Daniel Gélin

ActorWriterDirector May 19 (died age 81) Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France 1940–2009 (69 year career)

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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

Film

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Louis Bernard

Film

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy

Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist

Film

Life Is a Long Quiet River

Docteur Mavial

Film

Itinerary of a Spoiled Child

Pierre Duvivier, Albert's father

Film

Is Paris Burning?

Yves Bayet

Film

Murmur of the Heart

Charles Chevalier

Film

Testament of Orpheus

The Intern (uncredited)

Film

Le Plaisir

Jean

Filmography

Acting (163)

Movies (145)

Max par Marcel: Lola Montès

2009

as Self (archive footage)

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)

À l'abri des regards indiscrets

as Abdel-Robert

Obsession

as Xavier Favre

Une femme d'action

as Charles

Ghost with Driver

1996

as Le passeur (Le guide céleste)

4.9

Les Bidochon

1996

as Le père Bidochon

2.9

Men, Women: A User's Manual

as le veuf

Runaways

as Bruno

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy

1994

as Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist

Warrior Spirit

as John Ball

Pushing the Limits

as Le père de Fiona

Poorly Extinguished Fires

1994

as The gentleman from the beach

Roulez jeunesse !

1993

as Jean Moulinier

5.5

De force avec d'autres

as L'autre lui-même

Coup de jeune

as Gaudeamus at 70

Mauvaise fille

as Fernand

The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck

as Roland Grumaud

Un type bien

as Docteur Avril

Iran: Days of Crisis

as Shah

Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren

1990

as Self

Mister Frost

1990

as Simon Scolari

6.2

Promotion canapé

1990

as Le responsable des inspecteurs de la Justice

5.0

The summer of all sorrows

1989

as papy

Life Is a Long Quiet River

1988

as Docteur Mavial

6.7

Itinerary of a Spoiled Child

1988

as Pierre Duvivier, Albert's father

7.2

Dandin

1988

as Monsieur de Sotenville

3.7

Pétition

1987

as Stanek

Public Security

1987

as Martino Morando

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

as Self (archive footage)

Via Montenapoleone

as padre di Elena

Killing Cars

as Kellermann

Blitz

as Kellerman

The Children

as Enrico

Un delitto

as Judge Freshville

The Night of Varennes

as De Wendel

Guy de Maupassant

as Gustave

Season of Peace in Paris

Signé Furax

as Broutechoux

Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !

1979

as Don Gomez

2.0

The Suspended Vocation

1978

as Malagrida

6.0

Schwüle Tage

1978

as Vater

La Discorde

1978

as Bernard

We Will All Meet in Paradise

1977

as Bastien, stage director

6.7

Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante

1977

as Self

5.5

La Jalousie

1976

as Albert Blondel

Trop c'est trop

1975

as Flic

5.7

Dialogues of the Exiles

1975

6.6

Ariane

1974

as The comedian

No Pockets in a Shroud

1974

as Laurence

5.2

The Police Serve the Citizens?

1973

as Brera

6.6

Double Assassinat dans la rue Morgue

as Dupin

Far from Dallas

as Jean

Murmur of the Heart

as Charles Chevalier

Swedish Fly Girls

as André

Un enfant dans la ville

1971

as Gustave, the bartender

The Servant

1970

as Dr. Robert Marbois

6.0

Destroy, She Said

1969

as Bernard Alione

6.8

Sadistic Hallucinations

as Charles

Slogan

as Evelyne's father

The Truce

as Arno

The Most Beautiful Month

as Le capitaine

Witness Out of Hell

as Bora Petrović

Is Paris Burning?

as Yves Bayet

The Sultans

as Léo

Black Sun

as Guy Rodier

Line of Demarcation

as Doctor Jacques Lafaye

6.2

An Affair of States

1966

as Ballard

À belles dents

as Bernard

The Hour of Truth

as Davod

The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall

1965

as Gunther Smith

6.4

The Sleeping Car Murders

1965

as Le vétérinaire titulaire, chargé de cours (uncredited)

6.9

Uncertain Verification

1965

as (archive footage)

6.6

Cherchez l'idole

1964

as Self, guest at Sylvie Vartan's show (uncredited)

6.2

How to Make a French Dish

as Raymond

Les murs

as François Bonjean

Three Girls in Paris

as Raymond

Portuguese Vacation

as Daniel

Règlements de compte

as Nicky

Hitch-Hike

as le comédien qui répète "Cyrano"

