Xavier Gélin (21 June 1946 – 2 July 1999) was a French actor and film producer, and son of French film star

Daniel 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. When he was ten, ...

and actress-producer

Danièle Delorme Gabrielle Danièle Marguerite Andrée Girard (9 October 1926 – 17 October 2015), known by her stage name Danièle Delorme (), was a French actress and film producer, famous for her roles in films directed by Marc Allégret, Julien Duvivier an ...

. Through his father, he was a half-brother of Fiona Gélin and Maria Schneider, also actresses. Gélin, a French actor and a mainstay of popular French cinema for more than three decades, died of cancer at the age of 53. He played supporting roles in more than 20 films, including Gerard Oury's 1973 comic hit "The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob" with Louis de Funes. He also starred in Claude Lelouche's "Adventure, It's Adventure" and "The Devil by the Tail" by Phillippe de Broca. Other hits include Claude Pinoteau's "The Slap" and "The Party-2."

Filmography

*1964: ''

Cherchez l'idole ''Cherchez l'idole'' (Italian title: ''Sciarada alla francese'', English title: ''The Chase'') is a 1964 French-Italian film directed by Michel Boisrond. Enjoying great success in Japan, notably with the interpretation of Sylvie Vartan and her ...

'' - Un invité au spectacle de Sylvie Vartan (uncredited) *1967: ''Mise à sac'' - Michel Castagnier *1969: '' The Devil by the Tail'' - Charlie (Le petit garagiste) *1969: ''La maison de campagne'' - Gérard *1970: ''

The Bear and the Doll ''The Bear and the Doll'' () is a 1970 French romantic comedy film directed by Michel Deville, starring Brigitte Bardot and Jean-Pierre Cassel. Taking place over 24 hours, a rich, beautiful and wilful woman from Paris is determined to seduce a ...

'' - Reginald *1971: ''Macédoine'' - Le photographe *1971: ''Le juge'' - Antonio *1971: ''La ville-bidon'' - Un jeune cadre *1972: ''

L'aventure, c'est l'aventure ''L'aventure, c'est l'aventure'' is a 1972 French film directed by Claude Lelouch. Starring Lino Ventura and popular singers Jacques Brel and Johnny Hallyday, it recounts the adventures of five criminals who progress from conventional urban crime ...

'' - Daniel Massaro, le fils de Lino *1972: '' Repeated Absences'' - Le 2e flic *1972: '' The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe'' - Young man in car hearing the toilet flushing in the florist van (uncredited) *1973: ''Ras le bol'' - Bertrand Guillou, dit Bert *1973: '' The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob'' - Alexandre, le fils du général *1973: '' Hail the Artist'' - Le réalisateur énervé (uncredited) *1973: ''

I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything ''I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything'' () is a 1973 French comedy film directed by Pierre Richard. Plot Pierre Gastié-Leroy (Pierre Richard) is the son of a wealthy director of a factory of weapon manufacturing (Bernard Blier). Despite ...

'' - Le fils à la sécurité sociale (uncredited) *1974: ''

S*P*Y*S ''S*P*Y*S'' is a 1974 American spy comedy film directed by Irvin Kershner, and starring Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland and Zouzou. It was screened at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, but it was not entered into the main competition. The fi ...

'' - Paul (Revolutionary) *1974: '' The Slap'' - Xavier *1974: '' The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe'' - Peintre à l'aéroport (uncredited) *1978: ''On peut le dire sans se fâcher'' - Un automobiliste *1978: ''Take It from the Top'' - Le mari *1978: '' A Simple Story'' - Denisold (uncredited) *1981: ''Signé Furax'' - Théo Courant *1982: '' La Boum 2'' - Gilles (uncredited) *1989: ''Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête'' - Le cuisinier (uncredited) *1990: '' Promotion canapé'' - Un proxénéte (uncredited) *1992: '' My Wife's Girlfriends'' - TV channel manager *1993: ''Coup de jeune'' - Un collègue de Anne-Christine (uncredited) *1993: ''Roulez jeunesse!'' - Jean's son

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* 1946 births 1999 deaths Deaths from cancer in France French film directors French film producers Male actors from Paris French male film actors French male television actors 20th-century French male actors {{France-film-actor-1940s-stub