Daniel Gélin

About

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...

Known for

MaigretSeries • 1991The Legacy of GuldenburgsSeries • 1987Marc et SophieSeries • 1987Arsène LupinSeries • 1971The Man Who Knew Too MuchMovie • 1956Is Paris Burning?Movie • 1966Murmur of the HeartMovie • 1971Fear City: A Family-Style ComedyMovie • 1994The Sleeping Car MurdersMovie • 1965Le PlaisirMovie • 1952That Night of VarennesMovie • 1982Itinerary of a Spoiled ChildMovie • 1988Testament of OrpheusMovie • 1960Life Is a Long Quiet RiverMovie • 1988NapoleonMovie • 1955Royal Affairs in VersaillesMovie • 1953Martin RoumagnacMovie • 1946Men, Women: A User's ManualMovie • 1996La RondeMovie • 1950We Will All Meet in ParadiseMovie • 1977Line of DemarcationMovie • 1966Plucking the DaisyMovie • 1956Mr. FrostMovie • 1990SloganMovie • 1969