Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1921-05-19
- Day of Death2002-11-29 (81 years)
- Place of BirthAngers, Maine-et-Loire, France
- Also Known AsDaniel Yves Alfred GélinDaniel Gelin
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2002
À l'abri des regards indiscrets
As: Abdel-Robert
- 1997
Une femme d'action
As: Charles
- 1997
Obsession
As: Xavier Favre
- 1996
Men, Women: A User's Manual
As: le veuf
- 1996
Les Bidochon
As: Le père Bidochon
- 1996
Ghost with Driver
As: Le passeur (Le guide céleste)
- 1995
Runaways
As: Bruno
- 1994
Pushing the Limits
As: Le père de Fiona
- 1994
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
As: Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist
1994Poorly Extinguished Fires
As: The gentleman from the beach
1993Roulez jeunesse !
As: Jean Moulinier
1993Coup de jeune
As: Gaudeamus at 70
1991Iran: Days of Crisis
As: Shah
1991The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
As: Roland Grumaud
1991Mauvaise fille
As: Fernand
1990Promotion canapé
As: Le responsable des inspecteurs de la Justice
1990Mister Frost
As: Simon Scolari
1989The summer of all sorrows
As: papy
- 1988
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child
As: Pierre Duvivier, Albert's father
- 1988
Life Is a Long Quiet River
As: Docteur Mavial
1988Dandin
As: Monsieur de Sotenville
1987Marc et Sophie
As: Edmond, le beau-père
1987Public Security
As: Martino Morando
1987Via Montenapoleone
As: padre di Elena
1987The Legacy of Guldenburgs
As: Gregor Baschkurin
1986Le Tiroir secret
As: Jean-Pierre Jolivet
1986Killing Cars
As: Kellermann
1985The Children
As: Enrico
1982The Night of Varennes
As: De Wendel
1982Guy de Maupassant
As: Gustave
1981Signé Furax
As: Broutechoux
1980Tarendol
As: Bazalo
1979Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !
As: Don Gomez
1978The Suspended Vocation
As: Malagrida
1978La Discorde
As: Bernard
1977We Will All Meet in Paradise
As: Bastien, stage director
1976La jalousie
As: Albert Blondel
1975Trop c'est trop
As: Flic
1974Ariane
As: The comedian
1974No Pockets in a Shroud
As: Laurence
1973The Police Serve the Citizens?
As: Brera
1973Double assassinat dans la Rue Morgue
As: Dupin
1971Swedish Fly Girls
As: André
1971Murmur of the Heart
As: Charles Chevalier
1971Arsène Lupin
As: Daubrecq
1970The Servant
As: Dr. Robert Marbois
1969Destroy, She Said
As: Bernard Alione
1969Sadistic Hallucinations
As: Charles
1969Slogan
As: Le père d'Evelyne
1968The Most Beautiful Month
As: Le capitaine
1968The Truce
As: Arno
1967Witness Out of Hell
As: Bora Petrović
1966Black Sun
As: Guy Rodier
- 1966
Is Paris Burning?
As: Yves Bayet
1966À belles dents
As: Bernard
1966Line of Demarcation
As: Doctor Jacques Lafaye
1966The Sultans
As: Léo
1966An Affair of States
As: Ballard
1965The Sleeping Car Murder
As: Le vétérinaire titulaire, chargé de cours (uncredited)
1965Les Saintes Chéries
As: Pierre Lagarde
1965The Hour of Truth
As: Davod
1965The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall
As: Gunther Smith
1964Les murs
As: François Bonjean
1964How to Make a French Dish
As: Raymond
1963Three Girls in Paris
As: Raymond
1963Portuguese Vacation
As: Daniel
1962Hitch-Hike
As: le comédien qui répète "Cyrano"
1961Réveille-toi, chérie
As: Masure
1961In the Mouth of the Wolf
As: Un drogué
1961The Season for Love
As: Jacques Saint-Ford
1961Shadows of Adultery
As: Eric Kraemmer
1960Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
As: Lieutenant Miguel Villard
1960Testament of Orpheus
As: The Intern (uncredited)
1960Carthage in Flames
As: Phegor
1959Julie la rousse
As: Édouard Lavigne / Jean Lavigne
1959This Desired Body
As: Guillaume Féraud
1958Follow Me Young Man
As: Michel Corbier
1958Port of Desire
As: Pierre
1958Three Days to Live
As: Simon Belin
1957Too Many Lovers
As: Alain Cartier
1957There's Always a Price Tag
As: Robert Montillon
1957Mort en fraude
As: Paul Horcier
1956I'll Get Back to Kandara
As: Bernard Cormière
1956Plucking the Daisy
As: Daniel Roy
- 1956
The Man Who Knew Too Much
As: Louis Bernard
1956Maid in Paris
As: Antoine du Merlet
1955Napoleon
As: Napoléon Bonaparte
1955Lovers' Net
As: Pierre Roubier
1954The Cheerful Squadron
As: Il soldato Frédéric d'Héricourt
1954Woman of Rome
As: Mino
1954On Trial
As: Léonard Maurizius
1954Love in a Hot Climate
As: Ricardo Garcia
1954Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
As: Narrator (voice)
1954Stain on the Snow
As: Frank Friedmayer
1954Royal Affairs in Versailles
As: Jean Collinet
1953The Slave
As: Michel Landa
1953Rue de l'Estrapade
As: Robert
1953Voice of Silence
As: L'ancien prisonnier
1953Les Dents longues
As: Louis Commandeur
1952Le Plaisir
As: Jean
1952Adorable Creatures
As: André Noblet
1951Young Love
As: Jean Bompart
1951Dirty Hands
As: Hugo
1951Chicago Digest
As: Coffino
1951The Moment of Truth
As: Daniel Prévost
1951Edward and Caroline
As: Edouard Mortier
1951La légende cruelle
As: Narrator (voice)
1950God Needs Men
As: Joseph Le Berre
1950La Ronde
As: Alfred, le jeune homme
1949Rendezvous in July
As: Lucien Bonnard
1949The Hell of Lost Pilots
As: Lieutenant Villeneuve
1948The Murdered Model
As: Léopold
1947The Woman in Red
As: Saladin
1947Mirror
As: Charles
1947La Nuit de Sybille
As: Stany
1946Martin Roumagnac
As: Le surveillant du collège
1946A Friend Will Come Tonight
As: Pierre Ribault
1946The Temptation of Barbizon
As: Michel
1945Les Cadets de l'océan
As: Philippe Demantes
1944The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
As: (uncredited)
1942Strangers in the House
As: (uncredited)
1941Her First Affair
As: Chauveau-Laplace (uncredited)
1940Radio Surprises
As: Extra (uncredited)