Xavier Gélin

Acting

Xavier Gélin

Born — Died

1946-06-21 — 1999-07-02

Place of birth

Paris, France

Known for

Acting

Credits

31 titles

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…

Known for

Numéro un poster
7.5

A French variety show.

Numéro un

1975

Le Grand Échiquier poster
8.0

Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm on the first channel of the ORTF from January 12, 1972 to July 12, 1972, then on the second color channel of the ORTF from September 1972 to December 1974, and finally on Antenne 2 from January 1975 to December 21, 1989. The program returned to France 2 on December 20, 2018 and is hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix.

Le Grand Échiquier

1972

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob poster
7.4

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.

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

1973

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe poster
7.0

A 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.

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

1972

The Party 2 poster
6.4

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.

The Party 2

1982

Money Money Money poster
6.7

When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions.

Money Money Money

1972

Film credits

1980s · 3 titles

1970s · 15 titles

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob poster
7.4

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.

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

1973

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe poster
7.0

A 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.

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

1972

Money Money Money poster
6.7

When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions.

Money Money Money

1972

S*P*Y*S poster
5.2

Two CIA bunglers botch a Soviet defection, then both sides mark them for termination.

S*P*Y*S

1974

The Slap poster
6.6

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.

The Slap

1974

Take It from the Top poster
5.5

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...

Take It from the Top

1978

Hail the Artist poster
5.4

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.

Hail the Artist

1973

The Bear and the Doll poster
6.2

A quiet cellist living in the countryside has his life disrupted when he accidentally bumps into a wealthy, temperamental woman in a Rolls-Royce. Angered by his indifference to her charm, she attempts to seduce him, but he resists her attempts to invade his peaceful life.

The Bear and the Doll

1970

Repeated Absences poster
4.6

François Naulet turns his bedroom into an island of drugs, loneliness and despair.

Repeated Absences

1972

La Décharge poster
5.8

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.

La Décharge

1976

Judge Roy Bean poster
6.5

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.

Judge Roy Bean

1971

Ras le bol poster
7.0

Bert, a young Belgian advertiser, is forced to carry out his military service, a long and painful journey for him. He strongly feels the absence of Jonquille, his fiancée. On the other hand, he clashes with everybody else, whether his superiors like Captain Luxembourg and Commander Stella or the other officer cadets. He has only one friend, Michel, a communist...

Ras le bol

1973

One Can Say It Without Getting Angry poster
8.0

Pauline intends to end her days and meticulously prepares her suicide, but she meets Peppo, an Italian immigrant, who will change her mind.

One Can Say It Without Getting Angry

1978

No artwork available
9.0

The tale of a young pretty girl's rise to a top model and her finding of emptiness in her life after success.

Macédoine

1971

No artwork available
7.0

"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.

Un enfant dans la ville

1971

Series credits

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