Daniel Gélin
Known for Acting · 164 credits
- Born
- 1921-05-19
- Died
- 2002-11-29
- Place of birth
- Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
- Also known as
- Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin · Daniel Gelin
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. 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.
Known For
TV Shows (19)
Midi Première
1975
as Self
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Numéro un
1975
as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
Maigret
1991
as Le père Nicolas
Système 2
1975
as Self
Der große Preis
1974
as Self
Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
Marc et Sophie
1987
as Edmond, le beau-père
Les Nuls, l'émission
1990
as Self - Guest
Arsène Lupin
1971
as Daubrecq
The Legacy of Guldenburgs
1987
as Gregor Baschkurin
Le Tiroir secret
1986
as Jean-Pierre Jolivet
Les Saintes Chéries
1965
as Pierre Lagarde
Tarendol
1980
as Bazalo
Iran: Days of Crisis
1991
as Shah
Olga e i suoi figli
1985
as Il primario
Movies (145)
Murmur of the Heart
1971
as Charles Chevalier
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
as Louis Bernard
Is Paris Burning?
1966
as Yves Bayet
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
1994
as Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist
Napoleon
1955
as Napoléon Bonaparte
Slogan
1969
as Evelyne's father
Obsession
1997
as Xavier Favre
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child
1988
as Pierre Duvivier, Albert's father
Mister Frost
1990
as Simon Scolari
Warrior Spirit
1994
as John Ball
The Sleeping Car Murders
1965
as Le vétérinaire titulaire, chargé de cours (uncredited)
Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953
as Jean Collinet
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
1991
as Roland Grumaud
Testament of Orpheus
1960
as L'interne (non crédité)
Life Is a Long Quiet River
1988
as Docteur Mavial
The Sultans
1966
as Léo
Promotion canapé
1990
as Le responsable des inspecteurs de la Justice
The Slave
1953
as Michel Landa
Martin Roumagnac
1946
as Le surveillant du collège
That Night of Varennes
1982
as De Wendel
La Ronde
1950
as Alfred, le jeune homme
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
Carthage in Flames
1960
as Phegor
Trop c'est trop
1975
as Flic
There's Always a Price Tag
1957
as Robert Montillon
Le Plaisir
1952
as Jean
Signé Furax
1981
as Broutechoux
Uncertain Verification
1965
as (archive footage)
Rendezvous in July
1949
as Lucien Bonnard
The Moment of Truth
1952
as Daniel Prévost
Adorable Creatures
1952
as André Noblet
Lovers' Net
1955
as Pierre Roubier
Line of Demarcation
1966
as Doctor Jacques Lafaye
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
1977
as Self
Woman of Rome
1954
as Mino
Edward and Caroline
1951
as Edouard Mortier
Les Dents longues
1953
as Louis Commandeur
The Cheerful Squadron
1954
as Frédéric d'Héricourt
Black Sun
1966
as Guy Rodier
Hitch-Hike
1962
as le comédien qui répète "Cyrano"
Cherchez l'idole
1964
as Self, guest at Sylvie Vartan's show (uncredited)
On Trial
1954
as Léonard Maurizius
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
1954
as Narrator (voice)
Plucking the Daisy
1956
as Daniel Roy
Ghost with Driver
1996
as Le passeur (Le guide céleste)
Venom and Eternity
1952
as Self
Strangers in the House
1942
as (uncredited)
Un enfant dans la ville
1971
as Gustave, the bartender
Three Days to Live
1958
as Simon Belin
We Will All Meet in Paradise
1977
as Bastien, stage director
Portuguese Vacation
1963
as Daniel
Via Montenapoleone
1987
as padre di Elena
How to Make a French Dish
1964
as Raymond
Too Many Lovers
1957
as Alain Cartier
Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !
1979
as Don Gomez
Mort en fraude
1957
as Paul Horcier
Men, Women: A User's Manual
1996
as le veuf
Roulez jeunesse !
1993
as Jean Moulinier
Shadows of Adultery
1961
as Eric Kraemmer
Good Evening Paris
1956
as Georges Bernier / Self
An Affair of States
1966
as Ballard
Voice of Silence
1953
as Francesco Ferro
Destroy, She Said
1969
as Bernard Alione
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
1960
as Lieutenant Miguel Villard
The Police Serve the Citizens?
1973
as Brera
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
1944
as (uncredited)
The Children
1985
as Enrico
Her First Affair
1941
as Chauveau-Laplace (uncredited)
Lucrèce
1943
as College student
A Friend Will Come Tonight
1946
as Pierre Ribault
Les Bidochon
1996
as Le père Bidochon
Julie la rousse
1959
as Édouard Lavigne / Jean Lavigne
Swedish Fly Girls
1971
as André
No Pockets in a Shroud
1974
as Laurence
Les Cadets de l'océan
1945
as Philippe Demantes
Chicago Digest
1951
as Coffino
Miquette
1940
In the Mouth of the Wolf
1961
as Un drogué
The Season for Love
1961
as Jacques Saint-Ford
The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall
1965
as Gunther Smith
À belles dents
1966
as Bernard
The Temptation of Barbizon
1946
as Michel
Killing Cars
1986
as Kellermann
Witness Out of Hell
1967
as Bora Petrović
The Hour of Truth
1965
as Davod
Season of Peace in Paris
1981
The Suspended Vocation
1978
as Malagrida
Port of Desire
1958
as Pierre
Blitz
1985
as Kellerman
Public Security
1987
as Martino Morando
Rue de l'estrapade
1953
as Robert
Runaways
1995
as Bruno
Young Love
1951
as Jean Bompart
The Hell of Lost Pilots
1949
as Lieutenant Villeneuve
Mauvaise fille
1991
as Fernand
Mirror
1947
as Charles
Sadistic Hallucinations
1969
as Charles
Poorly Extinguished Fires
1994
as The gentleman from the beach
Dandin
1988
as Monsieur de Sotenville
The Servant
1970
as Dr. Robert Marbois
Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
2009
as Self (archive footage)
God Needs Men
1950
as Joseph Le Berre
Coup de jeune
1993
as Gaudeamus at 70
Guy de Maupassant
1982
as Gustave
Maid in Paris
1956
as Antoine du Merlet
Radio Surprises
1940
as Extra (uncredited)
Schwüle Tage
1978
as Vater
Une femme d'action
1997
as Charles
Règlements de compte
1963
as Nicky
Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren
1990
as Self
Love in a Hot Climate
1954
as Ricardo Garcia
Three Girls in Paris
1963
as Raymond
Un delitto
1984
as Judge Freshville
The summer of all sorrows
1989
as papy
La Nuit de Sybille
1947
as Stany
The Truce
1968
as Arno
Dialogues of the Exiles
1975
De force avec d'autres
1993
as L'autre lui-même
This Desired Body
1959
as Guillaume Féraud
About Daniel Gélin
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 Pari… With 164 credits spanning from 1940 to 2022, Daniel Gélin has appeared in 145 films and 19 TV shows.
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Most Popular Daniel Gélin Movies
- Murmur of the Heart (1971) — as Charles Chevalier
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) — as Louis Bernard
- Is Paris Burning? (1966) — as Yves Bayet
- Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994) — as Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist
- Napoleon (1955) — as Napoléon Bonaparte
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