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." Source: Article "Xavier Gélin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

• 1997The Ideal Man — Writer, Director
• 1995When the Dark Man Calls — Associate Producer
• 1993Coup de jeune — Director
• 1993Golden Balls — Co-Producer
• 1990Mr. Frost — Producer
• 1990Promotion canapé — Producer
• 1989Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête — Cook (uncredited)
• 1987Chronicle of a Death Foretold — Associate Producer
• 1987Tant qu'il y aura des femmes — Producer
• 1985The Man with One Red Shoe — Associate Producer
• 1984The Twin — Executive Producer
• 1984The Woman in Red — Associate Producer
• 1982The Party 2 — Gilles, Françoise's work colleague (uncredited)
• 1981Signé Furax — Théo Courant, Writer
• 1978One Can Say It Without Getting Angry — Un automobiliste
• 1978Take It from the Top — Le mari
• 1976La Décharge — Un jeune cadre
• 1974S*P*Y*S — Paul
• 1974The Slap — Xavier
• 1973Hail the Artist — Zeller, un jeune réalisateur (uncredited)
• 1973Ras le bol — Bert Guilloux, le jeune incorporé
• 1973The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob — Alexandre
• 1972Money Money Money — Daniel Massar, Lino's son
• 1972Repeated Absences — Le 2e flic
• 1972The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe — Convertible driver
• 1971Judge Roy Bean — Antonio
• 1971Macédoine — The photograph
• 1971Un enfant dans la ville — Patrick
• 1970The Bear and the Doll
• 1969La Maison de campagne — Gérard
• 1969Les yeux de l'été — Friend
• 1969The Devil by the Tail — Charly - le garagiste
• 1967Pillaged — Michel Castagnier

Appearances as themselves (2)

• Numéro un — Self
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self