Daniel Gélin

Daniel Gélin
Daniel Gélin
	Gélin in 1963
Born	Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin; 19 May 1921; Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Died	29 November 2002 (aged 81); Paris, France
Years active	1940–2002
Spouses	; Danièle Delorme (m. 1946; div. 1954) ; Sylvie Hirsh (m. 1954; div. 1968) ; Lydie Zaks; (m. 1973)
Children	6, including Xavier Gélin, Maria Schneider and Fiona Gélin

Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin (19 May 1921 – 29 November 2002) was a French film and television actor.

Early life

Gélin was born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, the son of Yvonne (née Le Méner) and Alfred Ernest Joseph Gélin.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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 supérieur 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).^{[citation needed]}

Career

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Personal life

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.^[6]^[7] 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.^[8]

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 married Lydie Zaks, with whom he had a daughter, Laura.

Death

Gélin died in Paris on 29 November 2002 of kidney failure.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1940	Miquette		Jean Boyer
1940	Radio Surprises		Marcel Aboulker	Uncredited
1941	Premier rendez-vous	Monsieur Chauveau-Laplace	Henri Decoin	Uncredited
1942	The Strangers in the House		Henri Decoin	Uncredited
	Soyez les bienvenus		Jacques de Baroncelli
	The Murderer Lives at Number 21	Policeman	Henri-Georges Clouzot	Uncredited
1943	Lucrèce	Un collégien	Léo Joannon
1944	Les Petites du quai aux fleurs		Marc Allégret	Uncredited
1945	Les Cadets de l'océan	Philippe Dermantes	Jean Dréville
1946	The Temptation of Barbizon	Michel	Jean Stelli
	A Friend Will Come Tonight	Pierre Ribault	Raymond Bernard
	Martin Roumagnac	Le surveillant du collège – épris de Blanche	Georges Lacombe
	Ouvert pour cause d'inventaire		Alain Resnais
1947	Sybille's Night	Stany	Jean-Paul Paulin
	Mirror	Charles Lussac	Raymond Lamy
	The Woman in Red	Saladin	Louis Cuny
1948	The Murdered Model	Léopold	Pierre de Hérain
1949	Le Paradis des pilotes perdus	Lieutenant Villeneuve	Georges Lampin
1949	Rendezvous in July	Lucien Bonnard	Jacques Becker
1950	La Ronde	Alfred	Max Ophüls
1950	God Needs Men	Joseph Le Berre	Jean Delannoy
1951	Edward and Caroline	Édouard Mortier	Jacques Becker
	Dirty Hands	Hugo Barine	Fernand Rivers, Simone Berriau
	Young Love	Jean Bompart	Guy Lefranc
	Traité de bave et d'éternité	Himself	Isidore Isou
1952	Le Plaisir	Jean, the young painter	Max Ophüls	(segment "Le Modèle")
	Adorables Créatures	André Noblet	Christian-Jaque
	La Minute de vérité	Daniel Prévost	Jean Delannoy
1953	The Long Teeth	Louis Commandeur	Himself
	Rue de l'Estrapade	Robert	Jacques Becker
	Voice of Silence	Andrea Sanna / L'ancien prisonnier	Georg Wilhelm Pabst
	The Slave	Michel Landa	Yves Ciampi
1954	Royal Affairs in Versailles	Jean Collinet	Sacha Guitry
	Stain in the Snow	Frank Friedmayer	Luis Saslavsky
	Public Opinion	Paolo Jaier	Maurizio Corgnati and Goffredo Alessandrini
	Love in a Hot Climate	Ricardo Garcia	Georges Rouquier and Munoz Suay
	On Trial (L'affaire Maurizius)	Léonard Maurizius	Julien Duvivier
	The Cheerful Squadron	Il soldato Frédéric d'Héricourt	Paolo Moffa
	Woman of Rome	Mino	Luigi Zampa
1955	The Lovers of Lisbon	Pierre Roubier	Henri Verneuil
1955	Napoléon	Napoleon (as a young man)	Sacha Guitry
1956	Maid in Paris	Antoine du Merlet	Pierre Gaspard-Huit
	The Man Who Knew Too Much	Louis Bernard	Alfred Hitchcock
	Plucking the Daisy	Daniel Roy	Marc Allégret
	Bonsoir Paris, bonjour l'amour [fr]	Georges Bernier	Ralph Baum
	I'll Get Back to Kandara	Bernard Cormière	Victor Vicas
1957	Fugitive in Saigon	Paul Horcier	Marcel Camus
	Three Days to Live	Simon Belin	Gilles Grangier
	Retour de manivelle	Robert Montillon	Denys de La Patellière
	Charming Boys	Alain Cartier	Henri Decoin
1958	The Daughter of Hamburg	Pierre	Yves Allégret
1958	Suivez-moi jeune homme	Michel Corbier	Guy Lefranc
1959	Ce corps tant désiré	Guillaume Féraud	Luis Saslavsky
