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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).
The roles that explain the career.
64 credits across 3 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Obsession | Xavier Favre | Film |
| 1996 | Men, Women: A User's Manual | le veuf | Film |
| 1996 | Ghost with Driver | Le passeur (Le guide céleste) | Film |
| 1996 | Les Bidochon | Le père Bidochon | Film |
| 1995 | Runaways | Bruno | Film |
| 1994 | Warrior Spirit | John Ball | Film |
| 1994 | Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy | Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist | Film |
| 1993 | De force avec d'autres | L'autre lui-même | Film |
| 1991 | Un type bien | Docteur Avril | Film |
| 1991 | The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck | Roland Grumaud | Film |
| 1990 | Promotion canapé | Le responsable des inspecteurs de la Justice | Film |
| 1990 | Mister Frost | Simon Scolari | Film |
| 1988 | Life Is a Long Quiet River | Docteur Mavial | Film |
| 1988 | Itinerary of a Spoiled Child | Pierre Duvivier, Albert's father | Film |
| 1987 | Via Montenapoleone | padre di Elena | Film |
| 1986 | Killing Cars | Kellermann | Film |
| 1985 | The Children | Enrico | Film |
| 1982 | That Night of Varennes | De Wendel | Film |
| 1981 | Signé Furax | Broutechoux | Film |
| 1981 | Season of Peace in Paris | Film | |
| 1979 | Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise ! | Don Gomez | Film |
| 1978 | The Suspended Vocation | Malagrida | Film |
| 1977 | We Will All Meet in Paradise | Bastien, stage director | Film |
| 1975 | Trop c'est trop | Flic | Film |
| 1974 | No Pockets in a Shroud | Laurence | Film |
| 1971 | Murmur of the Heart | Charles Chevalier | Film |
| 1969 | Destroy, She Said | Bernard Alione | Film |
| 1969 | Slogan | Evelyne's father | Film |
| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? | Yves Bayet | Film |
| 1966 | Line of Demarcation | Doctor Jacques Lafaye | Film |
| 1966 | Black Sun | Guy Rodier | Film |
| 1966 | The Sultans | Léo | Film |
| 1965 | The Sleeping Car Murders | Le vétérinaire titulaire, chargé de cours (uncredited) | Film |
| 1965 | Uncertain Verification | (archive footage) | Film |
| 1963 | Three Girls in Paris | Raymond | Film |
| 1962 | Hitch-Hike | le comédien qui répète "Cyrano" | Film |
| 1961 | Shadows of Adultery | Eric Kraemmer | Film |
| 1960 | Three Etc.'s and the Colonel | Lieutenant Miguel Villard | Film |
| 1960 | Testament of Orpheus | L'interne (non crédité) | Film |
| 1960 | Carthage in Flames | Phegor | Film |
| 1958 | Port of Desire | Pierre | Film |
| 1958 | Three Days to Live | Simon Belin | Film |
| 1956 | Plucking the Daisy | Daniel Roy | Film |
| 1956 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | Louis Bernard | Film |
| 1955 | Lovers' Net | Pierre Roubier | Film |
| 1955 | Napoleon | Napoléon Bonaparte | Film |
| 1954 | Woman of Rome | Mino | Film |
| 1954 | Love in a Hot Climate | Ricardo Garcia | Film |
| 1954 | On Trial | Léonard Maurizius | Film |
| 1953 | Les Dents longues | Louis Commandeur | Film |
| 1953 | Royal Affairs in Versailles | Jean Collinet | Film |
| 1953 | Les Dents longues | Director | Film |
| 1952 | Venom and Eternity | Self | Film |
| 1952 | Torticola versus Frankensberg | The Man who sleeps in a Coffin | Film |
| 1952 | The Moment of Truth | Daniel Prévost | Film |
| 1952 | Le Plaisir | Jean | Film |
| 1951 | Edward and Caroline | Edouard Mortier | Film |
| 1951 | Young Love | Jean Bompart | Film |
| 1950 | God Needs Men | Joseph Le Berre | Film |
| 1950 | La Ronde | Alfred, le jeune homme | Film |
| 1949 | Rendezvous in July | Lucien Bonnard | Film |
| 1947 | Mirror | Charles | Film |
| 1946 | Martin Roumagnac | Le surveillant du collège | Film |
| 1943 | Lucrèce | College student | Film |
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