Alain Mottet
Acting • Born 1928-12-30 – Died 2017-10-31
Biography
Alain Mottet (30 December 1928 in Lyon, France – 31 October 2017 in Paris, France) was a French actor. Alain Mottet appeared in dozens of films, often in secondary roles. He appeared in three films with José Giovanni. In 1965, he played the main role in L'Affaire de la malle à Gouffé. In 1969, in L'Armée des ombres, he was responsible for the prison camp where Lino Ventura, alias Philippe Gerbier, was imprisoned. For television, he played Flambart, the police officer who chased Eugène François Vidocq relentlessly, played by Bernard Noël in the TV series Vidocq in 1967. He regularly worked with director Abder Isker including on several episodes of Au théâtre ce soir. One of his most notable TV roles was as Shazénian in the fairytale Shéhérazade, shown at the end of 1971: on a flying horse, he walks with Claude Jade into the night sky. In parallel to his screen career, he also continued to work on stage, most notably in plays by Jean Le Poulain, Roger Planchon, André Barsacq and Georges Wilson. He was part of the cast of the Comédie-Française from 1986 to 1988. Married to Françoise Hirsch (1930-2017), until his death on 31 October 2017, he is the father of Christine Mottet and actor and musician Pierre Mottet. Source: Article "Alain Mottet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
37 credits
Ho !
Movie • 1968
Paul
Shéhérazade
Movie • 1971
Shazénian
The Fire Within
Movie • 1963
Urcel
The Good and the Bad
Movie • 1976
le commissaire Blanchot
Army of Shadows
Movie • 1969
Camp Commander
Last Known Address
Movie • 1970
Frank Lambert, Leonetti's colleague and friend
The Pariah
Movie • 1972
'Ficelle', henchman of Villanova
L'Affaire Lourdes
Movie • 1967
Jacomet
One Way Ticket
Movie • 1971
Nitesse
Inspector Blunder
Movie • 1980
Dumeze, police director
Venus and Lulu
Movie • 1991
Marceau le comédien
Climates of Love
Movie • 1962
Un dimanche de flics
Movie • 1983
Director
Murder on Demand
Movie • 1977
Jacques Lacarène
The Black Indies
Movie • 1964
James Starr
My New Partner II
Movie • 1990
Le préfet
La main enchantée
Movie • 1974
Maître Chevassut
Question of Love
Movie • 1978
L'avocat général
Madame Sans-Gêne
Movie • 1974
Fouché
The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Movie • 1977
Marc Ovet
Le dialogue dans le marécage
Movie • 1973
Sire Laurent
Miam-miam ou le Dîner d'affaires
Movie • 1978
Simon Jaumier
La Mort de Danton
Movie • 1970
Maximilien-Marie-Isidore De Robespierre
L'appel du 18 juin
Movie • 2010
Maréchal Pétain
Mata Hari, la vraie histoire
Movie • 2003
Me Clunet
Le Curé de Tours
Movie • 1980
M. de Bourbonne
Domino
Movie • 1976
Héller
L'armée des ombres... le dessous des cartes
Movie • 2013
Self
Héloïse and Abélard
Movie • 1973
Besnard de Clairvaux
Aram
Movie • 2002
Miran Sarkissian
Midi Première
TV • 1975
Self
La Mort d'un touriste
TV • 1975
L'inspecteur L'Héritier
Le Grand Secret
TV • 1989
Hamblain
Les Misérables
TV • 1972
Thénardier
Vidocq
TV • 1967
Inspecteur Flambart
François Kléber
TV • 1995
Le directeur de la police
Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre
TV • 1965
Delma