- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 19, 1921
- Place of Birth
- Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
- Died
- November 29, 2002
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 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 …
Filmography
movieBelmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
movieMax par Marcel: Lola Montès
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "Le Plaisir"
movieWorking with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "Le Plaisir"
2008 · Self (archive footage)
Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde"
movieWorking with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde"
2008 · Self (archive footage)
movieÀ l'abri des regards indiscrets
2002 · Abdel-Robert
movieUne femme d'action
1997 · Charles
movieObsession
1997 · Xavier Favre
movieMen, Women: A User's Manual
1996 · le veuf
movieLes Bidochon
1996 · Le père Bidochon
movieGhost with Driver
1996 · Le passeur (Le guide céleste)
movieRunaways
1995 · Bruno
moviePushing the Limits
1994 · Le père de Fiona
movieFear City: A Family-Style Comedy
1994 · Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist
moviePoorly Extinguished Fires
1994 · The gentleman from the beach
Warrior Spirit
movieWarrior Spirit
1994 · John Ball
movieRoulez jeunesse !
1993 · Jean Moulinier
De force avec d'autres
movieDe force avec d'autres
1993 · L'autre lui-même
movieCoup de jeune
1993 · Gaudeamus at 70
tvMaigret
1991 · Le père Nicolas
Iran: Days of Crisis
tvIran: Days of Crisis
1991 · Shah
movieUn type bien
1991 · Docteur Avril
movieThe Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
1991 · Roland Grumaud
movieMauvaise fille
1991 · Fernand
tvLes Nuls, l'émission
1990 · Self - Guest
moviePromotion canapé
1990 · Le responsable des inspecteurs de la Justice
movieMax Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren
1990 · Self
movieMister Frost
1990 · Simon Scolari
movieThe summer of all sorrows
1989 · papy
movieItinerary of a Spoiled Child
1988 · Pierre Duvivier, Albert's father
movieLife Is a Long Quiet River
1988 · Docteur Mavial
movieDandin
1988 · Monsieur de Sotenville
tvMarc et Sophie
1987 · Edmond, le beau-père
tvSacrée soirée
1987 · Self
moviePublic Security
1987 · Martino Morando
movieVia Montenapoleone
1987 · padre di Elena
movieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Legacy of Guldenburgs
1987 · Gregor Baschkurin
Pétition
moviePétition
1987 · Stanek
tvLe Tiroir secret
1986 · Jean-Pierre Jolivet
movieKilling Cars
1986 · Kellermann
Olga e i suoi figli
tvOlga e i suoi figli
1985 · Il primario
movieThe Children
1985 · Enrico
Blitz
movieBlitz
1985 · Kellerman
Un delitto
movieUn delitto
1984 · Judge Freshville
movieThat Night of Varennes
1982 · De Wendel
movieGuy de Maupassant
1982 · Gustave
movieSeason of Peace in Paris
1981
movieSigné Furax
1981 · Broutechoux
tvTarendol
1980 · Bazalo
movieArrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !
1979 · Don Gomez
Schwüle Tage
movieSchwüle Tage
1978 · Vater
movieThe Suspended Vocation
1978 · Malagrida
movieLa Discorde
1978 · Bernard
movieWe Will All Meet in Paradise
1977 · Bastien, stage director
movieUrgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
1977 · Self
movieLa Jalousie
1976 · Albert Blondel
movieTrop c'est trop
1975 · Flic
movieDialogues of the Exiles
1975
tvNuméro un
1975 · Self
Système 2
tvSystème 2
1975 · Self
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
tvMidi Première
1975 · Self
movieAriane
1974 · The comedian
movieNo Pockets in a Shroud
1974 · Laurence
Der große Preis
tvDer große Preis
1974 · Self
movieThe Police Serve the Citizens?
1973 · Brera
movieDouble Assassinat dans la rue Morgue
1973 · Dupin
movieFar from Dallas
1972 · Jean
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
Un enfant dans la ville
movieUn enfant dans la ville
1971 · Gustave, the bartender
movieSwedish Fly Girls
1971 · André
movieMurmur of the Heart
1971 · Charles Chevalier
tvArsène Lupin
1971 · Daubrecq
movieThe Servant
1970 · Dr. Robert Marbois
movieDestroy, She Said
1969 · Bernard Alione
movieSadistic Hallucinations
1969 · Charles
movieSlogan
1969 · Evelyne's father
movieThe Most Beautiful Month
1968 · Le capitaine
movieThe Truce
1968 · Arno
movieWitness Out of Hell
1967 · Bora Petrović
movieBlack Sun
1966 · Guy Rodier
movieIs Paris Burning?
