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. 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) (…

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) — Louis Bernard
2. Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994) — Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist
3. Life Is a Long Quiet River (1988) — Docteur Mavial
4. Is Paris Burning? (1966) — Yves Bayet
5. Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988) — Pierre Duvivier, Albert's father
6. Murmur of the Heart (1971) — Charles Chevalier
7. We Will All Meet in Paradise (1977) — Bastien, stage director
8. La Ronde (1950) — Alfred, le jeune homme
9. Le Plaisir (1952) — Jean
10. Testament of Orpheus (1960) — L'interne (non crédité)
11. The Sleeping Car Murders (1965) — Le vétérinaire titulaire, chargé de cours (uncredited)
12. That Night of Varennes (1982) — De Wendel
13. Ghost with Driver (1996) — Le passeur (Le guide céleste)
14. Promotion canapé (1990) — Le responsable des inspecteurs de la Justice
15. Mister Frost (1990) — Simon Scolari
16. Line of Demarcation (1966) — Doctor Jacques Lafaye
17. Edward and Caroline (1951) — Edouard Mortier
18. Royal Affairs in Versailles (1953) — Jean Collinet
19. Men, Women: A User's Manual (1996) — le veuf
20. The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck (1991) — Roland Grumaud
21. No Pockets in a Shroud (1974) — Laurence
22. Slogan (1969) — Evelyne's father
23. Maigret (1991) — Le père Nicolas
24. Woman of Rome (1954) — Mino
25. Napoleon (1955) — Napoléon Bonaparte
26. Plucking the Daisy (1956) — Daniel Roy
27. Strangers in the House (1942) — (uncredited)
28. The Moment of Truth (1952) — Daniel Prévost
29. Martin Roumagnac (1946) — Le surveillant du collège
30. There's Always a Price Tag (1957) — Robert Montillon
31. Venom and Eternity (1952) — Self
32. Uncertain Verification (1965) — (archive footage)
33. Adorable Creatures (1952) — André Noblet
34. Arsène Lupin (1971) — Daubrecq
35. The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall (1965) — Gunther Smith
36. Via Montenapoleone (1987) — padre di Elena
37. Rendezvous in July (1949) — Lucien Bonnard
38. Signé Furax (1981) — Broutechoux
39. The Temptation of Barbizon (1946) — Michel
40. The Season for Love (1961) — Jacques Saint-Ford

Directed

1. Les Dents longues (1953) — Director