Xavier Gélin

Xavier Gélin

Born: June 21, 1946
Died: July 2, 1999
in Paris, France
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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The Party 2
Title: The Party 2
Character: Gilles, collègue de travail de Françoise (non crédité)
Released: December 8, 1982
Type: Movie
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 already done it.
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Signé Furax
Title: Signé Furax
Character: Théo Courant
Released: April 1, 1981
Type: Movie
The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas.
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Take It from the Top
Title: Take It from the Top
Character: Le mari
Released: August 9, 1978
Type: Movie
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 decides to leave and starts writing a memoir of her life...
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One Can Say It Without Getting Angry
Title: One Can Say It Without Getting Angry
Character: Un automobiliste
Released: January 11, 1978
Type: Movie
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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La Décharge
Title: La Décharge
Character: Un jeune cadre
Released: January 14, 1976
Type: Movie
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 societies push to hopeless life.
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Title: Numéro un
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
A French variety show.
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The Slap
Title: The Slap
Character: Xavier
Released: October 23, 1974
Type: Movie
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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S*P*Y*S
Title: S*P*Y*S
Character: Paul
Released: September 5, 1974
Type: Movie
Two CIA bunglers (Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould) botch a Soviet defection, then both sides mark them for termination.
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Hail the Artist
Title: Hail the Artist
Character: Zeller, un jeune réalisateur (non crédité)
Released: December 6, 1973
Type: Movie
Marcello Mastrioanni stars as aging actor Nicolas whose career has dwindled to TV commercials. Seeking an anchor in his life, Nicolas attempts a reconciliation with his ex-wife. But in this, as in his professional life, Nicolas is doomed to disillusionment and failure.
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The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Title: The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Character: Alexandre, general's son
Released: October 17, 1973
Type: Movie
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. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert's dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who's about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob.
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The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Title: The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Character: Motorist in his convertible
Released: December 6, 1972
Type: Movie
Hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.
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Repeated Absences
Title: Repeated Absences
Character: Le 2e flic
Released: November 1, 1972
Type: Movie
François Naulet turns his bedroom into an island of drugs, loneliness and despair.
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Money Money Money
Title: Money Money Money
Character: Daniel Massar, Lino's son
Released: May 4, 1972
Type: Movie
When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions.
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Title: Le Grand Échiquier
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1972
Type: TV
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Un enfant dans la ville
Title: Un enfant dans la ville
Character: Patrick
Released: December 12, 1971
Type: Movie
"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, giving life to its characters and taking up the story of the record, that of today's generation, not quite at ease in their sneakers and trying to untie the laces of truth.
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Judge Roy Bean
Title: Judge Roy Bean
Character: Antonio
Released: March 3, 1971
Type: Movie
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 who fails in the attempt and then rides into town.
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Macédoine
Title: Macédoine
Character: The photograph
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
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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The Bear and the Doll
Title: The Bear and the Doll
Released: February 4, 1970
Type: Movie
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 Rolls-Royce, driven by Felicia, a young, beautiful, wealthy and temperamental woman. And she knows it. She is very angry at him because he seems not to be under her charm. She decides to seduce him, but Gaspard did not feel like letting his life being invaded by such a woman.
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La Maison de campagne
Title: La Maison de campagne
Character: Gérard
Released: November 10, 1969
Type: Movie
What to do, and what not to do, when one is building or renovating a house.
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The Devil by the Tail
Title: The Devil by the Tail
Character: Charly - le garagiste
Released: February 7, 1969
Type: Movie
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 the sabotaged cars belongs to a bank robber. The hotel staff wants the robber out, but they also want to keep his ill-gotten money.
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Les yeux de l'été
Title: Les yeux de l'été
Character: L'ami
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
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Pillaged
Title: Pillaged
Character: Michel Castagnier
Released: November 15, 1967
Type: Movie
Over the course of one night, a gang of twelve criminals carry out a commando-like raid on a small town.