1966 · Yves Bayet
movieÀ belles dents
1966 · Bernard
movieLine of Demarcation
1966 · Doctor Jacques Lafaye
movieThe Sultans
1966 · Léo
movieAn Affair of States
1966 · Ballard
movieThe Sleeping Car Murders
1965 · Le vétérinaire titulaire, chargé de cours (uncredited)
tvLes Saintes Chéries
1965 · Pierre Lagarde
movieUncertain Verification
1965 · (archive footage)
movieThe Hour of Truth
1965 · Davod
movieThe Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall
1965 · Gunther Smith
movieLes murs
1964 · François Bonjean
movieCherchez l'idole
1964 · Self, guest at Sylvie Vartan's show (uncredited)
movieHow to Make a French Dish
1964 · Raymond
movieThree Girls in Paris
1963 · Raymond
moviePortuguese Vacation
1963 · Daniel
movieRèglements de compte
1963 · Nicky
movieHitch-Hike
1962 · le comédien qui répète "Cyrano"
movieRéveille-toi, chérie
1961 · Masure
movieIn the Mouth of the Wolf
1961 · Un drogué
movieThe Season for Love
1961 · Jacques Saint-Ford
movieShadows of Adultery
1961 · Eric Kraemmer
movieThree Etc.'s and the Colonel
1960 · Lieutenant Miguel Villard
movieTestament of Orpheus
1960 · L'interne (non crédité)
movieCarthage in Flames
1960 · Phegor
movieJulie la rousse
1959 · Édouard Lavigne / Jean Lavigne
movieThis Desired Body
1959 · Guillaume Féraud
movieFollow Me Young Man
1958 · Michel Corbier
moviePort of Desire
1958 · Pierre
movieThree Days to Live
1958 · Simon Belin
movieToo Many Lovers
1957 · Alain Cartier
movieThere's Always a Price Tag
1957 · Robert Montillon
movieMort en fraude
1957 · Paul Horcier
movieI'll Get Back to Kandara
1956 · Bernard Cormière
movieGood Evening Paris
1956 · Georges Bernier / Self
moviePlucking the Daisy
1956 · Daniel Roy
movieThe Man Who Knew Too Much
1956 · Louis Bernard
tvCinépanorama
1956 · Self
movieMaid in Paris
1956 · Antoine du Merlet
movieNapoleon
1955 · Napoléon Bonaparte
movieLovers' Net
1955 · Pierre Roubier
movieThe Cheerful Squadron
1954 · Frédéric d'Héricourt
movieWoman of Rome
1954 · Mino
movieOn Trial
1954 · Léonard Maurizius
movieLove in a Hot Climate
1954 · Ricardo Garcia
movieSaint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
1954 · Narrator (voice)
tvReflets de Cannes
1954 · Self
moviePublic Opinion
1954 · Paolo Jaier
movieStain on the Snow
1954 · Frank Friedmayer
movieRoyal Affairs in Versailles
1953 · Jean Collinet
movieThe Slave
1953 · Michel Landa
movieRue de l'estrapade
1953 · Robert
movieVoice of Silence
1953 · Francesco Ferro
movieLes Dents longues
1953 · Louis Commandeur, Director, Adaptation
movieThe Moment of Truth
1952 · Daniel Prévost
Torticola versus Frankensberg
movieTorticola versus Frankensberg
1952 · The Man who sleeps in a Coffin
movieLe Plaisir
1952 · Jean
movieVenom and Eternity
1952 · Self
movieAdorable Creatures
1952 · André Noblet
movieYoung Love
1951 · Jean Bompart
movieDirty Hands
1951 · Hugo
movieChicago Digest
1951 · Coffino
movieEdward and Caroline
1951 · Edouard Mortier
movieLa légende cruelle
1951 · Narrator (voice)
movieGod Needs Men
1950 · Joseph Le Berre
movieLa Ronde
1950 · Alfred, le jeune homme
movieRendezvous in July
1949 · Lucien Bonnard
movieThe Hell of Lost Pilots
1949 · Lieutenant Villeneuve
movieThe Murdered Model
1948 · Léopold
movieThe Woman in Red
1947 · Saladin
movieMirror
1947 · Charles
movieLa Nuit de Sybille
1947 · Stany
movieMartin Roumagnac
1946 · Le surveillant du collège
movieA Friend Will Come Tonight
1946 · Pierre Ribault
movieThe Temptation of Barbizon
1946 · Michel
movieLes Cadets de l'océan
1945 · Philippe Demantes
movieL'Enquête du 58
1945
movieThe Little Ones of the Flower Platform
1944 · (uncredited)
Lucrèce
movieLucrèce
1943 · College student
movieSoyez les bienvenus
1942
movieStrangers in the House
1942 · (uncredited)
movieHer First Affair
1941 · Chauveau-Laplace (uncredited)
movieRadio Surprises
1940 · Extra (uncredited)
movieMiquette
1940