Xavier Gélin
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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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.547 |
| Birthday | 1946-06-21 |
| Place of Birth | Paris, France |
| Also Known As | Xavier Gelin, |
1973
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
7.394/944
In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by S...
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The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1972
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
6.991/411
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...
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The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1974
S*P*Y*S
5.4/14
Two CIA bunglers botch a Soviet defection, then both sides mark them for termination.
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S*P*Y*S
1974
The Slap
6.7/90
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.
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The Slap
1969
The Devil by the Tail
6.1/44
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...
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The Devil by the Tail
1978
One Can Say It Without Getting Angry
6/1
Pauline intends to end her days and meticulously prepares her suicide, but she meets Peppo, an Italian immigrant, who will change her mind.
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One Can Say It Without Getting Angry
1969
La Maison de campagne
5.2/5
What to do, and what not to do, when one is building or renovating a house.
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La Maison de campagne
1981
Signé Furax
4.654/13
The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas.
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Signé Furax
1972
Money Money Money
6.661/161
When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions.
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Money Money Money
1976
La Décharge
5/3
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...
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La Décharge
1971
Judge Roy Bean
6/1
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...
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Judge Roy Bean
1972
Repeated Absences
4.5/13
François Naulet turns his bedroom into an island of drugs, loneliness and despair.
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Repeated Absences
1971
Macédoine
0/0
The tale of a young pretty girl's rise to a top model and her finding of emptiness in her life after success.
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Macédoine
1967
Pillaged
6.8/6
Over the course of one night, a gang of twelve criminals carry out a commando-like raid on a small town.
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Pillaged
1969
Les yeux de l'été
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Les yeux de l'été
1971
Un enfant dans la ville
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"Un enfant dans la ville" was originally a Michel Fugain album, a record that already told a story. Now it's a musical comedy filmed for television, g...
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Un enfant dans la ville
1970
The Bear and the Doll
6.3/13
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...
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The Bear and the Doll
1978
Take It from the Top
5.4/7
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...
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Take It from the Top
1973
Hail the Artist
5.5/15
Marcello Mastrioanni stars as aging actor Nicolas whose career has dwindled to TV commercials. Seeking an anchor in his life, Nicolas attempts a recon...
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Hail the Artist
1982
The Party 2
6.445/613
A young French teenage girl after moving to a new city falls in love with a boy and is thinking of having sex with him because her girlfriends have al...
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