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.
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2009 | Max par Marcel: Lola Montès as Self (archive footage) |
2008 | Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "Le Plaisir" as Self (archive footage) |
2008 | Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde" as Self (archive footage) |
2002 | À l'abri des regards indiscrets as Abdel-Robert |
1997 | Une femme d'action as Charles |
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 | Fugueuses as Bruno |
1994 | Pushing the Limits as Le père de Fiona |
1994 | La cité de la peur as Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist |
1994 | Des feux mal éteints as The gentleman from the beach |
1994 | Warrior Spirit as John Ball |
1993 | Roulez jeunesse ! as Jean Moulinier |
1993 | De force avec d'autres as L'autre lui-même |
1993 | Coup de jeune as Gaudeamus at 70 |
1991 | L'Amérique en otage as Shah |
1991 | Les Secrets professionnels du Docteur Apfelglück as Roland Grumaud |
1991 | Mauvaise fille as Fernand |
1990 | Promotion canapé as Le responsable des inspecteurs de la Justice |
1990 | Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren as Self |
1990 | Mister Frost as Simon Scolari |
1989 | L'été de tous les chagrins as papy |
1988 | Itinerary of a Spoiled Child as Pierre Duvivier, Albert's father |
1988 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage) |
1988 | La vie est un long fleuve tranquille as Docteur Mavial |
1988 | Dandin as Monsieur de Sotenville |
1987 | Sécurité publique as Martino Morando |
1987 | Via Montenapoleone as padre di Elena |
1987 | Pétition as Stanek |
1986 | Killing Cars as Kellermann |
1985 | Blitz |
1985 | Les Enfants as Enrico |
1984 | Un delitto |
1982 | La Nuit de Varennes as De Wendel |
1982 | Guy de Maupassant as Gustave |
1981 | Сезона мира у Паризу |
1981 | Signé Furax as Broutechoux |
1979 | Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise ! as Don Gomez |
1978 | Schwüle Tage as Vater |
1978 | La Vocation suspendue as Malagrida |
1978 | La Discorde as Bernard |
1977 | Nous irons tous au paradis as Bastien, stage director |
1976 | La jalousie as Albert Blondel |
1975 | Trop c'est trop as Flic |
1975 | Diálogo de exiliados |
1974 | Ariane as The comedian |
1974 | Un linceul n'a pas de poches as Laurence |
1973 | La polizia è al servizio del cittadino? as Brera |
1973 | Double assassinat dans la Rue Morgue as Dupin |
1972 | Far from Dallas as Jean |
1971 | Un enfant dans la ville as Gustave, the bartender |
1971 | Christa as André |
1971 | Kalp Mırıltısı as Charles Chevalier |
1970 | La servante as Dr. Robert Marbois |
1969 | Détruire, dit-elle as Bernard Alione |
1969 | Hallucinations sadiques as Charles |
1969 | Slogan as Le père d'Evelyne |
1968 | Le mois le plus beau as Le capitaine |
1968 | La trêve as Arno |
1967 | Die Zeugin aus der Hölle as Bora Petrović |
1966 | Soleil noir as Guy Rodier |
1966 | Paris brûle-t-il? as Yves Bayet |
1966 | À belles dents as Bernard |
1966 | La Ligne de démarcation as Doctor Jacques Lafaye |
1966 | Les Sultans as Léo |
1966 | Zwei Girls vom roten Stern as Ballard |
1965 | Compartiment tueurs as Le vétérinaire titulaire, chargé de cours (uncredited) |
1965 | La verifica incerta as (archive footage) |
1965 | L'heure de la vérité as Davod |
1965 | El Niño y el Muro as Gunther Smith |