1959	Julie the Redhead	Édouard Lavigne / Jean Lavigne	Claude Boissol
1960	Carthage in Flames	Phégor	Carmine Gallone
	Testament of Orpheus	L'interne / The intern	Jean Cocteau	Uncredited
	Le tre eccetera del colonnello	Lieutenant Villard	Claude Boissol
1961	Prey for the Shadows	Eric Kraemmer	Alexandre Astruc
	La Morte-Saison des amours	Jacques Saint-Ford	Pierre Kast
	Dans la gueule du loup	Un drogué	Jean-Charles Dudrumet
	Reveille-toi chérie	Masure	Claude Magnier [fr]
1962	Girl on the Road	Le comédien	Jacqueline Audry
1962	The Longest Day	Minor Role	Ken Annakin	(French Version) (scenes deleted)
1963	Règlements de compte	Nicky	Pierre Chevalier
	Portuguese Vacation	Daniel	Pierre Kast
	Three Girls in Paris	Raymond	Gabriel Axel
1964	La Bonne Soupe	Raymond	Robert Thomas
1964	Cherchez l'idole	Un invité au spectacle de Sylvie Vartan	Michel Boisrond	Uncredited
1965	The Sleeping Car Murders	the veterinary	Constantin Costa-Gavras
	The Hour of Truth [fr]	David	Henri Calef
	The Sleeping Car Murders	Le vétérinaire	Costa-Gavras	Uncredited
1966	Witness Out of Hell [de]	Bora Petrović	Žika Mitrović
	Zwei Girls vom Roten Stern [de]	Ballard	Sammy Drechsel
	The Sultans	Léo	Jean Delannoy
	Line of Demarcation	Doctor Jacques Lafaye	Claude Chabrol
	Living It Up	Bernard	Pierre Gaspard-Huit
	Is Paris Burning?	Yves Bayet	René Clément
	Black Sun	Guy Rodier	Denys de La Patellière
1968	La Trêve	Arno	Claude Guillemot
1968	The Most Beautiful Month	Le capitaine du Génie	Guy Blanc
1969	Slogan	Evelyne's father	Pierre Grimblat
	Hallucinations sadiques	Charles	Jean-Pierre Bastid
	Détruire, dit-elle	Bernard Alione	Marguerite Duras
1970	La servante	Dr. Robert Marbois	Jacques-Paul Bertrand
1971	Murmur of the Heart	Charles Chevalier	Louis Malle
1971	Swedish Fly Girls	André	Jack O'Connell
1972	Aimez-vous les uns les autres... mais pas trop	Paul Roccard	Daniel Moosmann
1972	Far from Dallas	Jean	Philippe Toledano
1973	The Police Serve the Citizens?	Brera	Romolo Guerrieri
1974	Un linceul n'a pas de poches	Laurence	Jean-Pierre Mocky
1974	Ariane	Le comédien	Pierre-Jean de San Bartolomé
1975	Dialogues of Exiles	-	Raoul Ruiz
1975	Trop c'est trop	Un flic	Didier Kaminka
1977	Nous irons tous au paradis	Bastien	Yves Robert
1977	Urgent ou À quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante	Himself
1978	L'honorable société	Max de Marcilly	Anielle Weinberger
1978	The Suspended Vocation	Malagrida	Raoul Ruiz
1979	Qu'il est joli garçon l'assassin de papa	Don Gomez	Michel Caputo
1980	L'oeil du maître	Samuel	Stéphane Kurc
1981	Signé Furax	Broutechoux	Marc Simenon
1981	Peacetime in Paris	Gérard Courant	Predrag Golubovic
1982	Guy de Maupassant	Gustave	Michel Drach
1982	That Night in Varennes	Monsieur de Wendel	Ettore Scola
1985	Les Enfants	Enrico	Marguerite Duras
1986	Killing Cars [de]	Kellermann	Michael Verhoeven
1987	Via Monte Napoleone	Elena's father	Carlo Vanzina
1987	Sécurité publique	Martino Morando	Gabriel Benattar
1988	Dandin	Monsieur de Sotenville	Roger Planchon
	Life Is a Long Quiet River	Le docteur Mavial	Étienne Chatiliez
	Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté	Pierrot Duvivier	Claude Lelouch
1990	Mister Frost	Simon Scolari	Philippe Setbon
1990	Promotion canapé	Le responsable des Inspecteurs Justice	Didier Kaminka
1991	Mauvaise Fille	Fernand	Régis Franc
	Les secrets professionnels du Dr Apfelglück	Roland Grumaud	Alessandro Capone
	Un type bien	Docteur Avril	Laurent Bénégui
1992	Les Eaux dormantes	Le docteur Nedelec	Jacques Tréfouel
1993	Coup de jeune	Gaudeamus à 70 ans	Xavier Gélin
	De force avec d'autres	L'autre lui-même	Simon Reggiani
	Roulez jeunesse !	Jean Moulinier	Jacques Fansten
	Les Marmottes	Léo	Élie Chouraqui
	Les Ténors	Maître Léon Montlucet	Francis de Gueltzl
1994	Des feux mal éteints	Le monsieur de la plage	Serge Moati
	La Cité de la peur	Monsieur Mireille	Alain Berbérian
	Pushing the Limits	Himself	Thierry Donard
1995	Fugueuses	Bruno	Nadine Trintignant
1996	Fantôme avec chauffeur	Le passeur	Gérard Oury
	Les Bidochon	Le père Bidochon	Serge Korber
	Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi	the widower	Claude Lelouch
1997	Obsession	Xavier Fabre	Peter Sehr