Daniel Gélin
Born
1921-05-19
Place of birth
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Died
2002-11-29
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'ar...
Known for
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Louis Bernard
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist
Life Is a Long Quiet River
Docteur Mavial
Is Paris Burning?
Yves Bayet
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child
Pierre Duvivier, Albert's father
Murmur of the Heart
Charles Chevalier
We Will All Meet in Paradise
Bastien, stage director
La Ronde
Alfred, le jeune homme
Le Plaisir
Jean
Testament of Orpheus
L'interne (non crédité)
The Sleeping Car Murders
Le vétérinaire titulaire, chargé de cours (uncredited)
That Night of Varennes
De Wendel
Ghost with Driver
Le passeur (Le guide céleste)
Promotion canapé
Le responsable des inspecteurs de la Justice
Mister Frost
Simon Scolari