balls
  • Mister Frost
  • Promotion canapé
  • Chronicle of a Death Foretold
  • S*P*Y*S
  • Honeymoon
  • The Devil by the Tail
  • The Slap
  • Signé Furax
  • Loulou Graffiti
  • Just Between Us
  • Tant qu'il y aura des femmes
  • L'homme idéal
  • Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête
  • Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David?
  • Last Summer in Tangiers
  • When the Dark Man Calls
  • Pillaged

Xavier Gélin Filmography

1998
1995
When the Dark Man Calls · as Associate Producer
1994
War of the Buttons · as Executive Producer
1994
The Tit and the Moon · as Co-Producer
1993
Golden Balls · as Co-Producer
1993
1992
1990
1990
1989
1987
1987
Chronicle of a Death Foretold · as Associate Producer
1987
1985
1985
The Man with One Red Shoe · as Associate Producer
1984
The Twin · as Executive Producer
1984
The Woman in Red · as Associate Producer
1982
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David? · as Executive Producer

1993
Coup de jeune · as Un Collègue De Anne-Christine
1992
Les amies de ma femme · as Le Directeur De La Chaîne Tv
1990
Promotion canapé · as Un Proxénéte
1989
1982
The Party 2 · as Gilles, Françoise's Work Colleague (uncredited)
1981
Signé Furax · as Théo Courant
1978
A Simple Story · as Denisold
1978
Take It from the Top · as Le Mari
1978
1974
The Return of the Tall Blond Man · as Peintre À L'aéroport
1974
The Slap · as Xavier
1974
S*P*Y*S · as Paul
1973
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything · as Le Fils À La Sécurité Sociale
1973
Salut l'artiste · as Zeller, Un Jeune Réalisateur (uncredited)
1973
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob · as Alexandre, General's Son
1972
1972
Repeated Absences · as Le 2e Flic
1972
Money Money Money · as Daniel Massar, Lino's Son
1971
1971
La ville-bidon · as Un Jeune Cadre
1970
1969
1969
The Devil by the Tail · as Charly - Le Garagiste
1967
Pillaged · as Michel Castagnier
1967
Maigret (1967) (TV Series) · as Van Damme
1965
Les Saintes Chéries (TV Series) · as Laurent
1964
Cherchez l'idole · as Un Invité Au Spectacle De Sylvie Vartan

2022
2018
Le Grand Échiquier (TV Series) · as Self
1975
Number One (TV Series) · as Self
1970
Aujourd'hui Madame (TV Series) · as Self

1993
Coup de jeune · as Adaptation

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