Xavier Gélin

Actor

Xavier Gélin

Born June 21, 1946 in Paris, FranceDied July 2, 199922 films

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.

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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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The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob posterFirst watchThe Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob19737.4as AlexandreA supporting role in one of the best-rated films of their career.In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader.View film

Essential films

Ranked by role, acclaim and reach
The Devil by the Tail poster6.1The Devil by the Tail1969The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe poster7.0The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe1972The Party 2 poster6.4The Party 21982Money Money Money poster6.7Money Money Money1972The Slap poster6.6The Slap1974

Filmography

22 films as actor
  1. 1989Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur têteCook (uncredited)
  2. 1982The Party 2Gilles, Françoise's work colleague (uncredited)
  3. 1981Signé FuraxThéo Courant
  4. 1978Take It from the TopLe mari
  5. 1978One Can Say It Without Getting AngryUn automobiliste
  6. 1976La DéchargeUn jeune cadre
  7. 1974The SlapXavier
  8. 1974S*P*Y*SPaul
  9. 1973Hail the ArtistZeller, un jeune réalisateur (uncredited)
  10. 1973The Mad Adventures of Rabbi JacobAlexandre
  11. 1973Ras le bolBert Guilloux, le jeune incorporé
  12. 1972The Tall Blond Man with One Black ShoeConvertible driver
  13. 1972Repeated AbsencesLe 2e flic
  14. 1972Money Money MoneyDaniel Massar, Lino's son
  15. 1971Un enfant dans la villePatrick
  16. 1971Judge Roy BeanAntonio
  17. 1971MacédoineThe photograph
  18. 1970The Bear and the Doll
  19. 1969La Maison de campagneGérard
  20. 1969The Devil by the TailCharly - le garagiste
  21. 1969Les yeux de l'étéFriend
  22. 1967PillagedMichel Castagnier