Xavier Gélin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 21, 1946
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Died
- July 2, 1999
Biography
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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Movies with Xavier Gélin
- The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob 1973 · ★ 7.4
- The Party 2 1982 · ★ 6.4
- The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe 1972 · ★ 7.0
- Money Money Money 1972 · ★ 6.7
- The Slap 1974 · ★ 6.6
- The Devil by the Tail 1969 · ★ 6.1
- S*P*Y*S 1974 · ★ 5.2
- Hail the Artist 1973 · ★ 5.4
- The Bear and the Doll 1970 · ★ 6.2
- Signé Furax 1981 · ★ 4.9
- Repeated Absences 1972 · ★ 4.6
- Take It from the Top 1978 · ★ 5.5
- Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête 1989 · ★ 5.6
- Pillaged 1967 · ★ 6.8
- La Maison de campagne 1969 · ★ 6.0
- La Décharge 1976 · ★ 5.8
- Judge Roy Bean 1971 · ★ 6.5
- One Can Say It Without Getting Angry 1978 · ★ 8.0
- Macédoine 1971 · ★ 9.0
- Un enfant dans la ville 1971 · ★ 7.0
- Ras le bol 1973 · ★ 7.0
- Les yeux de l'été 1969
Movies directed by Xavier Gélin
- The Ideal Man 1997 · ★ 4.0
- Coup de jeune 1993 · ★ 7.5