1964 | Les murs as François Bonjean |
1964 | Cherchez l'idole as Self, guest at Sylvie Vartan's show (uncredited) |
1964 | La Bonne Soupe as Raymond |
1963 | Tre piger i Paris as Raymond |
1963 | Vacances portugaises as Daniel |
1963 | Règlements de compte |
1962 | Les Petits Matins as le comédien qui répète "Cyrano" |
1961 | Réveille-toi, chérie as Masure |
1961 | Dans la gueule du loup as Un drogué |
1961 | La morte-saison des amours as Jacques Saint-Ford |
1961 | La Proie pour l'ombre as Eric Kraemmer |
1960 | Le tre eccetera del colonnello as Lieutenant Miguel Villard |
1960 | Orfe'nin Vasiyetnamesi as The Intern (uncredited) |
1960 | Cartagine in fiamme as Phegor |
1959 | Julie la rousse as Édouard Lavigne / Jean Lavigne |
1959 | Ce corps tant désiré as Guillaume Féraud |
1958 | Suivez-moi jeune homme as Michel Corbier |
1958 | La fille de Hambourg as Pierre |
1958 | Trois jours à vivre as Simon Belin |
1957 | Charmants Garçons as Alain Cartier |
1957 | Retour de manivelle as Robert Montillon |
1957 | Mort en fraude as Paul Horcier |
1956 | Je reviendrai à Kandara as Bernard Cormière |
1956 | Bonsoir Paris as Georges Bernier / Self |
1956 | En effeuillant la marguerite as Daniel Roy |
1956 | Çok Şey Bilen Adam as Louis Bernard |
1956 | Paris canaille as Antoine du Merlet |
1955 | Napoléon as Napoléon Bonaparte |
1955 | Les Amants du Tage as Pierre Roubier |
1954 | Allegro squadrone as Il soldato Frédéric d'Héricourt |
1954 | La romana as Mino |
1954 | L'Affaire Maurizius as Léonard Maurizius |
1954 | Sang et lumières as Ricardo Garcia |
1954 | Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances as Narrator (voice) |
1954 | Opinione pubblica |
1954 | La neige était sale as Frank Friedmayer |
1954 | Si Versailles m'était conté as Jean Collinet |
1953 | L'esclave as Michel Landa |
1953 | Rue de l'estrapade as Robert |
1953 | La maison du silence as L'ancien prisonnier |
1953 | Les Dents longues as Louis Commandeur |
1952 | La Minute de vérité as Daniel Prevost |
1952 | Torticola contre Frankensberg as The Man who sleeps in a Coffin |
1952 | Le Plaisir as Jean |
1952 | Traité de bave et d'éternité as Self |
1952 | Adorables créatures as André Noblet |
1951 | Une histoire d'amour as Jean Bompart |
1951 | Les Mains sales as Hugo |
1951 | Chicago Digest as Coffino |
1951 | Édouard et Caroline as Edouard Mortier |
1951 | La légende cruelle as Narrator (voice) |
1950 | Dieu a besoin des hommes as Joseph Le Berre |
1950 | La Ronde as Alfred, le jeune homme |
1949 | Rendez-vous de juillet as Lucien Bonnard |
1949 | Le paradis des pilotes perdus as Lieutenant Villeneuve |
1948 | Le Mannequin assassiné as Léopold |
1947 | La Femme en rouge as Saladin |
1947 | Miroir as Charles |
1947 | La Nuit de Sybille as Stany |
1946 | Martin Roumagnac as Le surveillant du collège |
1946 | Un ami viendra ce soir... as Pierre Ribault |
1946 | La Tentation de Barbizon as Michel |
1945 | Les Cadets de l'océan as Philippe Demantes |
1945 | L'Enquête du 58 |
1944 | Les Petites du quai aux fleurs as (uncredited) |
1943 | Lucrèce as College student |
1942 | Soyez les bienvenus |
1942 | Les Inconnus dans la maison as (uncredited) |
1941 | Premier rendez-vous as Chauveau-Laplace (uncredited) |
1940 | Les Surprises de la radio as Extra (uncredited) |
1940 | Miquette |
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