Daniel Gélin

Personal Info

Birthday

May 19, 1921

Day of Death

2002-11-29

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France

Also Known As

Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin

Daniel Gelin

Daniel Gélin

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 be an actor.

Known For

Arsène Lupin

The Legacy of Guldenburgs

Marc et Sophie

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Murmur of the Heart

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy

Les Saintes Chéries

Is Paris Burning?

Filmography

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