DANIEL GéLIN

'Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin' (19 May 1921 - 29 November 2002) was a French actor, occasional director and screenwriter and one of the great stars of French cinema.
Gélin was born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire and trained at the Cours Simon in Paris before entering the Conservatoire national d'art dramatique. There he met Louis Jouvet and embarked on a theatrical career. He made his first film appearance in 1940 in ''Miquette'' and for several years was an extra or played small roles in French films. He appeared with Jean Gabin and Marlene Dietrich in ''Martin Roumagnac'' (1946).
He won his first leading role in ''Rendez-vous de juillet'' (1949). From that time, he went on to appear in more than 150 films, including Max Ophüls' films ''La Ronde'' (1950) and ''Le Plaisir'' (1952), Sacha Guitry's films ''Si Versailles m'était conté (''Royal Affairs in Versailles'')'' (1954) and ''Napoléon'' (1955), Alfred Hitchcock's ''The Man Who Knew Too Much'' (1956), Jean Cocteau's ''Le Testament d'Orphée'' (1960) and ''La Nuit de Varennes'' (''That Night in Varennes'') (1982).
He is also the father of Maria Schneider with German model Marie Christine Schneider. However, Gélin never acknowledged his paternity of Maria Schneider.
He died in Paris of kidney failure.

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★ Daniel Gélin at IMDB