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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 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. Source: Article "Daniel Gélin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Release Date	Title	Character Name	Rating
September 5th, 2022	Belmondo: The Incorrigible	TBD	8.2
October 27th, 2009	Max par Marcel: Lola Montès	Self (archive footage)	TBD
September 16th, 2008	Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "Le Plaisir"	Self (archive footage)	TBD
January 1st, 2008	Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde"	Self (archive footage)	TBD
January 1st, 2002	À l'abri des regards indiscrets	Abdel-Robert	7
December 1st, 1997	Une femme d'action	Charles	8
August 28th, 1997	Obsession	Xavier Favre	4.2
August 28th, 1996	Men, Women: A User's Manual	le veuf	6
July 7th, 1996	Les Bidochon	Le père Bidochon	3.6
March 20th, 1996	Ghost with Driver	Le passeur (Le guide céleste)	5
August 23rd, 1995	Runaways	Bruno	6.5
March 16th, 1994	Pushing the Limits	Le père de Fiona	7
March 9th, 1994	Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy	Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist	7.5
January 12th, 1994	Poorly Extinguished Fires	The gentleman from the beach	8
January 7th, 1994	Warrior Spirit	John Ball	6.5
April 28th, 1993	Roulez jeunesse !	Jean Moulinier	7.8
April 24th, 1993	De force avec d'autres	L'autre lui-même	7.5
April 7th, 1993	Coup de jeune	Gaudeamus at 70	7.5
August 28th, 1991	Un type bien	Docteur Avril	3.3
April 24th, 1991	The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck	Roland Grumaud	5.3
January 23rd, 1991	Mauvaise fille	Fernand	6
October 10th, 1990	Promotion canapé	Le responsable des inspecteurs de la Justice	5.1
September 3rd, 1990	Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren	Self	9
April 10th, 1990	Mister Frost	Simon Scolari	6.2
March 8th, 1989	The summer of all sorrows	papy	TBD
November 30th, 1988	Itinerary of a Spoiled Child	Pierre Duvivier, Albert's father	7.2
February 3rd, 1988	Life Is a Long Quiet River	Docteur Mavial	6.8
January 20th, 1988	Dandin	Monsieur de Sotenville	4.8
June 17th, 1987	Public Security	Martino Morando	10
March 13th, 1987	Via Montenapoleone	padre di Elena	3.8
March 13th, 1987	James Stewart: A Wonderful Life	Self (archive footage)	6.5
January 1st, 1987	Pétition	Stanek	TBD
February 13th, 1986	Killing Cars	Kellermann	3.7
May 29th, 1985	The Children	Enrico	6.2
March 13th, 1985	Blitz	Kellerman	2
September 1st, 1984	Un delitto	Judge Freshville	7
May 15th, 1982	That Night of Varennes	De Wendel	6.9
April 14th, 1982	Guy de Maupassant	Gustave	5.1
July 1st, 1981	Season of Peace in Paris	TBD	5.4
April 1st, 1981	Signé Furax	Broutechoux	5
December 19th, 1979	Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !	Don Gomez	4
December 17th, 1978	Schwüle Tage	Vater	8
July 27th, 1978	The Suspended Vocation	Malagrida	6.6
March 22nd, 1978	La Discorde	Bernard	9
November 9th, 1977	We Will All Meet in Paradise	Bastien, stage director	6.8
August 1st, 1977	Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante	Self	7
April 21st, 1976	La Jalousie	Albert Blondel	8
June 5th, 1975	Trop c'est trop	Flic	6.3
April 23rd, 1975	Dialogues of the Exiles	TBD	6.6
December 1st, 1974	Ariane	The comedian	TBD
October 25th, 1974	No Pockets in a Shroud	Laurence	5.4
September 6th, 1973	The Police Serve the Citizens?	Brera	6.7
June 2nd, 1973	Double Assassinat dans la rue Morgue	Dupin	7
June 28th, 1972	Far from Dallas	Jean	7.3
December 12th, 1971	Un enfant dans la ville	Gustave, the bartender	7
August 20th, 1971	Swedish Fly Girls	André	4.9
April 27th, 1971	Murmur of the Heart	Charles Chevalier	7
January 21st, 1970	The Servant	Dr. Robert Marbois	7
September 25th, 1969	Destroy, She Said	Bernard Alione	6.9
July 30th, 1969	Sadistic Hallucinations	Charles	3.2
July 27th, 1969	Slogan	Evelyne's father	5.7
June 26th, 1968	The Most Beautiful Month	Le capitaine	6
January 1st, 1968	The Truce	Arno	9
June 28th, 1967	Witness Out of Hell	Bora Petrović	7
December 10th, 1966	Black Sun	Guy Rodier	4.8
October 26th, 1966	Is Paris Burning?	Yves Bayet	7.2
July 5th, 1966	À belles dents	Bernard	5.3
May 25th, 1966	Line of Demarcation	Doctor Jacques Lafaye	6.2
May 6th, 1966	The Sultans	Léo	5
February 25th, 1966	An Affair of States	Ballard	7
