Daniel Gélin
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Biography
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...
Known For
Filmography
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "Le Plaisir"
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde"
2008
as Self (archive footage)
À l'abri des regards indiscrets
2002
as Abdel-Robert
Obsession
1997
as Xavier Favre
Une femme d'action
1997
as Charles
Men, Women: A User's Manual
1996
as le veuf
Les Bidochon
1996
as Le père Bidochon
Ghost with Driver
1996
as Le passeur (Le guide céleste)
Runaways
1995
as Bruno
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
1994
as Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist
Warrior Spirit
1994
as John Ball
Pushing the Limits
1994
as Le père de Fiona
Poorly Extinguished Fires
1994
as The gentleman from the beach
Coup de jeune
1993
as Gaudeamus at 70
Roulez jeunesse !
1993
as Jean Moulinier
De force avec d'autres
1993
as L'autre lui-même
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
1991
as Roland Grumaud
Mauvaise fille
1991
as Fernand
Un type bien
1991
as Docteur Avril
Maigret
1991
as Le père Nicolas
Iran: Days of Crisis
1991
as Shah
Mr. Frost
1990
as Simon Scolari
Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren
1990
as Self
Promotion canapé
1990
as Le responsable des inspecteurs de la Justice
Les Nuls, l'émission
1990
as Self - Guest
The summer of all sorrows
1989
as papy
Life Is a Long Quiet River
1988
as Docteur Mavial
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child
1988
as Pierre Duvivier, Albert's father
Dandin
1988
as Monsieur de Sotenville
Pétition
1987
as Stanek
Public Security
1987
as Martino Morando
Via Montenapoleone
1987
as padre di Elena
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
The Legacy of Guldenburgs
1987
as Gregor Baschkurin
Marc et Sophie
1987
as Edmond, le beau-père
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self
Killing Cars
1986
as Kellermann
Le Tiroir secret
1986
as Jean-Pierre Jolivet
The Children
1985
as Enrico
Blitz
1985
as Kellerman
Olga e i suoi figli
1985
as Il primario
Un delitto
1984
as Judge Freshville
That Night of Varennes
1982
as De Wendel
Guy de Maupassant
1982
as Gustave
Aujourd'hui la vie
1982
as Self
Season of Peace in Paris
1981
Signé Furax
1981
as Broutechoux
Tarendol
1980
as Bazalo
Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !
1979
as Don Gomez
The Suspended Vocation
1978
as Malagrida
Schwüle Tage
1978
as Vater
La Discorde
1978
as Bernard
Ciné regards
1978
as Self
We Will All Meet in Paradise
1977
as Bastien, stage director
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
1977
as Self
La Jalousie
1976
as Albert Blondel
Trop c'est trop
1975
as Flic
Dialogues of the Exiles
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Midi Première
1975
as Self
Numéro un
1975
as Self
Système 2
1975
as Self
No Pockets in a Shroud
1974
as Laurence
Ariane
1974
as The comedian
Der große Preis
1974
as Self
The Police Serve the Citizens?
1973
as Brera
Double Assassinat dans la rue Morgue
1973
as Dupin
Far from Dallas
1972
as Jean
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Murmur of the Heart
1971
as Charles Chevalier
Swedish Fly Girls
1971
as André
Un enfant dans la ville
1971
as Gustave, the bartender
Arsène Lupin
1971
as Daubrecq
The Servant
1970
as Dr. Robert Marbois
Slogan
1969
as Evelyne's father
Sadistic Hallucinations
1969
as Charles
Destroy, She Said
1969
as Bernard Alione
The Truce
1968
as Arno
The Most Beautiful Month
1968
as Le capitaine
Witness Out of Hell
1967
as Bora Petrović
Is Paris Burning?
