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Daniel GĂ©lin
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Daniel Yves Alfred GĂ©lin (19 May 1921 â 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 AllĂ©gret's film EntrĂ©e 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 âŠ
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Daniel Yves Alfred GĂ©lin (19 May 1921 â 29 November 2002) was a French actor. GĂ©lin was born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, the son of Yvonne (nĂ©e Le MĂ©ner) and Alfred Ernest Joseph GĂ©lin. 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 AllĂ©gret's film EntrĂ©e 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 OphĂŒls' films La Ronde (1950) and Le Plaisir (1952), Jacques Becker's Ădouard et Caroline (1951), Sacha Guitry's films Si Versailles m'Ă©tait contĂ© (Royal Affairs in Versailles) (1954) and NapolĂ©on (1955), Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Jean Cocteau's Le Testament d'OrphĂ©e (1960), Le souffle au cĆur (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. GĂ©lin 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, GĂ©lin married actress DaniĂšle Delorme with whom he had a son, actor, director and producer Xavier GĂ©lin. 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, GĂ©lin 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 GĂ©lin reconnected when she was sixteen and came to visit him. They remained in contact, although their relationship was irregular. GĂ©lin 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. GĂ©lin died in Paris on 29 November 2002 of kidney failure. Source: Article "Daniel GĂ©lin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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BODY OF WORK
Daniel GĂ©lin's Filmography
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Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Max par Marcel: Lola MontĂšs
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel GĂ©lin on "Le Plaisir"
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel GĂ©lin on "La Ronde"
as Self (archive footage)
Ă l'abri des regards indiscrets
as Abdel-Robert
Une femme d'action
as Charles
Obsession
as Xavier Favre
Men, Women: A User's Manual
as le veuf
Les Bidochon
as Le pĂšre Bidochon
Ghost with Driver
as Le passeur (Le guide céleste)
Runaways
as Bruno
Pushing the Limits
as Le pĂšre de Fiona
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
as Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist
Poorly Extinguished Fires
as The gentleman from the beach
No Poster
Warrior Spirit
as John Ball
Roulez jeunesse !
as Jean Moulinier
No Poster
De force avec d'autres
as L'autre lui-mĂȘme
Coup de jeune
as Gaudeamus at 70
Un type bien
as Docteur Avril
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
as Roland Grumaud
Mauvaise fille
as Fernand
Promotion canapé
as Le responsable des inspecteurs de la Justice
Max OphĂŒls - Den schönen guten Waren
as Self
Mr. Frost
as Simon Scolari
The summer of all sorrows
as papy
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
Public Security
as Martino Morando
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
Via Montenapoleone
as padre di Elena
No Poster
PĂ©tition
as Stanek
Killing Cars
as Kellermann
The Children
as Enrico
No Poster
Blitz
as Kellerman
No Poster
Un delitto
as Judge Freshville
That Night of Varennes
as De Wendel
Guy de Maupassant
as Gustave
Season of Peace in Paris
Signé Furax
as Broutechoux
ArrĂȘte de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !
as Don Gomez
No Poster
SchwĂŒle Tage
as Vater
The Suspended Vocation
as Malagrida
La Discorde
as Bernard
We Will All Meet in Paradise
as Bastien, stage director
Urgent ou Ă quoi bon exĂ©cuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-mĂȘme une jouissance suffisante
as Self
La Jalousie
as Albert Blondel
Trop c'est trop
as Flic
Dialogues of the Exiles
Ariane
as The comedian
No Pockets in a Shroud
as Laurence
The Police Serve the Citizens?
as Brera
Double Assassinat dans la rue Morgue
as Dupin
Far from Dallas
as Jean
No Poster
Un enfant dans la ville
as Gustave, the bartender
Swedish Fly Girls
as André
Murmur of the Heart
as Charles Chevalier
The Servant
as Dr. Robert Marbois
Destroy, She Said
as Bernard Alione
Sadistic Hallucinations
as Charles
Slogan
as Evelyne's father
The Most Beautiful Month
as Le capitaine
The Truce
as Arno
Witness Out of Hell
as Bora PetroviÄ
Black Sun
as Guy Rodier
Is Paris Burning?
as Yves Bayet
Ă belles dents
as Bernard
Line of Demarcation
as Doctor Jacques Lafaye
The Sultans
as LĂ©o
An Affair of States
as Ballard
The Sleeping Car Murders
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
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
Three Girls in Paris
as Raymond
Portuguese Vacation
as Daniel
RĂšglements de compte
as Nicky
Hitch-Hike
as le comédien qui répÚte "Cyrano"
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
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
as Lieutenant Miguel Villard
Testament of Orpheus
as L'interne (non crédité)
Carthage in Flames
as Phegor
Julie la rousse
as Ădouard Lavigne / Jean Lavigne
This Desired Body
as Guillaume FĂ©raud
Follow Me Young Man
as Michel Corbier
Port of Desire
as Pierre
Three Days to Live
as Simon Belin
Too Many Lovers
as Alain Cartier
There's Always a Price Tag
as Robert Montillon
Mort en fraude
as Paul Horcier
I'll Get Back to Kandara
as Bernard CormiĂšre
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
Napoleon
as Napoléon Bonaparte
Lovers' Net
as Pierre Roubier
The Cheerful Squadron
as Frédéric d'Héricourt
Woman of Rome
as Mino
On Trial
as LĂ©onard Maurizius
Love in a Hot Climate
as Ricardo Garcia
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
as Narrator (voice)
Public Opinion
as Paolo Jaier
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Jean Collinet
The Slave
as Michel Landa
Rue de l'estrapade
as Robert
Voice of Silence
as Francesco Ferro
Stain on the Snow
as Frank Friedmayer
Les Dents longues
as Louis Commandeur
The Moment of Truth
as Daniel Prévost
No Poster
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
Young Love
as Jean Bompart
Dirty Hands
as Hugo
Chicago Digest
as Coffino
Edward and Caroline
as Edouard Mortier
La légende cruelle
as Narrator (voice)
God Needs Men
as Joseph Le Berre
La Ronde
as Alfred, le jeune homme
Rendezvous in July
as Lucien Bonnard
The Hell of Lost Pilots
as Lieutenant Villeneuve
The Murdered Model
as LĂ©opold
The Woman in Red
as Saladin
Mirror
as Charles
La Nuit de Sybille
as Stany
Martin Roumagnac
as Le surveillant du collĂšge
A Friend Will Come Tonight
as Pierre Ribault
The Temptation of Barbizon
as Michel
Les Cadets de l'océan
as Philippe Demantes
L'EnquĂȘte du 58
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
as (uncredited)
No Poster
LucrĂšce
as College student
Soyez les bienvenus
Strangers in the House
as (uncredited)
Her First Affair
as Chauveau-Laplace (uncredited)
Radio Surprises
as Extra (uncredited)