November 17th, 1965	The Sleeping Car Murders	Le vétérinaire titulaire, chargé de cours (uncredited)	6.9
April 30th, 1965	Uncertain Verification	(archive footage)	6.6
April 28th, 1965	The Hour of Truth	Davod	6
March 17th, 1965	The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall	Gunther Smith	6.4
June 4th, 1964	Les murs	François Bonjean	3.5
February 26th, 1964	Cherchez l'idole	Self, guest at Sylvie Vartan's show (uncredited)	6.4
January 29th, 1964	How to Make a French Dish	Raymond	4.9
October 12th, 1963	Three Girls in Paris	Raymond	5.8
October 9th, 1963	Portuguese Vacation	Daniel	5.8
March 5th, 1963	Règlements de compte	Nicky	3.7
March 16th, 1962	Hitch-Hike	le comédien qui répète "Cyrano"	6.1
July 12th, 1961	Réveille-toi, chérie	Masure	TBD
June 20th, 1961	In the Mouth of the Wolf	Un drogué	8.3
June 12th, 1961	The Season for Love	Jacques Saint-Ford	5.1
April 13th, 1961	Shadows of Adultery	Eric Kraemmer	6.3
August 26th, 1960	Three Etc.'s and the Colonel	Lieutenant Miguel Villard	8
February 18th, 1960	Testament of Orpheus	L'interne (non crédité)	7.6
January 29th, 1960	Carthage in Flames	Phegor	5.2
August 12th, 1959	Julie la rousse	Édouard Lavigne / Jean Lavigne	5
April 17th, 1959	This Desired Body	Guillaume Féraud	6.2
December 3rd, 1958	Follow Me Young Man	Michel Corbier	7
August 13th, 1958	Port of Desire	Pierre	5.3
March 12th, 1958	Three Days to Live	Simon Belin	5.5
December 11th, 1957	Too Many Lovers	Alain Cartier	6
September 18th, 1957	There's Always a Price Tag	Robert Montillon	6.6
April 9th, 1957	Mort en fraude	Paul Horcier	5.8
December 20th, 1956	I'll Get Back to Kandara	Bernard Cormière	9
December 14th, 1956	Good Evening Paris	Georges Bernier / Self	10
July 25th, 1956	Plucking the Daisy	Daniel Roy	6.3
May 16th, 1956	The Man Who Knew Too Much	Louis Bernard	7.4
January 20th, 1956	Maid in Paris	Antoine du Merlet	10
March 25th, 1955	Napoleon	Napoléon Bonaparte	6.3
January 18th, 1955	Lovers' Net	Pierre Roubier	5
December 5th, 1954	The Cheerful Squadron	Frédéric d'Héricourt	6.1
October 27th, 1954	Woman of Rome	Mino	6.1
June 4th, 1954	On Trial	Léonard Maurizius	6.8
May 14th, 1954	Love in a Hot Climate	Ricardo Garcia	9
April 15th, 1954	Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances	Narrator (voice)	7
February 26th, 1954	Public Opinion	Paolo Jaier	7
February 19th, 1954	Stain on the Snow	Frank Friedmayer	6.3
December 15th, 1953	Royal Affairs in Versailles	Jean Collinet	6.7
September 2nd, 1953	The Slave	Michel Landa	7
April 14th, 1953	Rue de l'estrapade	Robert	5.6
April 1st, 1953	Voice of Silence	Francesco Ferro	7
March 15th, 1953	Les Dents longues	Louis Commandeur	5.8
October 22nd, 1952	The Moment of Truth	Daniel Prévost	6
April 19th, 1952	Torticola versus Frankensberg	The Man who sleeps in a Coffin	5.7
February 29th, 1952	Le Plaisir	Jean	7.5
January 25th, 1952	Venom and Eternity	Self	6.9
January 2nd, 1952	Adorable Creatures	André Noblet	5.1
November 14th, 1951	Young Love	Jean Bompart	6.3
August 9th, 1951	Dirty Hands	Hugo	4.9
July 24th, 1951	Chicago Digest	Coffino	9
April 6th, 1951	Edward and Caroline	Edouard Mortier	6.5
February 28th, 1951	La légende cruelle	Narrator (voice)	TBD
October 3rd, 1950	God Needs Men	Joseph Le Berre	6.5
September 27th, 1950	La Ronde	Alfred, le jeune homme	7.3
December 6th, 1949	Rendezvous in July	Lucien Bonnard	6.1
August 18th, 1949	The Hell of Lost Pilots	Lieutenant Villeneuve	9
March 10th, 1948	The Murdered Model	Léopold	5.7
May 21st, 1947	The Woman in Red	Saladin	10
May 2nd, 1947	Mirror	Charles	7.1
March 5th, 1947	La Nuit de Sybille	Stany	9
December 18th, 1946	Martin Roumagnac	Le surveillant du collège	6.7
April 9th, 1946	A Friend Will Come Tonight	Pierre Ribault	6.1
March 13th, 1946	The Temptation of Barbizon	Michel	5.8
November 14th, 1945	Les Cadets de l'océan	Philippe Demantes	6
November 4th, 1945	L'Enquête du 58	TBD	8.5
May 26th, 1944	The Little Ones of the Flower Platform	(uncredited)	6.6
December 15th, 1943	Lucrèce	College student	7
July 8th, 1942	Soyez les bienvenus	TBD	9
May 16th, 1942	Strangers in the House	(uncredited)	7
August 14th, 1941	Her First Affair	Chauveau-Laplace (uncredited)	6.7
May 8th, 1940	Radio Surprises	Extra (uncredited)	6.5
May 1st, 1940	Miquette	TBD	10

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