1966
as Yves Bayet
Line of Demarcation
1966
as Doctor Jacques Lafaye
Black Sun
1966
as Guy Rodier
The Sultans
1966
as Léo
À belles dents
1966
as Bernard
An Affair of States
1966
as Ballard
The Sleeping Car Murders
1965
as Le vétérinaire titulaire, chargé de cours (uncredited)
Uncertain Verification
1965
as (archive footage)
The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall
1965
as Gunther Smith
The Hour of Truth
1965
as Davod
Les Saintes Chéries
1965
as Pierre Lagarde
How to Make a French Dish
1964
as Raymond
Cherchez l'idole
1964
as Self, guest at Sylvie Vartan's show (uncredited)
Les murs
1964
as François Bonjean
Three Girls in Paris
1963
as Raymond
Règlements de compte
1963
as Nicky
Portuguese Vacation
1963
as Daniel
Hitch-Hike
1962
as le comédien qui répète "Cyrano"
Shadows of Adultery
1961
as Eric Kraemmer
The Season for Love
1961
as Jacques Saint-Ford
Réveille-toi, chérie
1961
as Masure
In the Mouth of the Wolf
1961
as Un drogué
Testament of Orpheus
1960
as L'interne (non crédité)
Carthage in Flames
1960
as Phegor
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
1960
as Lieutenant Miguel Villard
This Desired Body
1959
as Guillaume Féraud
Julie la rousse
1959
as Édouard Lavigne / Jean Lavigne
Port of Desire
1958
as Pierre
Three Days to Live
1958
as Simon Belin
Follow Me Young Man
1958
as Michel Corbier
There's Always a Price Tag
1957
as Robert Montillon
Too Many Lovers
1957
as Alain Cartier
Mort en fraude
1957
as Paul Horcier
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
as Louis Bernard
Plucking the Daisy
1956
as Daniel Roy
I'll Get Back to Kandara
1956
as Bernard Cormière
Good Evening Paris
1956
as Georges Bernier / Self
Maid in Paris
1956
as Antoine du Merlet
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
Napoleon
1955
as Napoléon Bonaparte
Lovers' Net
1955
as Pierre Roubier
On Trial
1954
as Léonard Maurizius
Woman of Rome
1954
as Mino
Love in a Hot Climate
1954
as Ricardo Garcia
Public Opinion
1954
as Paolo Jaier
The Cheerful Squadron
1954
as Frédéric d'Héricourt
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
1954
as Narrator (voice)
Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
Les Dents longues
1953
as Louis Commandeur
Rue de l'estrapade
1953
as Robert
Voice of Silence
1953
as Francesco Ferro
Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953
as Jean Collinet
Stain on the Snow
1953
as Frank Friedmayer
The Slave
1953
as Michel Landa
Le Plaisir
1952
as Jean
The Moment of Truth
1952
as Daniel Prévost
Venom and Eternity
1952
as Self
Adorable Creatures
1952
as André Noblet
Torticola versus Frankensberg
1952
as The Man who sleeps in a Coffin
Young Love
1951
as Jean Bompart
Edward and Caroline
1951
as Edouard Mortier
Dirty Hands
1951
as Hugo
La légende cruelle
1951
as Narrator (voice)
Chicago Digest
1951
as Coffino
La Ronde
1950
as Alfred, le jeune homme
God Needs Men
1950
as Joseph Le Berre
The Hell of Lost Pilots
1949
as Lieutenant Villeneuve
Rendezvous in July
1949
as Lucien Bonnard
The Murdered Model
1948
as Léopold
La Nuit de Sybille
1947
as Stany
The Woman in Red
1947
as Saladin
Mirror
1947
as Charles
Martin Roumagnac
1946
as Le surveillant du collège
A Friend Will Come Tonight
1946
as Pierre Ribault
The Temptation of Barbizon
1946
as Michel
L'Enquête du 58
1945
Les Cadets de l'océan
1945
as Philippe Demantes
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
1944
as (uncredited)
Lucrèce
1943
as College student
Strangers in the House
1942
as (uncredited)
Soyez les bienvenus
1942
Her First Affair
1941
as Chauveau-Laplace (uncredited)
Radio Surprises
1940
as Extra (uncredited)
Miquette
1940