5.5

In the Mouth of the Wolf

1961

as Un drogué

7.5

Réveille-toi, chérie

1961

as Masure

Shadows of Adultery

1961

as Eric Kraemmer

6.1

The Season for Love

1961

as Jacques Saint-Ford

5.0

Testament of Orpheus

1960

as The Intern (uncredited)

7.6

Carthage in Flames

1960

as Phegor

5.1

Three Etc.'s and the Colonel

1960

as Lieutenant Miguel Villard

This Desired Body

1959

as Guillaume Féraud

6.0

Julie la rousse

1959

as Édouard Lavigne / Jean Lavigne

Port of Desire

as Pierre

Three Days to Live

as Simon Belin

Follow Me Young Man

as Michel Corbier

Mort en fraude

as Paul Horcier

Too Many Lovers

as Alain Cartier

There's Always a Price Tag

1957

as Robert Montillon

6.3

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1956

as Louis Bernard

7.4

I'll Get Back to Kandara

1956

as Bernard Cormière

Good Evening Paris

1956

as Georges Bernier / Self

Plucking the Daisy

1956

as Daniel Roy

6.2

Maid in Paris

1956

as Antoine du Merlet

Lovers' Net

1955

as Pierre Roubier

4.7

Napoleon

1955

as Napoléon Bonaparte

Woman of Rome

as Mino

Stain on the Snow

as Frank Friedmayer

The Cheerful Squadron

1954

as Frédéric d'Héricourt

5.7

On Trial

1954

as Léonard Maurizius

6.8

Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances

1954

as Narrator (voice)

Love in a Hot Climate

1954

as Ricardo Garcia

Public Opinion

1954

as Paolo Jaier

Royal Affairs in Versailles

as Jean Collinet

Les Dents longues

as Louis Commandeur

The Slave

as Michel Landa

Rue de l'estrapade

as Robert

Voice of Silence

as L'ancien prisonnier

6.4

Torticola versus Frankensberg

1952

as The Man who sleeps in a Coffin

Adorable Creatures

as André Noblet

Le Plaisir

as Jean

Venom and Eternity

as Self

The Moment of Truth

as Daniel Prévost

La légende cruelle

as Narrator (voice)

Chicago Digest

1951

as Coffino

Edward and Caroline

as Edouard Mortier

Dirty Hands

as Hugo

Young Love

as Jean Bompart

God Needs Men

as Joseph Le Berre

La Ronde

as Alfred, le jeune homme

7.3

Rendezvous in July

1949

as Lucien Bonnard

5.8

The Hell of Lost Pilots

1949

as Lieutenant Villeneuve

The Murdered Model

1948

as Léopold

4.0

La Nuit de Sybille

1947

as Stany

Mirror

1947

as Charles

6.8

The Woman in Red

1947

as Saladin

A Friend Will Come Tonight

1946

as Pierre Ribault

5.5

Martin Roumagnac

1946

as Le surveillant du collège

6.6

The Temptation of Barbizon

1946

as Michel

5.7

Les Cadets de l'océan

as Philippe Demantes

L'Enquête du 58

The Little Ones of the Flower Platform

as (uncredited)

Lucrèce

as College student

Strangers in the House

as (uncredited)

Soyez les bienvenus

Her First Affair

as Chauveau-Laplace (uncredited)

6.5

Miquette

1940

Radio Surprises

1940

as Extra (uncredited)

5.0

Television (18)

Maigret

as Le père Nicolas

Les Nuls, l'émission

as Self - Guest

Sacrée Soirée

as Self

The Legacy of Guldenburgs

1987

as Gregor Baschkurin

4.0

Marc et Sophie

1987

as Edmond, le beau-père

5.2

Le Tiroir secret

1986

as Jean-Pierre Jolivet

3.0

Olga e i suoi figli

1985

as Il primario

Tarendol

as Bazalo

Midi Première

as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

Numéro un

as Self

Système 2

as Self

Der große Preis

as Self

Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

Arsène Lupin

as Daubrecq

Les Saintes Chéries

as Pierre Lagarde

Cinépanorama

as Self

Reflets de Cannes

as Self

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Les Dents longues

Adaptation

Les Dents longues

Director