Xavier Gélin (21 June 1946 – 2 July 1999) was a French actor and film producer, and son of French film star Daniel Gélin and actress-producer Danièle Delorme. 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.”
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Xavier Gélin Biography / Wiki
| Name | Xavier Gélin |
| Also Know | Xavier Gelin |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Paris, France |
| Date of Birth | 1946-06-21 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 53 |
| Deathday | 1999-07-02 |
Xavier Gélin Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Un enfant dans la ville | Patrick | 1971-12-12 | … |
| La Maison de campagne | Gérard | 1969-11-10 | What to do, and what not to do, when one is building or renovating a house…. |
| Judge Roy Bean | Antonio | 1971-03-03 | In a small western town the ineffable judge Roy Bean metes out justice in his own special way. A cargo of gold is ambushed by the outlaw Black Bird wh… |
| Les yeux de l’été | L’ami | 1969-01-01 | … |
| S*P*Y*S | Paul | 1974-09-05 | Two CIA bunglers (Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould) botch a Soviet defection, then both sides mark them for termination…. |
| La Ville-bidon | Un jeune cadre | 1971-01-01 | A fake documentary on the life forms of the Paris Suburbs, viewed through the eyes of homeless, unemployed people the sharks of politics and building … |
| The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob | Alexandre, general’s son | 1973-10-17 | In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by S… |
| The Devil by the Tail | Charly – le garagiste | 1969-02-07 | In this comedy, a run-down hotel drums up customers by sabotaging passing cars. The stuck motorists are then obliged to stay. Unfortunately, one of th… |
| One Can Say It Without Getting Angry | Un automobiliste | 1978-01-11 | Pauline intends to end her days and meticulously prepares her suicide, but she meets Peppo, an Italian immigrant, who will change her mind…. |
| The Slap | Xavier | 1974-10-23 | A Parisian teacher loses his cool when his teenage daughter tells him she plans to drop out of school and move in with her boyfriend…. |
| Macédoine | The photograph | 1971-01-01 | Add a plot…. |
| The Bear and the Doll | 1970-02-04 | Cellist Gaspard is living in a big house in the country with his son and three nieces. He likes being quiet. One day, his modest car bumps into a Roll… | |
| Salut l’artiste | Zeller, un jeune réalisateur (non crédité) | 1973-12-06 | Marcello Mastrioanni stars as an aging actor whose career has dwindled to TV commercials. Seeking an anchor in his life, Mastrioanni attempts a reconc… |
| Repeated Absences | Le 2e flic | 1972-11-01 | François Naulet turns his bedroom into an island of drugs, loneliness and despair…. |
| Money Money Money | Daniel Massar, Lino’s son | 1972-05-04 | When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions…. |
| Take It from the Top | Le mari | 1978-08-09 | Tired of being a housewife, Annie wants to work. Between her professional life and her responsibilities as a parent, she can no longer cope. She decid… |
| The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe | Motorist in his convertible (uncredited) | 1972-12-06 | Hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identifie… |
| Pillaged | Michel Castagnier | 1967-11-15 | Over the course of one night, a gang of twelve criminals carry out a commando-like raid on a small town…. |
| Signé Furax | Théo Courant | 1981-04-01 | The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France’s famous monuments, replacing them with replicas…. |
Xavier Gélin Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Coup de jeune | Director | 1993-04-07 | A scientific working on a serum of youth accidentally take too much and become four years old…. |
| The Ideal Man | Director | 1997-09-17 | A volleyball professional has a hard time choosing between three different men in her life…. |
Xavier Gélin Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Golden Balls | Co-Producer | 1993-09-24 | Benito González is a flamboyant engineer in Melilla, with a brash and pushy personality. His dream is to build the tallest building ever in the regio… |
| When the Dark Man Calls | Associate Producer | 1995-06-14 | A famous radio talk-show host finds herself being stalked by the man convicted of murdering her husband, who has finished his 25-year sentence and is … |
| The Woman in Red | Associate Producer | 1984-08-15 | When a happily married family man, who would never consider an affair, meets a beautiful woman in red, he is totally infatuated and desperate to make … |
| Mister Frost | Producer | 1990-04-10 | Frost is arrested and committed for murder after he is apprehended burying his victims in the garden. However, even while under psychiatric care and t… |
| Chronicle of a Death Foretold | Associate Producer | 1987-05-08 | This suspenseful Italian crime drama is set in a Colombian river town and chronicles the series of events that led up to murder. Based on a novel by d… |
| Tant qu’il y aura des femmes | Producer | 1987-10-14 | Sam is a screenwriter, good at sorting out other people’s stories but unable to organize his own life. He loves women with passion and there are too m… |
| The Man with One Red Shoe | Associate Producer | 1985-07-18 | A man is mistaken as a spy by the CIA when he arrives at the airport with one red shoe…. |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Signé Furax | Writer | 1981-04-01 | The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France’s famous monuments, replacing them with replicas…. |
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